Lexical 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.) |
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