KJV dictionary & concordance
Having the head cut or struck off.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Deuteronomy 21:6
Complete exact-word concordance
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:
And all the Elders of that city that are next vnto the slaine man, shal wash their hands ouer the heifer that is beheaded in the valley.
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.
For when they came into the house, hee lay on his bedde in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and tooke his head, and gate them away thorow the plaine all night.
And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.
And he sent, and beheaded Iohn in the prison.
But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead.
But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is Iohn, whome I beheaded, he is risen from the dead.
1611 marginal noteLuk. 3.19
And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,
And immediatly the king sent an executioner, and commaunded his head to be brought, and he went, and beheaded him in the prison,
1611 marginal noteOr, one of his guard.
And Herod said, John have I beheaded: but who is this, of whom I hear such things? And he desired to see him.
And Herode said, Iohn haue I beheaded: but who is this of whom I heare such things? And hee desired to see him.
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.
And I saw thrones, and they sate vpon them, and iudgement was giuen vnto them: & I saw the soules of them that were beheaded for the witnesse of Iesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had receiued his marke vpon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they liued and reigned with Christ a thousand yeeres.
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Historical English dictionary sources
Having the head cut off.
