To behead
πελεκίζωStrong’s G3990pelekizō
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Pelekizō is the Greek word usually translated “beheaded”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.”
Meaning
Usually translated “beheaded”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- beheaded 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
πελεκίζω pelekizō · to behead
πελεκίζω (πέλεκυς, a battle-axe), to out off with an axe, esp. to behead: with accusative, Rev.20:4 (Polyb., al.).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “beheaded” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BEHEAD'ED, participle passive
behed'ed. Having the head cut off.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.