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πελεκίζω

MainId: 003893000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: False

AlphaPos: π

StrongCodes: G3990

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 003893001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: verb

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 003893001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 20.80

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Violence, Harm, Destroy, Kill

      LEXSubDomains: Kill

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-12-24 12:14:15

         DefinitionShort: (derivative of πέλεκυς ‘axe,’ not occurring in the NT) to kill by beheading, normally an act of capital punishment

         Glosses: ['to cut the head off', 'to behead']

      LEXReferences: REV 20:4