Quick Definition
ῥήτωρ, ορος, ὁ n.m. an orator
Strong's Definition
from 4483; a speaker, i.e. (by implication) a forensic advocate
KJV Usage: orator
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -ορος | ῥῆμα
56.36 · Courts and Legal Procedures · Attorney, Lawyer
lawyer, attorney, advocate one who speaks in court as an attorney or advocate (either for the prosecution or for the defense)
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ῥήτωρ, -opos, 6, (ῬΕΩ), a speaker, an orator, (Soph., Eur., Arstph., Xen., Plat., al.) : of a forensic orator or advocate, Acts xxiv. 1. [Cf. Thom. Mag. s.v. (p. 324, 15 ed. Ritschl); B. Ὁ. 5. v. Orator, 2.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ῥήτωρ rhētōr 1x
an orator, advocate, Acts 24:1*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* ῥήτωρ, -ορος, ὁ a public speaker, an orator: Ac 24:1.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ῥήτωρ. The special meaning of ‘‘advocate,” ‘‘ barrister,” which this word has in Ac 241, can be freely illustrated from our documents, e.g. P Oxy I. 37}: 4(a.D. 49) (= Selections, p. 48), the report ofa lawsuit where the counsel for the plaintiff
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ῥήτωρ (rhētōr) — spokesman. ῥήτωρ, ορος, ὁ, also ἡ [Refs 5th c.BC+]: (ἐρῶ):— public speaker, μύθων ῥήτορες [Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially at Athens, οἱ ῥήτορες the public speakers in the ἐκκλησία, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ δέκα ῥ. the Ten Attic Orators, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ὁ ῥ. 'par excellence' = Demosthenes, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
2. one who gives sentence, judge, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. advocate, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
4. later, teacher of eloquence, rhetorician, [Refs]
II. as adjective, ῥ. λόγος oratory, [Refs]