REGICIDE

REGICIDE. → (Assassinating a king) → Of Ehud Jud 3:16-23 → Of King Saul 2Sa 1:16 → Of Ish-bosheth 2Sa 4:5-8 → Of Nadab 1Ki 15:27-29 → Of Elah 1Ki 16:9-11 → Of Joram 2Ki 9:24 → Of Ahaziah 2Ki 9:27 → Of Joash 2Ki 12:20,21 → Of Amaziah 2Ki 14:19,20 → Of Zachariah 2Ki 15:10 → Of Shallum 2Ki 15:14 → Of Pekahiah 2Ki 15:25 → Of Pekah 2Ki 15:30 → Of Sennacherib 2Ki 19:36,37; Isa 37:37,38 → See HOMICIDE

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regicide. Regicide, n. the murderer or murder of a king

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Reg″i‐cide (rĕj″ĭ‐sīd), n. [[F. régicide; L. rex, regis, a king + caedere to kill. Cf. Homicide.]] 1. 1. One who kills or who murders a king; specifically (Eng. Hist.), one of the judges who condemned Charles I. to death.
2. 2. The killing or the murder of a king.