Dictionary entry

ῥαβδοῦχος

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

* ῥαβδοῦχος, -ου, ό

(< ῥάβδος, ἔχω),

one who carries a rod or staff of office;

(a) an umpire or judge (Plat.);

(b) in late writers, a Roman lictor: Ac 16:35, 38.†