to crucify
stauroo denotes putting someone to death by crucifixion, and in two passages describes the flesh or world as crucified.
The dominant usage denotes the act, demand, purpose, or completed result of putting a person to death by crucifixion, especially in the accounts and recollections of Jesus’ execution. Two Galatians passages apply the same language to the flesh and to the world in relation to a person.
Senses in use
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Putting a person to death by crucifixion · dominant
The verb marks commands and arrangements for Jesus’ execution in Matthew 27:22 and John 19:16, and completed acts in John 19:18 and Luke 23:33. In Mark 15:27, its present active form describes two robbers being crucified with him; in 1 Corinthians 2:8, the APB renders the clause that rulers “would not have crucified the Lord of glory.”
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Applied to the flesh and the world · rare
In Galatians 5:24, the aorist active form is used of those belonging to Christ Jesus and “the flesh with its passions and desires.” In Galatians 6:14, the perfect passive form describes the world as crucified to the speaker and the speaker to the world.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB commonly uses forms of “crucify” and “crucified,” including cries such as “Crucify him” and descriptions of a completed execution. In Galatians 5:24 and Galatians 6:14, it retains that wording for the flesh and the world.