Quick Definition
πελεκίζω v. I behead
Strong's Definition
from a derivative of 4141 (meaning an axe); to chop off (the head), i.e. truncate
KJV Usage: behead
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb
20.80 · Violence, Harm, Destroy, Kill · Kill
to cut the head off, to behead (derivative of πέλεκυς ‘axe,’ not occurring in the NT) to kill by beheading, normally an act of capital punishment
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πελεκίζω : pf. pass. ptep. πεπελεκισμένος ; (πέλεκυς, an axe or two-edged hatchet); to οι of with an axe, to behead: τινά, Rev. xx.4. (Polyb., Diod., Strab., Joseph. antt. 20,5,4; Plut. Ant. 36; [cf. W. 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., Re 20:4 (Polyb., al.).†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
πελεκίζω (pelekizō) — to behead. πελεκ-ίζω, cut off with an axe, especially behead, τινα [NT+2nd c.BC+]