Beheaded
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
(imp. & p. p.) of Behead.
Greek
3990. pelekizo -- to cut off with an ax, esp. to behead
... axe). Word Origin from pelekus (a battle-ax) Definition to cut off with
an ax, esp. to behead NASB Word Usage beheaded (1). behead. ...
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607. apokephalizo -- to behead
... Word Origin from apo and kephale Definition to behead NASB Word Usage beheaded
(4). behead. From apo and kephale; to decapitate -- behead. see GREEK apo. ...
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Strong's Hebrew
6202. araph -- to break the neck
... neck (1), neck was broken (1). that is beheaded, break down, break cut off,
strike off neck. A primitive root (identical with araph ...
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5493. sur -- to turn aside
... root Definition to turn aside NASB Word Usage abolished (1), avoid (1), beheaded*
(1), cut off (1), degenerate (1), depart (45), departed (7), deposed (1 ...
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7218. rosh -- head
... root Definition head NASB Word Usage bands (1), beginning (11), beheaded* (1), best
(1), best things (1), bodyguard* (1), captains (3), census (7), chief (35 ...
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Library

The Story of Perpetua.
... The Story of Perpetua. And as Paul was being led away to be beheaded at
a place about three miles from the city, he was in irons. ...
/.../unknown/acts of the holy apostles peter and paul/the story of perpetua.htm

Travel. A Personal Experience.
... cowardice of friends, with all the miseries of fallen greatness and of blighted
fame." We note a few names chiseled here: Sir Thomas More, beheaded 1535; Anne ...
/.../ix travel a personal experience.htm

Of the Mutual Consistency of the Accounts which are Given by ...
... old prophets was risen again. And Herod said, John have I:beheaded: but
who is this of whom I hear such things? And he desired to ...
/.../the harmony of the gospels/chapter xliii of the mutual consistency.htm

The Martyrdom of John
... And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to
be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison, 28. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture d/the martyrdom of john.htm

The Pupils of Origen that Became Martyrs.
... Both of them were beheaded. ... [1795] These two persons named Serenus, the first of
whom was burned, the second beheaded, are known to us only from this chapter. ...
/.../pamphilius/church history/chapter iv the pupils of origen.htm

D. The Fourth Period. Ch. 9:1-50
... from the dead; 8 and by some, that Elijah had appeared; and by others, that one
of the old prophets was risen again.9 And Herod said, John I beheaded: but who ...
/.../erdman/the gospel of luke an exposition/d the fourth period ch.htm

Herod Antipas Supposes Jesus to be John.
... he could not be properly spoken of as risen from the dead, for Elijah had been
translated.] 9 And Herod said, ^a unto his servants, ^c John I beheaded [For the ...
/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/lxii herod antipas supposes jesus.htm

The Life of St. Paul the Apostle
... heard that he should destroy the figure of the world by fire, he commanded that
all the Christian men should be burned by fire, and Paul to be beheaded, as he ...
/.../wells/bible stories and religious classics/the life of st paul.htm

Herod --A Startled Conscience
... 'But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I:beheaded: he is risen
from the dead.'"Mark 6:16. ... I know! It is John, whom I beheaded! ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture d/heroda startled conscience.htm

The First of the Martyrs of Palestine was Procopius...
... But when he was commanded to offer libations to the four emperors, having quoted
a sentence which displeased them, he was immediately beheaded. ...
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Thesaurus
Beheaded (12 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Beheaded (12 Occurrences). Matthew 14:10 and he sent and
beheaded John in the prison. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Behead (2 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Behead (2 Occurrences). Mark 6:16 But Herod,
when he heard this, said, "This is John, whom I beheaded. ...
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John's (27 Occurrences)
... Mark 6:27 Immediately the king sent out a soldier of his guard, and commanded to
bring John's head, and he went and beheaded him in the prison, (WEB WEY BBE NIV ...
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Machaerus
... During the revelry of the banquet held in the border fortress, to please Salome,
who danced before him, he sent an executioner, who beheaded John, and "brought ...
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Prison (131 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). Matthew 14:10 and he sent and beheaded
John in the prison. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Kept (891 Occurrences)
... (KJV WBS YLT). Mark 6:16 But Herod, when he heard this, said, "This is John,
whom I beheaded. He has risen from the dead." (See NAS). ...
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Zeeb (3 Occurrences)
... especially "crow"), and (ze'ebh, "wolf") (Judges 7:25; Judges 8:3 Psalm 83:11, Isaiah
10:26 (Oreb only)): Two Midianite chieftains captured and beheaded by the ...
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Zabdiel (2 Occurrences)
... (2) An overseer of the priests (Nehemiah 11:14). (3) An Arabian who beheaded
Alexander Balas and sent his head to Ptolemy (1 Maccabees 11:17). ...
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Urijah (29 Occurrences)
... He fled into Egypt from the cruelty of the king, but having been brought back he
was beheaded and his body "cast into the graves of the common people.". Int. ...
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Ordered (264 Occurrences)
... (WEB). Mark 6:27 And immediately the king, having sent one of the guard, ordered
his head to be brought. And he went out and beheaded him in the prison, (DBY). ...
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Resources
Why was John the Baptist beheaded? | GotQuestions.org

Are there beheadings recorded in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org

Who was Herodias in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org

Beheaded: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Concordance
Beheaded (12 Occurrences)

Matthew 14:10
and he sent and beheaded John in the prison.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 6:16
But Herod, when he heard this, said, "This is John, whom I beheaded. He has risen from the dead."
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 6:27
Immediately the king sent out a soldier of his guard, and commanded to bring John's head, and he went and beheaded him in the prison,
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 6:28
and he having gone, beheaded him in the prison, and brought his head upon a plate, and did give it to the damsel, and the damsel did give it to her mother;
(YLT)

Luke 9:9
Herod said, "John I beheaded, but who is this, about whom I hear such things?" He sought to see him.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 12:2
and James, John's brother, he beheaded.
(WEY)

Revelation 20:4
I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as didn't worship the beast nor his image, and didn't receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand. They lived, and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 13:13
And every firstling of an ass thou dost ransom with a lamb, and if thou dost not ransom 'it', then thou hast beheaded it: and every first-born of man among thy sons thou dost ransom.
(YLT)

Exodus 34:20
and the firstling of an ass thou dost ransom with a lamb; and if thou dost not ransom, then thou hast beheaded it; every first-born of thy sons thou dost ransom, and they do not appear before Me empty.
(YLT)

Deuteronomy 21:4
and the elders of that city have brought down the heifer unto a hard valley, which is not tilled nor sown, and have beheaded there the heifer in the valley.
(YLT)

Deuteronomy 21:6
And all the elders of that city, that are next unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley:
(KJV WBS YLT)

2 Samuel 4:7
Now when they came into the house, as he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, they struck him, and killed him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and went by the way of the Arabah all night.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

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