noun · masculine

spekoulatōros

Greekσπεκουλάτωρ (spekoulatōr)

Strong’sG4688

a body-guardsman, an executioner

stem spekoulatōr-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

executioner1×

What it means

*† σπεκουλάτωρ, -ορος (Rec. -ωρος), ὁ (Lat. speculator),

1. prop., a spy or scout.

2. An executioner: Mk 6:27 (v. Swete, in l.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G4688 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidspek-oo-lat'-ore

a speculator, i.e. military scout (spy or (by extension) life-guardsman)

Fromof Latin origin;

King Jamesexecutioner.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	spekoulatōros	spekoulatōrois
object accusative	spekoulatōron1×σπεκουλάτορα	spekoulatōroin
direct address vocative	spekoulatōror	spekoulatōroir
of, belonging to genitive	spekoulatōrou	spekoulatōroiu
to, for dative	spekoulatōro	spekoulatōroi

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

spekoulatōrstem+ogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

spekoulatōro is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

spekoulatōron“executioner”objectaccusative singular1×

Mark 6:27“executioner”kai euthuos apostelaratos tos basilevos spekoulatōron epitassata ferara tan kefalan autou. kai apercharatos apokefalizata auton en ta fulakaSo without delay, the king commanded that John’s head be brought in. He sent an executioner, who went and beheaded him in the prison.