G3990 πελεκίζω

Strong's Greek Concordance · 1 KJV occurrence

πελεκίζω

pelekízō

Definition

to chop off (the head), i.e. truncate

KJV Renderings

behead

Derivation / Etymology

from a derivative of G4141 (πλήσσω) (meaning an axe);

KJV Verses (1)

Revelation 20:4And 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.