14 occurrences in 12 translations

'Beheaded' in the Bible

within three more days Pharaoh will lift up your head and will hang you on a tree (gallows, pole), and [you will not so much as be given a burial, but] the birds will eat your flesh.”

Verse ConceptsDeath penaltyHeadsRemoving HeadsAnimals Eating PeopleLifting HeadsEating CorpsesBirds EatingPeople Hung To Death

but he beheaded and hanged the head chef, just as Joseph had interpreted for them.

Verse ConceptsDeath penaltyPeople Hung To Death

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.

Verse ConceptsRedemption, In Everyday LifeDislocatingRules About Killing Animalsredeemed

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.

Verse ConceptsDonkeysLambsRansomRedemption, In Everyday LifeDislocatingEmpty HandedRules About Killing Animals

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.

Verse ConceptsFlowing WaterDislocatingUnused

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:

Verse ConceptsDislocating

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.

Verse ConceptsBedroomsBeheadingWalking All NightBeds

But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead.

Verse ConceptsPunishment, Legal Aspects OfMartyrdom, Methods OfBeheading

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;

Verse ConceptsSkullsPots For Cooking And Eating

And Herod said, John have I beheaded: but who is this, of whom I hear such things? And he desired to see him.

Verse ConceptsBeheadingMartyrdom, Methods OfRemoving HeadsKilling DisciplesThe First Sight Of ChristWho Is Jesus?

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.

Verse ConceptsForeheads666Faithfulness, To Godevil, victory overdefianceBeheadingThe BeastJudgesJudgment SeatPunishment, Legal Aspects OfSelf SacrificeThe Immortal SoulMartyrdom, Methods OfSufferings RewardedRemoving HeadsCosmic CreaturesBelievers JudgingMarks On PeopleAuthority Of DisciplesAvoiding IdolatrySubsequent Witness To ChristWorshipping The DevilMark Of The BeastHow First Resurrection Is Spread OutSigns Of The Timesend times prophecyMartyrdom

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Behead (4 instances)
Beheaded (14 instances)
Decapitate (2 instances)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ערף 
`araph 
Usage: 5

ἀποκεφαλίζω 
Apokephalizo 
Usage: 4

πελεκίζω 
Pelekizo 
Usage: 1

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