12 occurrences across the corpus

King James Version

Deuteronomy 21:6

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:

2 Samuel 4:7

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.

Matthew 14:10

And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.

Mark 6:16

But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead.

Mark 6:27

And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,

Luke 9:9

And Herod said, John have I beheaded: but who is this, of whom I hear such things? And he desired to see him.

Revelation 20:4

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.

KJV Apocrypha (Eastern Orthodox Additions)

Psalm 151 1:7

But I drew his own sword and beheaded him, and removed reproach from the children of Israel.

NT Apocrypha/Pseudepigrapha

The Martyrdom of the Holy Apostle Paul 3:3

And when Caesar heard that, he commanded all the prisoners to be burned with fire, but Paul to be beheaded after the law of the Romans.

The Martyrdom of the Holy Apostle Paul 4:1

Then was Paul brought unto him after the decree; and he abode by his word that he should be beheaded. And Paul said: Caesar, it is not for a little space that I live unto my king; and if thou behead me, this will I do: I will arise and show myself unto thee that I am not dead but live unto my Lord Jesus Christ, who cometh to judge the world.

The Martyrdom of the Holy Apostle Paul 4:5

They say unto him: How then shall we live when thou art beheaded?

The Martyrdom of the Holy Apostle Paul 5:1

And while they yet spake thus, Nero sent one Parthenius and Pheres to see if Paul were already beheaded; and they found him yet alive. And he called them to him and said: Believe on the living God, which raiseth me and all them that believe on him from the dead.