Greek verb · G607
ἀποκεφαλίζω
apokephalizoap-ok-ef-al-id'-zo
to behead
4 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: apokephalízō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G607is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G607
to decapitate
The King James renders it: behead.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
apokephalizo is rendered "to behead". It stands 4 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- Two of the uses stand in Mark, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 14:10and sent to have John beheaded in the prison.
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
and sent to have John beheaded in the prison.
Matthew 14:10ἀπεκεφάλισεν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- beheaded3
- he beheaded1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἀποκρίνομαι | apokrinomai | to answer | Uses231 |
| ἀποκτείνω | apokteino | to kill | Uses74 |
| ἀποκαλύπτω | apokalypto | to reveal | Uses26 |
| ἀποκάλυψις | apokalypsis | revelation | Uses17 |
| ἀποκαθίστημι | apokathistemi | to restore | Uses8 |
| ἀποκόπτω | apokopto | to cut off | Uses6 |
| ἀποκυλίω | apokylio | to roll away | Uses4 |
| ἀπόκειμαι | apokeimai | to lay up | Uses4 |
| ἀπόκρισις | apokrisis | answer | Uses4 |
| ἀποκρύπτω | apokrypto | to conceal | Uses4 |
| ἀπόκρυφος | apokryphos | concealed | Uses3 |
| ἀποκυέω | apokyeo | to generate | Uses2 |
and 5 more on the stem.
All 4, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἀπεκεφάλισα2
- ἀπεκεφάλισεν2
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singular2V-AAI-1S
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-AAI-3S
Matthew
one use
and sent to have John beheaded in the prison.
- ἀπεκεφάλισενapekephalisenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: beheaded
Mark
two uses
But when Herod heard this, he said, “John, whom I beheaded, has risen from the dead!”
- ἀπεκεφάλισαapekephalisaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: beheaded
So without delay, the king commanded that John’s head be brought in. He sent an executioner, who went and beheaded him in the prison.
- ἀπεκεφάλισενapekephalisenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he beheaded
Luke
one use
“I beheaded John,” Herod said, “but who is this man I hear such things about?” And he kept trying to see Jesus.
- ἀπεκεφάλισαapekephalisaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: beheaded
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.