πελεκίζω pelekízō

Meaning

to chop off (the head), i.e. truncate

In the King James Version: behead

Derivation: from a derivative of G4141 (πλήσσω) (meaning an axe);

Where it is used

• Revelation 20:4 Then I saw the thrones, and those seated on them had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or hands. And they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.