G4688
σπεκουλάτωρ
executioner
σπεκουλάτωρ, -ορος (Rec. -ωρος), ὁ (Lat. speculator), __1. prop., a spy or scout. __2. An executioner: Mrk.6:27 (see Swete, in l).† (AS)
The KJV translates G4688 in the following manner:
executioner (2x)
Full Thayer's lexicon entry
σπεκουλάτωρ — spekoulátōr
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: Mar 6:27. Cf. Keim, ii., 512 (English translation, 4:219; J. W. Golling in Thes. Nov. etc. ii., p. 405f.)
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