King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4688
Transliteration: spekoulatōr
Phonetic Spelling: (spek-oo-lat'-ore)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a scout, an executioner
Meaning: a scout, an executioner
σπεκουλάτωρ, σπεκουλατορος (R G σπεκουλατορος (cf. Tdf. on Mark as below)), ὁ (the Latin wordspeculator), a looker-out, spy, scout; under the emperors an attendant and member of the body-guard, employed as messengers, watchers, and executioners (Seneca, de ira 1, 16centurio supplicio praepositus codere gladium speculatorem jubet; also de benef. 3, 25); the name is transferred to an attendant of Herod Antipas that acted as executioner: Mark 6:27. Cf. Keim, ii., 512 (English translation, 4:219; J. W. Golling in Thes. Nov. etc. ii., p. 405f.)
Word Summary
spekoulatōr: a scout, an executioner
Original Word: σπεκουλάτωρTransliteration: spekoulatōr
Phonetic Spelling: (spek-oo-lat'-ore)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a scout, an executioner
Meaning: a scout, an executioner
Strong's Concordance
executioner. Of Latin origin; a speculator, i.e. Military scout (spy or (by extension) life-guardsman) -- executioner.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4688: σπεκουλάτωρσπεκουλάτωρ, σπεκουλατορος (R G σπεκουλατορος (cf. Tdf. on Mark as below)), ὁ (the Latin wordspeculator), a looker-out, spy, scout; under the emperors an attendant and member of the body-guard, employed as messengers, watchers, and executioners (Seneca, de ira 1, 16centurio supplicio praepositus codere gladium speculatorem jubet; also de benef. 3, 25); the name is transferred to an attendant of Herod Antipas that acted as executioner: Mark 6:27. Cf. Keim, ii., 512 (English translation, 4:219; J. W. Golling in Thes. Nov. etc. ii., p. 405f.)