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Greek Word Study · Strong’s G3990

πελεκίζω

pelekizō · “to behead”

Used 1 times across 1 book

Definition
πελεκίζω
(πέλεκυς, a battle-axe),
to out off with an axe, esp. to behead: with accusative, Rev.20:4 (Polyb., al.).†
Where it appears
Revelation
1
In the text
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.

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