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Spearman
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
from dexios, "the right (hand)," and lambano, "to lay hold of," is used in the plural in Acts 23:23 , "spearmen." Some texts have dexiobolos, "one who throws with his right hand" (ballo, "to throw"), "right-handed slingers."
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Spearman'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/s/spearman.html. 1940.