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Lexicon :: Strong's G3990 - pelekizō

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πελεκίζω
Transliteration
pelekizō (Key)
Pronunciation
pel-ek-id'-zo
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From a derivative of πλήσσω (G4141) (meaning an axe)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

πελεκίζω pelekízō, pel-ek-id'-zo; from a derivative of G4141 (meaning an axe); to chop off (the head), i.e. truncate:—behead.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G3990 in the following manner: behead (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G3990 in the following manner: behead (1x).

  1. to cut off with an axe, to behead

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πελεκίζω pelekízō, pel-ek-id'-zo; from a derivative of G4141 (meaning an axe); to chop off (the head), i.e. truncate:—behead.
STRONGS G3990:
πελεκίζω: perfect passive participle πεπελεκισμενος; (πέλεκυς, an axe or two-edged hatchet); to cut off with an axe, to behead: τινα, Revelation 20:4. (Polybius, Diodorus, Strabo, Josephus, Antiquities 20, 5, 4; Plutarch, Ant. 36; (cf. Winer's Grammar, 26 (25)).)
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Revelation
20:4

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Strong's Number G3990 matches the Greek πελεκίζω (pelekizō),
which occurs 1 times in 1 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:4 - And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given to them, and the souls of those who have been beheaded because of the testimony of Jesus, and because of the word of God, and who did not bow before the beast, nor his image, and did not receive the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand, and they did live and reign with Christ the thousand years;
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