King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G519
Transliteration: apanchō
Phonetic Spelling: (ap-ang'-khom-ahee)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to strangle, hang oneself
Meaning: to strangle, hang oneself
ἀπάγχω (cf. Latinangustus,anxius, English anguish, etc.; Curtius, § 166): 1 aorist middle ἀπηγξαμην; to throttle, strangle, in order to put out of the way (ἀπό away, cf. ἀποκτείνω to kill off), Homer, Odyssey 19, 230; middle to hang oneself, to end one's life by hanging: Matthew 27:5. (2 Samuel 17:23; Tobit 3:10; in Attic from Aeschylus down.)
Word Summary
apanchō: to strangle, hang oneself
Original Word: ἀπάγχωTransliteration: apanchō
Phonetic Spelling: (ap-ang'-khom-ahee)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to strangle, hang oneself
Meaning: to strangle, hang oneself
Strong's Concordance
hang himself. From apo and agcho (to choke; akin to the base of agkale); to strangle oneself off (i.e. To death) -- hang himself.
see GREEK apo
see GREEK agkale
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 519: ἀπάγχωἀπάγχω (cf. Latinangustus,anxius, English anguish, etc.; Curtius, § 166): 1 aorist middle ἀπηγξαμην; to throttle, strangle, in order to put out of the way (ἀπό away, cf. ἀποκτείνω to kill off), Homer, Odyssey 19, 230; middle to hang oneself, to end one's life by hanging: Matthew 27:5. (2 Samuel 17:23; Tobit 3:10; in Attic from Aeschylus down.)