- Transliteration: Stauroo

- Phonetic: stow-ro'-o

- Definition:

1. to stake, drive down stakes

2. to fortify with driven stakes, to palisade

3. to crucify

a. to crucify one

b. metaph. to crucify the flesh, destroy its power utterly (the nature of the figure implying that the destruction is attended with intense pain)

- Origin: from G4716" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4716

- TDNT entry: 16:41,1

- Part(s) of speech: Verb

- Strong's: From G4716" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4716; to impale on the cross; figuratively to extinguish (subdue) passion or selfishness: - crucify.