Police
ῥαβδοῦχοςStrong’s G4465rhabdouchos
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Rhabdouchos is the Greek word usually translated “officers”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“And when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let those men go.”
Meaning
Usually translated “officers”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- officers 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 2
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
ῥαβδοῦχος rhabdouchos · police
ῥαβδοῦχος, -ου, ό (ῥαβδος, ἔχω), one who carries a rod or staff of office; (a) an umpire or judge (Plat.); (b) in late writers, a Roman lictor: Act.16:38.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “police” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
POLICE, noun
[Latin politia; Gr. city.]
- The government of a city or town; the administration of the laws and regulations of a city or incorporated town or borough; as the police of London, of New York or Boston.
- The internal regulation and government of a kingdom or state.
- The corporation or body of men governing a city.
- In Scottish, the pleasure-ground about a gentleman's seat.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.