σταυρόω stauroō

Greek word for “to crucify” · Strong’s G4717 · used 46 times in 42 verses

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Meaning

σταυρόω, -ῶ; (σταυρός);

How it is translated

Glosses given for stauroō in context, with how often each is used:

• crucified 22
• do crucify 8
• crucify 4
• may be crucified 3
• should be crucified 2
• having crucified 2
• will crucify 1
• may crucify 1
• shall i crucify? 1
• crucified? 1
• has been crucified 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

John 19 (8), Mark 15 (7), Matthew 27 (6), Luke 23 (3), Luke 24 (2), 1 Corinthians 1 (2), 1 Corinthians 2 (2), Matthew 20 (1), Matthew 23 (1), Matthew 26 (1)

Forms

• ἐσταύρωσαν 7
• σταύρωσον 5
• ἐσταυρώθη 5
• ἐσταυρωμένον 4
• σταυρωθῆναι 3
• σταυρωθῇ 3
• σταυρῶσαι 2
• σταυρωθήτω 2
• σταυροῦσιν 2
• σταύρου 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with stauroō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• Πιλᾶτος Pilatos “Pilate” 6
• παραδίδωμι paradidōmi “to deliver” 7
• ἱμάτιον himation “clothing” 5
• ὅπου hopou “where(-ever)” 5
• ὅτε hote “when” 5
• ἐμπαίζω empaizō “to mock” 3
• τόπος topos “place” 4
• δύο duo “two” 4
• σύν sun “with” 4
• φραγελλόω phragelloō “to whip” 2
• τρίτος tritos “third” 3
• περισσῶς perissōs “excessively” 2

Key verses

The verses using stauroō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 20:19 — And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.
• Matthew 23:34 — Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your…
• Matthew 26:2 — Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.
• Acts 2:36 — Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
• Acts 4:10 — Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even…
• 1 Corinthians 1:23 — But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;
• 1 Corinthians 2:8 — Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
• 2 Corinthians 13:4 — For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God…
• Galatians 3:1 — O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among…
• Galatians 5:24 — And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
• Galatians 6:14 — But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.
• Revelation 11:8 — And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.