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Behead
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
apo, "from, off," kephale, "a head," is found in Matthew 14:10; Mark 6:16,27; Luke 9:9 .
denotes "to cut with an axe" (from pelekus, "an axe"), Revelation 20:4 .
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Behead'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/b/behead.html. 1940.