Strong’s G607 · Greek
ἀποκεφαλίζω
apokephalízō · ap-ok-ef-al-id'-zo
Origin from ἀπό (G575) and κεφαλή (G2776);
Meaning to decapitate
In the King James Version behead.
In 4 verses of the King James Version
- Matthew 14:10And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.
- Mark 6:16But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead.
- Mark 6:27And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,
- Luke 9:9And Herod said, John have I beheaded: but who is this, of whom I hear such things? And he desired to see him.
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.