3990 - pelekizó

Strong's Concordance

Original word: πελεκίζω
Transliteration: pelekizó
Definition (short): beheaded
Definition (full): to cut off with an ax, to behead

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: from pelekus (a battle-ax)
Definition: to cut off with an ax, esp. to behead
NASB Translation: beheaded (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

From a derivative of plesso (meaning an axe); to chop off (the head), i.e. Truncate -- behead.

see GREEK plesso

References

Strong's 3990: 1 Occurrences
KJV: 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 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.
NASB: Then I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand; and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.