Lexicon
δεξιολάβος
dexiolabos
G1187
G:N-M Greek

slinger

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Dexiolabos refers to the slingers included among the forces ordered to travel toward Caesarea.

The attested use identifies a group of slingers included with soldiers and horsemen in an ordered nighttime movement toward Caesarea.

Senses in use

  1. Slingers in a military escort · dominant

    In Acts 23:23, the accusative plural form occurs in the order to prepare soldiers, horsemen, and this additional group for travel toward Caesarea; the APB renders the verse with “two hundred slingers.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Acts 23:23, the APB presents the group as “two hundred slingers” alongside soldiers and horsemen.

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