PELEKUS

From: Jonathan Robie (jonathan@texcel.no)
Date: Sun Feb 15 1998 - 08:48:59 EST

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Revelation 20:4 uses the word PELEKIZW, which BAGD interprets as "behead"
(with an ax - PELEKUS). Can anybody tell me about descriptions of such
beheadings, the kinds of axes used, etc.?

Jonathan
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