Forms of the word

Dictionary
δεξιολάβος, ου, ὁ
Greek transliteration
dexiolabos
Simplified transliteration
dexiolabos

Numbers

Strong's number
1187
GK Number
1287

Statistics

Frequency in New Testament
1
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-2a
Gloss
spearman; other sources: bowman, slinger, bodyguard
Definition
one posted on the right hand; a flank guard; a light armed spearman, Acts 23:23*

Greek-English Concordance for δεξιολάβος

Acts 23:23 Then he called two of the centurions and said, “Get ready by the third hour of the night two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen (dexiolabous | δεξιολάβους | acc pl masc) to go as far as Caesarea.”

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