verb
pelekizomō
Strong’sG3990
I behead
stem pelekiz-once in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
*† πελεκίζω
(< πέλεκυς, a battle-axe),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3990 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpel-ek-id'-zo
to chop off (the head), i.e. truncate
Fromfrom a derivative of G4141 (meaning an axe);
King Jamesbehead.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
cut off with an axe, especially behead, τινα NT+2nd c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| pelekizorēntoiuπεπελεκισμένων | has happened · of, belonging toperfect middle or passive participle genitive plural masculine | beheaded | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 54, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | pelekizomō | pelekizome | pelekizomē | pelekizomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | pelekizosō | pelekizose | pelekizosē | pelekizoselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | pelekizotō | pelekizote | pelekizotē | pelekizotelē |
| we 1st person plural | pelekizonō | pelekizone | pelekizonē | pelekizonelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | pelekizovō | pelekizove | pelekizovē | pelekizovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | pelekizolō | pelekizole | pelekizolē | pelekizolelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | pelekizomeiō | pelekizomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | pelekizoseiō | pelekizoseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | pelekizoteiō | pelekizoteiē |
| we 1st person plural | pelekizoneiō | pelekizoneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | pelekizoveiō | pelekizoveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | pelekizoleiō | pelekizoleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | pelekizosōr | pelekizosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | pelekizotōr | pelekizotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | pelekizovōr | pelekizovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | pelekizolōr | pelekizolēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | pelekizomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | pelekizosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | pelekizotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | pelekizonoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | pelekizovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | pelekizoloiō |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | pelekizorō | pelekizorē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | pelekizorōntos | pelekizorēntos1× |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
pelekiz is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
pelekizorēntoiu“beheaded”has happened · of, belonging toperfect middle or passive participle genitive plural masculine1×
Revelation 20:4… dōita autoi, kai tain psuchain toiu pelekizorēntoiu dia tan marturian Iēsu kai dia …… souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony of Jesus and …