Acts 16:35:8Acts.16.35.W8TAB
ῥαβδούχους
rhabdoukhous
“lictors”
- Transliteration
- rhab-DOU-khous
- Extended
- rhahb-DOO-khoos
- IPA
- /r̥abˈduː.kʰus/
Meaning by language
- English
- lictors
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
rhab-DOU-khous
- sentence
hê-ME-ras de ge-no-ME-nês a-PE-stei-lan hoi stra-tê-GOI tous rhab-DOU-khous LE-gon-tes a-PO-ly-son tous an-THRÔ-pous e-KEI-nous
Exegesis
Its object is tous rhabdouchous {τοὺς ῥαβδούχους | toûs rhabdúchous} ‘the lictors,’ Roman officers of execution, underscoring the legal force behind the order.
Root and etymology
rhabdouchosrho–alpha–beta–delta–omicron–upsilon–chi–omicron–sigma
“rod-bearer, lictor”
In context — Acts 16:35
When day came, the magistrates sent the lictors, saying, “Release those men .”
About this coordinate
Acts 16:35:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Acts 16:35, so the Greek word ῥαβδούχους (rhabdoukhous) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Acts.16.35.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.16.35.W8.S1) and character.