Strong G519ἀπάγχω
to strangle
- Transliteration
- apagchomai
- Pronunciation
- ap-ang'-khom-ahee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἀπ-άγχω
(ἄγχω, to press, strangle), [in LXX: 2Ki.17:23 (חָנַק), Tob.3:10 *;]
to strangle; mid., to hang oneself (or, to choke; see M, Pr., 155): Mat.27:5.†
(AS)
(ἄγχω, to press, strangle), [in LXX: 2Ki.17:23 (חָנַק), Tob.3:10 *;]
to strangle; mid., to hang oneself (or, to choke; see M, Pr., 155): Mat.27:5.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G519 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- hang1
First verses
- Matthew 27:5And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.
Occurrences by book
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀπάγχω,
strangle, throttle, ὁ μὲν λάε νεβρὸν ἀπάγχων[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.230; γαλῆν ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 795, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Marius” 27, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Legal.” 11)]; ὃ μάλιστά μ᾽ ἀπάγχει chokes me with anger, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 686:)] —middle, aorist ἀπηγξάμην, and passive, hang oneself, to be hanged, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 67, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.131, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 2.43, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 465, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.125, 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 130, etc.; ἐκ δένδρων 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.81; ὥστε μ᾽ ἀπάγχεσθ᾽)]am ready to choke, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 988; ἀπάγξασθαι ῥηγνύμενος 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.20.31.)]
strangle, throttle, ὁ μὲν λάε νεβρὸν ἀπάγχων[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.230; γαλῆν ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 795, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Marius” 27, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Legal.” 11)]; ὃ μάλιστά μ᾽ ἀπάγχει chokes me with anger, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 686:)] —middle, aorist ἀπηγξάμην, and passive, hang oneself, to be hanged, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 67, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.131, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 2.43, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 465, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.125, 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 130, etc.; ἐκ δένδρων 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.81; ὥστε μ᾽ ἀπάγχεσθ᾽)]am ready to choke, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 988; ἀπάγξασθαι ῥηγνύμενος 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.20.31.)]