πελεκίζω
pelekízō
“to chop off (the head), i.e. truncate”
1 occurrenceNew TestamentHapax Legomenon
Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
to chop off (the head), i.e. truncate
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
to strike or cut with an axe; to behead, Rev. 20:4*
Translated in KJV as
behead
Etymology
from a derivative of G4141 (πλήσσω) (meaning an axe);
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