Crucify

Crucify - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

CRUCIFY, v.t. [L., cross, to fix.]

1. To nail to a cross; to put to death by nailing the hands and feet to a cross or gibbet, sometimes anciently, by fastening a criminal to a tree, with cords.

But they cried, crucify him, crucify him. Luke 23.

2. In scriptural language, to subdue; to mortify; to destroy the power or ruling influence of.

They that are Christs have crucified the flesh, with the affections and lusts. Gal 5.

3. To reject and despise.

They crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh. Heb 6.

To be crucified with Christ, is to become dead to the law and to sin, and to have indwelling corruption subdued. Gal 2 and 6.

4. To vex or torment. [Not used.]

Definition

The term “crucify” means to execute someone by attaching him to a cross and leaving him there to suffer and die in great pain.

• The victim was either tied to the cross or nailed to it. Crucified people died from blood loss or from suffocation.
• The ancient Roman Empire frequently used this method of execution to punish and kill people who were terrible criminals or who had rebelled against the authority of their government.
• The Jewish religious leaders asked the Roman governor to order his soldiers to crucify Jesus. The soldiers nailed Jesus to a cross. He suffered there for six hours, and then died.

Translation Suggestions

• The term “crucify” could be translated as “kill on a cross” or “execute by nailing to a cross.”

(See also: cross, Rome)

Bible References

• Acts 2:23
• Galatians 2:20-21
• Luke 23:20-22
• Luke 23:34
• Matthew 20:17-19
• Matthew 27:23-24

Examples from the Bible stories

• __39:11 But the Jewish leaders and the crowd shouted, “Crucify__ him (Jesus)!”
• __39:12 Pilate became afraid that the crowd would begin to riot, so he ordered his soldiers to crucify__ Jesus.played a major role in the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
• __40:1 After the soldiers mocked Jesus, they led him away to crucify__ him. They made him carry the cross on which he would die.
• __40:4 Jesus was crucified__ between two robbers.
• __43:6 “Men of Israel, Jesus was a man who did many mighty signs and wonders by the power of God, as you have seen and already know. But you crucified__ him!”
• __43:9 “You crucified__ this man, Jesus.”
• __44:8 Peter answered them, “This man stands before you healed by the power of Jesus the Messiah. You crucified__ Jesus, but God raised him to life again!”

Word Data

• Strong’s: G03880, G43620, G47170, G49570