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Behead

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: ἀποκεφαλίζω

(Strong's #607 — Verb — apokephalizo — ap-ok-ef-al-id'-zo )

apo, "from, off," kephale, "a head," is found in Matthew 14:10; Mark 6:16,27; Luke 9:9 .

2: πελεκίζω

(Strong's #3990 — Verb — pelekizo — pel-ek-id'-zo )

denotes "to cut with an axe" (from pelekus, "an axe"), Revelation 20:4 .

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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Behead'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​b/behead.html. 1940.
 
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