Greek · Strong's G607
ἀποκεφαλίζω
apokephalizoap-ok-ef-al-id'-zo
to decapitate
1890 spelling: apokephalízō
- α1
- π80
- ο70
- κ20
- ε5
- φ500
- α1
- λ30
- ι10
- ζ7
- ω800
Isopsephy 1,524
Strong's Dictionary · 1890
to decapitate
Rendered in the KJV as
behead.
- 4occurrencesin the New Testament
- 3 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- ἀπεκεφάλισεν2
- ἀπεκεφάλισα1
- ἀπεκεφάλισα·1
How it is rendered · 3
- beheaded2
- beheaded;1
- he beheaded1
The sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 1st person singular2
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singular2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- V-AAI-1S · 2
- V-AAI-3S · 2
All 4, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Matthew1 occurrence
Mark2 occurrences
- Mark 6:16ἀπεκεφάλισαapekephalisaverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 1st person singularBut when Herod heard this, he said, “John, whom I beheaded, has risen from the dead!”here: beheaded
- Mark 6:27ἀπεκεφάλισενapekephalisenverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singularSo without delay, the king commanded that John’s head be brought in. He sent an executioner, who went and beheaded him in the prison.here: he beheaded