ἀπάγχομαι
apánchomai
“akin to the base of G43 (ἀγκάλη)); to strangle oneself off (i.e. to death)”
1 occurrenceNew TestamentHapax Legomenon
Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
akin to the base of G43 (ἀγκάλη)); to strangle oneself off (i.e. to death)
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
to strangle; mid. to choke or strangle one’s self, hang one’s self, Mt. 27:5*
Translated in KJV as
hang himself
Etymology
from G575 (ἀπό) and (to choke;
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