G3990

πελεκίζω

pelekizōG:V

to behead

πελεκίζω (πέλεκυς, a battle-axe), to out off with an axe, esp. to behead: with accusative, Rev.20:4 (Polyb., al.).† (AS)

The KJV translates G3990 in the following manner:

beheaded (2x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

πελεκίζω — pelekízō

πελεκίζω: perfect passive participle πεπελεκισμενος; (πέλεκυς, an axe or two-edged hatchet); to cut off with an axe, to behead: τινα, Rev 20:4. (Polybius, Diodorus, Strabo, Josephus, Antiquities 20, 5, 4; Plutarch, Ant. 36; (cf. Winer's Grammar, 26 (25)).)

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