Quick Definition
σταυρόω v. I crucify
Strong's Definition
from 4716; to impale on the cross; figuratively, to extinguish (subdue) passion or selfishness
KJV Usage: crucify
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | ἀνασταυρόω · σταυρός · συσταυρόομαι
20.76 · Violence, Harm, Destroy, Kill · Kill
to crucify to execute someone by nailing that person to a cross It is rare that one can find in receptor languages a technical term or phrase meaning specifically ‘to crucify.’ In general, a phrase must be employed, since this type of execution is no longer practiced. One can, for example, use such expressions as ‘to nail to a cross bar’ or ‘to nail up on wood’ or even ‘to nail up high.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σταυρόω, -ῶ; fut. σταυρώσω; 1 aor. ἐσταύρωσα; Pass., pres. σταύρομαι; perfect ἐσταύρωμαι; 1 aor. ἐσταυρώ-
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σταυρόω stauroō 46x
to fix stakes; later, to crucify, affix to the cross, Mt. 20:19; 23:34; met. to crucify, to mortify, to deaden, to make a sacrifice of, Gal. 5:24; pass. to be cut off from a thing, as by a violent death, to be come dead to, Gal. 6:14
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
σταυρόω, -ῶ
(< σταυρός), [in LXX: Es 7:9 (תּלה), Es 8:13 * ;]
to fence with pales, impalisade (Thuc.).
In late writers (Polyb., FlJ; but ἀνασταυρόω is more common) to crucify: c. acc. pers., Mt 20:19 23:34 26:2 27:22 ff. 28:5, Mk 15:16 ff. 16:6, Lk 23:21, 23, 33 24:7, 20, Jo 19:6 ff., Ac 2:36 4:10, I Co 1:13, 23 2:2, 8, II Co 13:4, Ga 3:1, Re 11:8; metaph., Ga 5:24 6:14.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
σταυρόω in its literal sense of ‘‘fence with pales” occurs in P Bilabel 3013 (A.D. 577?) μετὰ τοῦ σταυρωμ[ένονυ . . . . - - 5 where the reference appears to be to aroom shut off with pales or laths: see the editor's note. The late use = “‘crucify,
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
σταυρόω (stauroō) — to crucify. σταυρ-όω, (σταυρός) fence with pales, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. crucify, [NT+2nd c.BC+] crucify it, destroy its power, [NT] nail from a cross, as amulet, [Refs 1st c.AD+]