Lexicon chanaq: to strangle Original Word: חָנַקPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: chanaq Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-nak') Short Definition: killed NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. root Definitionto strangle NASB Translationkilled (1), strangled (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs [ 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).
Strong's 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 |
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