Help QuickNav Adv. Options
BBE

BBE

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's G4717 - stauroō

Aa
σταυρόω
Transliteration
stauroō (Key)
Pronunciation
stow-ro'-o
Listen
Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:581,1071

Strong’s Definitions

σταυρόω stauróō, stow-ro'-o; from G4716; to impale on the cross; figuratively, to extinguish (subdue) passion or selfishness:—crucify.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 46x

The KJV translates Strong's G4717 in the following manner: crucify (46x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 46x
The KJV translates Strong's G4717 in the following manner: crucify (46x).

  1. to stake, drive down stakes

  2. to fortify with driven stakes, to palisade

  3. to crucify

    1. to crucify one

    2. metaph. to crucify the flesh, destroy its power utterly (the nature of the figure implying that the destruction is attended with intense pain)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σταυρόω stauróō, stow-ro'-o; from G4716; to impale on the cross; figuratively, to extinguish (subdue) passion or selfishness:—crucify.
STRONGS G4717:
σταυρόω, σταυρῷ; future σταυρώσω; 1 aorist ἐσταυρωσα; passive, present σταύρομαι; perfect ἐσταύρωμαι; 1 aorist ἐσταυρωθην; (σταυρός, which see);
1. to stake, drive down stakes: Thucydides 7, 25, 6 (here οἱ Συρακοσιοι ἐσταύρωσαν, which the Scholiast renders σταυρους κατέπηξαν).
2. to fortify with driven stakes, to palisade: a place, Thucydides 6, 100; Diodorus
3. to crucify (Vulg.crucifigo): τινα,
a. properly: Matthew 20:19; Matthew 23:34; Matthew 26:2; Matthew 27:22,(Matthew 27:23),Matthew 27:26,31,35,38; Matthew 28:5; Mark 15:13-15, 20, 24f, 27; Mark 16:6; Luke 23:21, 23, 33; Luke 24:7, 20; John 19:6, 10, 15f, 18, 20, 23, 41; Acts 2:36; Acts 4:10; 1 Corinthians 1:13, 23; 1 Corinthians 2:2,(8); 2 Corinthians 13:4; Galatians 3:1; Revelation 11:8 (Additions to Esther 8:13 (34) [Esther 8:348:12r]; for תָּלָה, to hang, Esther 7:9. Polybius 1, 86, 4; Josephus, Antiquities 2, 5, 4; 17, 10, 10; Artemidorus Daldianus, oneir. 2, 53 and 56; in native Greek writings ἀνασταυρουν is more common).
b. metaphorically: τήν σάρκα, to crucify the flesh, destroy its power utterly (the nature of the figure implying that the destruction is attended with intense pain (but note the aorist)), Galatians 5:24; ἐσταύρωμαι τίνι, and ἐσταύρωται μοι τί, I have been crucified to something and it has been crucified to me, so that we are dead to each other all fellowship and contact between us has ceased, Galatians 6:14. (Compare: ἀνασταυρόω, σὑν᾿σταυρόω.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission.

BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Esther
7:9; 8:13
Matthew
20:19; 23:34; 26:2; 27:22; 27:23; 27:26; 27:31; 27:35; 27:38; 28:5
Mark
15:13; 15:14; 15:15; 15:20; 15:24; 15:27; 16:6
Luke
23:21; 23:23; 23:33; 24:7; 24:20
John
19:6; 19:10; 19:15; 19:18; 19:20; 19:23; 19:41
Acts
2:36; 4:10
1 Corinthians
1:13; 1:23; 2:2
2 Corinthians
13:4
Galatians
3:1; 5:24; 6:14
Revelation
11:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4717 matches the Greek σταυρόω (stauroō),
which occurs 46 times in 42 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:19 - And will give him up to the Gentiles to be made sport of and to be whipped and to be put to death on the cross: and the third day he will come back again from the dead.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:34 - For this reason, I send you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: some of them you will put to death and put on the cross, and to some of them you will give blows in your Synagogues, driving them from town to town;

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:2 - After two days is the Passover, and the Son of man will be given up to the death of the cross.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:22

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:22 - Pilate says to them, What, then, am I to do with Jesus, who is named Christ? They all say, Let him be put to death on the cross.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:23 - And he said, Why, what evil has he done? But they gave loud cries, saying, To the cross with him!

