King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H2614
Transliteration: chanaq
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-nak')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to strangle
Meaning: to be narrow, to throttle, to choke oneself to death
Word Summary
chanaq: to strangle
Original Word: חָנַקTransliteration: chanaq
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-nak')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to strangle
Meaning: to be narrow, to throttle, to choke oneself to death
Strong's Concordance
hang self, strangle A primitive root (compare chanak); to be narrow; by implication, to throttle, or (reflex.) To choke oneself to death (by a rope) -- hang self, strangle.
see HEBREW chanak
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2614. chanaq
[חָנַק] verb strangle (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic חֲנַק, ; Arabic ); —
Niph`al Imperfect וַיֵּחָנַ֑ק 2 Samuel 17:23 strangled himself (+וַיָּ֫מָת).
Pi`el participle מְחַנֵּק Nahum 2:13 strangle, of lion strangling prey, figurative of Ninevitish king (object not expressed).