Quick Definition
I behead
Strong's Definition
to chop off (the head), i.e. truncate
Derivation: from a derivative of G4141 (πλήσσω) (meaning an axe);
KJV Usage: behead
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πελεκίζω: perfect passive participle πεπελεκισμενος; (πέλεκυς, an axe or two-edged hatchet); to cut off with an axe, to behead: τινα, Rev_20:4. (Polybius, Diodorus, Strabo, Josephus, Antiquities 20, 5, 4; Plutarch, Ant. 36; (cf. Winer's Grammar, 26 (25)).)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πελεκίζω pelekizō 1x
to strike or cut with an axe; to behead, Rev_20:4
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† πελεκίζω
( <πέλεκυς , a battle-axe ),
to out off with an axe, esp . to behead: c . acc , Rev_20:4 ( Polyb ., al. ).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πελεκίζω [page 502]
cut off with an axe ( Rev_20:4 ) : cf. Polyb. i. 7. 12 μαστιγώσαντες ἅπαντας κατὰ τὸ παρ᾽ αὐτοῖς ἔθος ἐπελέκισαν , and the corr. verb πελεκόω in Apol. Arist. 13 πριζομένους καὶ πελεκουμένους . For πέλεκυς , axe (Lat. securis ), cf. PSI V. 506 .7 (A.D. 257 6) εἰς τὴν ξυλοκοπίαν πελέκεις δέκα , and for πελέκημα , chipped-stone, cf. P Oxy III. 498 .23, .26 (ii/A.D.) See also Luckhard Privathaus , P. 33 f.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
πελεκίζω πελεκίζω, [Etym: πέλεκυς] "to cut off with an axe", esp. "to behead", Polyb.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
πελεκίζω
(πέλεκυς, a battle-axe),
to out off with an axe, esp. to behead: with accusative, Rev.20:4 (Polyb., al.).†
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