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:26 - Then he let Barabbas go free: but after having Jesus whipped, he gave him up to be put to death on the cross.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:31 - And when they had made sport of him, they took the robe off him, and put his clothing on him, and took him away to put him on the cross.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:35 - And when they had put him on the cross, they made division of his clothing among them by the decision of chance.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:38 - Then two thieves were put on crosses with him, one on the right and one on the left.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:5 - And the angel said to the women, Have no fear: for I see that you are searching for Jesus, who was put to death on the cross.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:13 - And they said again loudly, To the cross with him!

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:14 - And Pilate said to them, Why, what evil has he done? But their cry was the louder, To the cross!

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:15 - And Pilate, desiring to do what was pleasing to the people, let Barabbas go free, and gave up Jesus, when he had been whipped, to be put to death on the cross.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:20 - And when they had made sport of him, they took the purple robe off him and put his clothing on him. And they took him out to put him to death on the cross.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:24 - And he was nailed to the cross; and they made a division of his clothing among them, putting to the decision of chance what everyone was to take.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:25 - And it was the third hour when they put him on the cross.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:27 - And they put two thieves on crosses with him, one on his right side, and one on his left.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:6 - And he said to them, Do not be troubled: you are looking for Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been put to death on the cross; he has come back from the dead; he is not here: see, the place where they put him!

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:21 - But crying out they said, To the cross with him!

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:23 - But they went on crying out loudly, Let him be put to death on the cross. And they had their way.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:33 - And when they came to the place which is named Golgotha, they put him on the cross, and the evil-doers, one on the right side, and the other on the left.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:7 - The Son of man will be given up into the hands of evil-doers, and be put to death on the cross, and on the third day he will come back to life.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:20 - And how the chief priests and our rulers gave him up to be put to death on the cross.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:6 - So when the chief priests and the police saw him they gave a loud cry, To the cross! to the cross! Pilate said to them, Take him yourselves and put him on the cross: I see no crime in him.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:10 - Then Pilate said to him, You say nothing to me? is it not clear to you that I have power to let you go free and power to put you to death on the cross?

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:15 - Then they gave a loud cry, Away with him! away with him! to the cross! Pilate said to them, Am I to put your King to death on the cross? The chief priests said in answer, We have no king but Caesar.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:16 - So then he gave him up to them to be put to death on the cross. And they took Jesus away;

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:18 - Where they put him on the cross with two others, one on this side and one on that, and Jesus in the middle.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:20 - The writing was seen by a number of the Jews, for the place where Jesus was put to death on the cross was near the town; and the writing was in Hebrew and Latin and Greek.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:23 - And when Jesus was nailed to the cross, the men of the army took his clothing, and made a division of it into four parts, to every man a part, and they took his coat: now the coat was without a join, made out of one bit of cloth.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:41 - Now there was a garden near the cross, and in the garden a new place for the dead in which no man had ever been put.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:36

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:36 - For this reason, let all Israel be certain that this Jesus, whom you put to death on the cross, God has made Lord and Christ.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:10 - Take note, all of you, and all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you put to death on the cross, whom God gave back from the dead, even through him is this man now before you completely well.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:13 - Is there a division in Christ? was Paul nailed to the cross for you? or were you given baptism in the name of Paul?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:23 - But we give the good news of Christ on the cross, a hard thing to the Jews, and a foolish thing to the Gentiles;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 2:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 2:2 - For I had made the decision to have knowledge of nothing among you but only of Jesus Christ on the cross.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 2:8 - Of which not one of the rulers of this world had knowledge: for if they had, they would not have put the Lord of glory on the cross:

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 13:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 13:4 - For he was feeble in that he was put to death on the cross, but he is living by the power of God. And we are feeble in him, but we will be living with him through the power of God in relation to you.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:1 - O foolish Galatians, by what strange powers have you been tricked, to whom it was made clear that Jesus Christ was put to death on the cross?

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:24 - And those who are Christ's have put to death on the cross the flesh with its passions and its evil desires.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 6:14 - But far be it from me to have glory in anything, but only in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which this world has come to an end on the cross for me, and I for it.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:8 - And their dead bodies will be in the open street of the great town, which in the spirit is named Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord was put to death on the cross.
BLB Searches
Search the Bible
BBE
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
BBE
Daily Devotionals

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan