Strong's Number 4717

The Linked Word Project
Transliteration:
stauroo {stow-ro'-o}
Word Origin:
from 4716
TDNT:
7:581,1071
Part of Speech:
verb
Usage in the KJV:
crucify 46

Total: 46
Definition:
  1. to stake, drive down stakes
  2. to fortify with driven stakes, to palisade
  3. to crucify
    1. to crucify one
    2. metaph. to crucify the flesh, destroy its power utterly (the nature of the figure implying that the destruction is attended with intense pain)
TDNT - Theological Dictionary of the New Testament
TWOT - Theological Word Book of the Old Testament