Word

ἀποκεφαλίζω

apokephalízō · G607 · Greek · 4 occurrences

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Meanings

to cut the head off, to behead

To kill by beheading, normally an act of capital punishment

Examples
Matthew 14:10 He sent word and had John beheaded in the prison.
Mark 6:16 But when Herod heard about it, he kept saying, “John, whom I beheaded, has risen!”
Luke 9:9 Herod said, “I myself had John beheaded; but who is this Man about whom I hear such things?” And he kept trying to see Him.

How it’s used In 5 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

4 occurrences in 2 groups

ἐγώI, we 2
Not stated: he, she or it 2

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

4 occurrences in 3 groups

ἸωάννηςJohn 2
ὅςwho, which, that 1
αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 1 groups

ἐνin+ φυλακήprison, jail, watch 2

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

ἸωάννηςJohn 1

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

ἔπωto say 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 1 entry

To cut the head off, to behead20.80: In Matthew 14:10, Herod “sent word and had John beheaded (apekephálisen) in the prison,” describing the specific act of execution by decapitation.

Word family 8 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

κεφαλή kephalḗ · G2776 · head, one who is the head of, one who is superior to · 75×ἀποκεφαλίζωapokephalízō · G607ἀνακεφαλαίομαι anakephalaíomai · G346 · to bring together · 2×κεφάλαιον kephálaion · G2774 · main point, summary, some money · 2×περικεφαλαία perikephalaía · G4030 · helmet · 2×κεφαλαιόω kephalaióō · G2775 · to beat on the head · 1×κεφαλίς kephalís · G2777 · section, scroll · 1×προσκεφάλαιον proskephálaion · G4344 · cushion, pillow · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : 1 aorist ἀπεκεφάλισα; (κεφαλή); to cut off the head, behead, decapitate: Mt 14:10; Mk…

: 1 aorist ἀπεκεφάλισα; (κεφαλή); to cut off the head, behead, decapitate: Mt 14:10; Mk 6:16, Mk 6:27 (28); Lk 9:9. A later Greek word: (the Sept. Ps. at the end); Epictetus diss. 1, 1, 19; 24; 29; Artemidorus Daldianus, oneir. 1, 35; cf. Fischer, De vitiis lexamples N. T., p. 690ff; Lob. ad Phryn., p. 341.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Kill4 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0