Strong’s G3990 · Greek
πελεκίζω
pelekízō · pel-ek-id'-zo
Origin from a derivative of πλήσσω (G4141) (meaning an axe);
Meaning to chop off (the head), i.e. truncate
In the King James Version behead.
In 1 verse of the King James Version
- 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.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.