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Dictionaries :: Behead

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Below are articles from the following 2 dictionaries:
Easton's Bible Dictionary

Behead:

a method of taking away life practised among the Egyptians (Gen 40:17-19). There are instances of this mode of punishment also among the Hebrews (2Sa 4:8; 20:21,22; 2Ki 10:6-8). It is also mentioned in the New Testament (Mat 14:8-12; Act 12:2).

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
1 Strong's Number: g607 Greek: apokephalizo

Behead:

apo, "from, off," kephale, "a head," is found in Mat 14:10; Mar 6:16, 27; Luk 9:9.

2 Strong's Number: g3990 Greek: pelekizo

Behead:

denotes "to cut with an axe" (from pelekus, "an axe"), Rev 20:4.

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