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== Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_76974" /> == | == Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_76974" /> == | ||
<div> '''1: | <div> '''1: '''''Ἀποκεφαλίζω''''' ''' (Strong'S #607 — Verb — apokephalizo — ap-ok-ef-al-id'-zo ) </div> <p> apo, "from, off," kephale, "a head," is found in Matthew 14:10; Mark 6:16,27; Luke 9:9 . </p> <div> '''2: '''''Πελεκίζω''''' ''' (Strong'S #3990 — Verb — pelekizo — pel-ek-id'-zo ) </div> <p> denotes "to cut with an axe" (from pelekus, "an axe"), Revelation 20:4 . </p> | ||
== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_30739" /> == | == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_30739" /> == | ||
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_23964" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_23964" /> == | ||
<p> (עָרִ Š, ''Araph'' ''','' applied to an animal, to break the neck, Deuteronomy 21:6; like | <p> ( '''''עָרִ''''' '''''Š''''' , ''Araph'' ' '','' applied to an animal, to break the neck, Deuteronomy 21:6; like '''''Πελεκίζω''''' , Revelation 20:4; but properly '''''הֵסַיר''''' '''''הָראֹשׁ''''' , '''''Αποκεφαλίζω''''' , to take off the head, 2 Samuel 4:7; Matthew 14:10; Mark 6:16; Mark 6:27; Luke 9:9), a method of taking away life, known and practiced among the [[Egyptians]] ( Genesis 40:17-19). This mode of punishment, therefore, must have been known to the Hebrews, and there occur indubitable instances of it in the time of the early [[Hebrew]] kings ( 2 Samuel 4:8; 2 Samuel 20:21-22; 2 Kings 10:68). It appears, in the later periods of the [[Jewish]] history, that Herod and his descendants, in a number of instances, ordered ''Decapitation'' ( Matthew 14:8-12; Acts 12:2). The apostle Paul is said to have suffered martyrdom by beheading, as it was not lawful to put a Roman citizen to death by scourging or crucifixion. (See [[Punishment]]). </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:45, 14 October 2021
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
apo, "from, off," kephale, "a head," is found in Matthew 14:10; Mark 6:16,27; Luke 9:9 .
denotes "to cut with an axe" (from pelekus, "an axe"), Revelation 20:4 .
Easton's Bible Dictionary [2]
Genesis 40:17-19 2 Samuel 4:8 20:21,22 2 Kings 10:6-8 Matthew 14:8-12 Acts 12:2
King James Dictionary [3]
BEHEAD', behed'. be and head.
To cut off the head to sever the head from the body, with a cutting instrument appropriately used of the execution of men for crimes.
Webster's Dictionary [4]
(v. t.) To sever the head from; to take off the head of.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [5]
( עָרִ Š , Araph ' , applied to an animal, to break the neck, Deuteronomy 21:6; like Πελεκίζω , Revelation 20:4; but properly הֵסַיר הָראֹשׁ , Αποκεφαλίζω , to take off the head, 2 Samuel 4:7; Matthew 14:10; Mark 6:16; Mark 6:27; Luke 9:9), a method of taking away life, known and practiced among the Egyptians ( Genesis 40:17-19). This mode of punishment, therefore, must have been known to the Hebrews, and there occur indubitable instances of it in the time of the early Hebrew kings ( 2 Samuel 4:8; 2 Samuel 20:21-22; 2 Kings 10:68). It appears, in the later periods of the Jewish history, that Herod and his descendants, in a number of instances, ordered Decapitation ( Matthew 14:8-12; Acts 12:2). The apostle Paul is said to have suffered martyrdom by beheading, as it was not lawful to put a Roman citizen to death by scourging or crucifixion. (See Punishment).
