Quick Definition
I behead
Strong's Definition
to decapitate
Derivation: from G575 (ἀπό) and G2776 (κεφαλή);
KJV Usage: behead
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀποκεφαλίζω: 1 aorist ἀπεκεφάλισα; (κεφαλή); to cut off the head, behead, decapitate: Mat_14:10; Mar_6:16; Mar_6:27 (28); Luk_9:9. A later Greek word: (the Sept. Ps. at the end); Epictetus diss. 1, 1, 19; 24; 29; Artemidorus Daldianus, oneir. 1, 35; cf. Fischer, De vitiis lexamples N. T., p. 690ff; Lob. ad Phryn., p. 341.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀποκεφαλίζω apokephalizō 4x
to behead, Mat_14:10 ; Mar_6:16 ; Mar_6:28 ; Luk_9:9
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† ἀπο -κεφαλίζω
( < ἀπό , κεφαλή ),
[in LXX : Psa_151:7 * ;]
to behead: Mat_14:10 , Mar_6:16 ; Mar_6:28 Luk_9:9 .†
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἀπο-κεφαλίζω
(ἀπό, κεφαλή), [in LXX: Psa.151:7 * ;]
to behead: Mat.14:10, Mrk.6:16, 28 Luk.9:9.†
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