4716  stauros  stow-ros'

 from the base of 2476; a 
stake or post (as set 
upright), i.e. (specially), a 
pole or cross (as an 
instrument of capital 
punishment); figuratively, 
exposure to death, i.e. self-
denial; by implication, the 
atonement of Christ:--cross.

 see GREEK for 2476