Pelekízō — G3990

Definition

verb

to chop off (the head), i.e. truncate

1. to cut off with an axe, to behead

Usually translated as

behead

Origin

from a derivative of G4141 (meaning an axe)

• plḗssō (G4141)

Occurrences

Pelekízō occurs 1 time in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Revelation (1)

• Revelation 20:4 — And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded (πεπελεκισμένων) 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.