King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G607
Transliteration: apokephalizō
Phonetic Spelling: (ap-ok-ef-al-id'-zo)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to behead
Meaning: to behead
ἀποκεφαλίζω: 1 aorist ἀπεκεφάλισα; (κεφαλή); to cut off the head, behead, decapitate: Matthew 14:10; Mark 6:16, 27 (28); Luke 9:9. A later Greek word: (the Sept. Ps. at the end); Epictetus diss. 1, 1, 19; 24; 29; Artemidorus Daldianus, oneir. 1, 35; cf. Fischer, De vitiis lexamples N. T., p. 690ff; Lob. ad Phryn., p. 341.
Word Summary
apokephalizō: to behead
Original Word: ἀποκεφαλίζωTransliteration: apokephalizō
Phonetic Spelling: (ap-ok-ef-al-id'-zo)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to behead
Meaning: to behead
Strong's Concordance
behead. From apo and kephale; to decapitate -- behead.
see GREEK apo
see GREEK kephale
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 607: ἀποκεφαλίζωἀποκεφαλίζω: 1 aorist ἀπεκεφάλισα; (κεφαλή); to cut off the head, behead, decapitate: Matthew 14:10; Mark 6:16, 27 (28); Luke 9:9. A later Greek word: (the Sept. Ps. at the end); Epictetus diss. 1, 1, 19; 24; 29; Artemidorus Daldianus, oneir. 1, 35; cf. Fischer, De vitiis lexamples N. T., p. 690ff; Lob. ad Phryn., p. 341.