G607: ἀποκεφαλίζω (apokephalízō)

G607 ἀποκεφαλίζω (apokephalízō)

Greek

Quick Definition

ἀποκεφαλίζω v. I behead

Strong's Definition

from 575 and 2776; to decapitate

KJV Usage: behead

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἀποκεφαλίζω (G0607)

verb | κεφαλιόω

20.80 · Violence, Harm, Destroy, Kill · Kill

to cut the head off, to behead to kill by beheading, normally an act of capital punishment

MAT 14:10 · MRK 6:16 · MRK 6:27 · LUK 9:9

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἀποκεφαλίζω: 1 aor. ἀπεκεφάλισα; (κεφαλή); to cut off the head, behead, decapitate: Mt. xiv. 10; Mk. vi. 16, 27 (28); Lk. ix. 9. A later Grk. word: [Sept. Ps. fin.] ; Epict. diss. 1, 1, 19; 24; 29; Artem. oneir. 1, 35; ef. Fischer, De vitiis lexx. N. T. p. 690 sqq. ; Lob. ad Phryn. p- 341.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἀποκεφαλίζω apokephalizō 4x

to behead, Mt. 14:10; Mk. 6:16, 28; Lk. 9:9

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

† ἀπο-κεφαλίζω

(< ἀπό, κεφαλή), [in LXX: Ps 151:7*;]

to behead: Mt 14:10, Mk 6:16, 28, Lk 9:9.†

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἀποκεφαλίζω (apokephalizō) — to behead. ἀποκεφᾰλ-ίζω, behead, [LXX+2nd c.AD+]; of a fish, Dorioap.[Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, [Refs 1st c.BC+]