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Concise Bible Dictionary
:
This
was not a form of capital
punishment
in
the
Old
Testament
. Ishbosheth was beheaded by his murderers that his
head
might
be carried to
David
(
2 Sam. 4:7-8
7
For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and gat them away through the plain all night.
8
And they brought the head of Ish-bosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul thine enemy, which sought thy life; and the Lord hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed. (2 Samuel 4:7‑8)
); as
Goliath
’s head had been carried to
Saul
. In the
New
Testament
John
the
Baptist
was killed in the Roman
manner
of
beheading
with
the
sword
(
Matt. 14:10
10
And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison. (Matthew 14:10)
;
Mark 6:16, 27
16
But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead. (Mark 6:16)
27
And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison, (Mark 6:27)
;
Luke 9:9
9
And Herod said, John have I beheaded: but who is this, of whom I hear such things? And he desired to see him. (Luke 9:9)
). In
Revelation 20:4,
4
And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. (Revelation 20:4)
those “beheaded”
for
the
witness
of
Jesus
, may be killed in
other
ways, for
the word
πελεκίζω signifies “to cut with an ax,”‘ having no particular reference to the head.
Strong’s Dictionary of Greek Words:
Number:
3990
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Greek:
πελεκίζω
Transliteration:
pelekizo
Phonic:
pel-ek-id’-zo
Meaning:
from a derivative of
4141
(meaning an axe); to chop off (the head), i.e. truncate
KJV Usage:
behead