Strong's #3990: pelekizo (pronounced pel-ek-id'-zo)

from a derivative of 4141 (meaning an axe); to chop off (the head), i.e. truncate:--behead.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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pelekizō

1) to cut off with an axe, to behead

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: from a derivative of G4141 (meaning an axe)

Usage:

This word is used 1 times:

 

Revelation 20:4: "and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus,"