Quick Definition
I choke, strangle
Strong's Definition
akin to the base of G43 (ἀγκάλη)); to strangle oneself off (i.e. to death)
Derivation: from G575 (ἀπό) and (to choke;
KJV Usage: hang himself
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀπάγχω (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: Mat_27:5. (2Sa_17:23; Tob_3:10; in Attic from Aeschylus down.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀπάγχω apanchō 1x
to strangle; mid. to choke or strangle one s self, hang one s self, Mat_27:5
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀπ -άγχω
( < ἄγχω , to press, strangle),
[in LXX : 2Sa_17:23 ( H2614 ), Tob_3:10 * ;]
to strangle; mid ., to hang oneself (or, to choke; v. M , Pr., 155): Mat_27:5 .†
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
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.†
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