Greek/Hebrew Definitions

Strong's #4454: malaq (pronounced maw-lak')

a primitive root; to crack a joint; by implication, to wring the neck of a fowl (without separating it):--wring off.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

mâlaq

1) (Qal) to nip, nip off (head of a bird)

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: a primitive root

Usage:

This word is used 2 times:

 

Leviticus 1:15: "shall bring it unto the altar, and wring off his head, and burn it on the altar;"
Leviticus 5:8: "that which is for the sin offering first, and wring off his head from"