Lexical 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. |
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