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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 3990. πελεκίζω (pelekizó) -- To behead, to cut off with an axe</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/3990.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/matthew/15-39.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/3990.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 3990</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/3989.htm" title="3989">◄</a> 3990. pelekizó <a href="../greek/3991.htm" title="3991">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">pelekizó: To behead, to cut off with an axe</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">πελεκίζω</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Verb<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>pelekizó<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>peh-lek-ID-zo<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(pel-ek-id'-zo)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>To behead, to cut off with an axe<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>I behead (with an axe).<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>From the Greek word "πέλεκυς" (pelekus), meaning "axe."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "pelekizó," the concept of execution by beheading can be related to Hebrew terms for execution or judgment, such as "harag" (to kill) or "muth" (to die).<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The verb "pelekizó" refers to the act of beheading or executing by means of an axe. In the context of the New Testament, it is used to describe the execution of individuals, often in a judicial or persecutory setting.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient times, beheading was a common method of execution, considered a swift and honorable form of capital punishment compared to other methods. It was used by various cultures, including the Romans, who often employed it for Roman citizens as a more humane form of execution. The use of an axe for beheading was a known practice, and the term "pelekizó" reflects this method.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from pelekus (a battle-ax)<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to cut off with an ax, esp. to behead<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>beheaded (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 3990: πελεκίζω</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">πελεκίζω</span></span>: perfect passive participle <span class="greek2">πεπελεκισμενος</span>; (<span class="greek2">πέλεκυς</span>, an axe or two-edged hatchet); <span class="accented">to cut off with an axe, to behead</span>: <span class="greek2">τινα</span>, <a href="/interlinear/revelation/20-4.htm">Revelation 20:4</a>. (<span class="abbreviation">Polybius</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Diodorus</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Strabo</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Josephus</span>, Antiquities 20, 5, 4; <span class="abbreviation">Plutarch</span>, Ant. 36; (cf. <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>'s Grammar, 26 (25)).)<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>behead. <p>From a derivative of <a href="/greek/4141.htm">plesso</a> (meaning an axe); to chop off (the head), i.e. Truncate -- behead. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/4141.htm">plesso</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>επελιώθη πελέκει πέλεκυν πέλεκυς πελιδνοί πέλται πέλταις πέλτας πελτασταί πέλυξ πέμμα πέμματα πέμματι πεπελεκισμενων πεπελεκισμένων pepelekismenon pepelekismenōn pepelekisménon pepelekisménōn<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/revelation/20-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Revelation 20:4</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Genitive Masculine Plural">V-RPM/P-GMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/20.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ψυχὰς τῶν <b>πεπελεκισμένων</b> διὰ τὴν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/revelation/20.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of those <span class="itali">who had been beheaded</span> because<br><a href="/kjvs/revelation/20.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> [I saw] the souls <span class="itali">of them that were beheaded</span> for<br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/20-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> souls of those <span class="itali">beheaded</span> on account of the<p><b><a href="/greek/3990.htm">Strong's Greek 3990</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_3990.htm">1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/pepelekismeno_n_3990.htm">πεπελεκισμένων — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/3989.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="3989"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="3989" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/3991.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="3991"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="3991" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>