Quick Definition
a guard
Strong's Definition
"custody", i.e. a Roman sentry
Derivation: of Latin origin;
KJV Usage: watch
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κουστωδία, κουστωδίας (Buttmann, 17 (16)), ἡ (a Latin word), guard: used of the Roman soldiers guarding the sepulchre of Christ, Mat_27:65; Mat_28:11. (Ev. Nic c. 13.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κουστωδία koustōdia 3x
a watch, guard, Mat_27:65-66 ; Mat_28:11
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κουστωδία , -ας , ἡ ,
(Lat. custodia),
a guard: Mat_27:65-66 ; Mat_28:11 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κουστωδία [page 356]
P Oxy II. 294 .20 (A.D. 22) (= Selections , p. 35) ἐν κ̣οσ [τ ]ωδε [ίᾳ εἰσί is, so far as we know, the earliest ex. of this borrowed word. For the spelling κουστωδία , as in Mat_27:65 f; Mat_28:11 , cf P Ryl II. 189 .2 (A.D. 128) δημοσίο̣(υ ) ἱματισμο̣υ̣ͅ κουστωδιω̣ν , public clothing for the guards : see also Hatzidakis Gr. p. 109. In a fragmentary report referring to the Jewish War of Trajan, P Par 68 A. .8 , we find κωστωδία ταῦτα ἐγένετο ὅτι τινὰς ἐπὶ κωστωδίαν ἥρπασαν καὶ [τοὺς ἁρπασθέντ ]ας ἐτραυμάτισαν : the word is similarly restored in BGU I. 341 .3 (ii/A.D.).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
κουστωδία κουστωδία, ἡ, the Lat. custodia, NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
κουστωδία, -ας, ἡ (Lat. custodia),
a guard: Mat.27:65-66 28:11.†
(AS)