חָנַק
chânaq(khaw-nak')
“to be narrow; by implication, to throttle, or (reflex.) to choke oneself to death (by a rope)”
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Definition
From Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (1906)
Strong’s Definition
to be narrow; by implication, to throttle, or (reflex.) to choke oneself to death (by a rope)
Translated in KJV as
hang selfstrangle.
Etymology
a primitive root (compare H2596 (חָנַךְ));
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