Behead
Behead
(, araph’, applied to an animal, to break the neck, Deu 21:6; like , Rev 20:4; but properly , , to take off the head, 2Sa 4:7; Mat 14:10; Mar 6:16; Mar 6:27; Luk 9:9), a method of taking away life, known and practiced among the Egyptians (Gen 40:17-19). This mode of punishment, therefore, must have been known to the Hebrews, and there occur indubitable instances of it in the time of the early Hebrew kings (2Sa 4:8; 2Sa 20:21-22; 2 Kings 10:68). It appears, in the later periods of the Jewish history, that Herod and his descendants, in a number of instances, ordered decapitation (Mat 14:8-12; Act 12:2). The apostle Paul is said to have suffered martyrdom by beheading, as it was not lawful to put a Roman citizen to death by scourging or crucifixion. SEE PUNISHMENT.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Behead
a method of taking away life practised among the Egyptians (Gen. 40:17-19). There are instances of this mode of punishment also among the Hebrews (2 Sam. 4:8; 20:21, 22; 2 Kings 10:6-8). It is also mentioned in the New Testament (Matt. 14:8-12; Acts 12:2).
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Behead
apo, “from, off,” kephale, “a head,” is found in Mat 14:10; Mar 6:16, Mar 6:27; Luk 9:9.
denotes “to cut with an axe” (from pelekus, “an axe”), Rev 20:4.