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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #2614 - חָנַק

Transliteration

chânaq

Phonetics

khaw-nak'

Origin

a primitive root [compare (H2596)]

Parts of Speech

verb

TWOT

697

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

to strangle, strangle oneself
1. (Niphal) to strangle oneself
2. (Piel) to strangle

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 519 ‑ ἀπάγχω (ap‑ang'‑khom‑ahee); 638 ‑ ἀποπνίγω (ap‑op‑nee'‑go);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (2)

2 Samuel 1

Nahum 1

BSB (2)

2 Samuel 1

Nahum 1

CSB (2)

2 Samuel 1

Nahum 1

ESV (2)

2 Samuel 1

Nahum 1

KJV (2)

2 Samuel 1

Nahum 1

LEB (2)

2 Samuel 1

Nahum 1

LSB (2)

2 Samuel 1

Nahum 1

N95 (2)

2 Samuel 1

Nahum 1

NAS (2)

2 Samuel 1

Nahum 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (2)

2 Samuel 1

Nahum 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2180) q n h (ההנק HhNQ) AC: Strangle CO: ? AB: ?

V) q n h (ההנק HhNQ) - Strangle: To strangle by hanging or gripping the neck. KJV (2): (vf: Niphal, Piel) hang, strangle - Strongs: H2614 (חָנַק)

a^m) q n h m (מההנק MHhNQ) - Strangling: KJV (1): strangling - Strongs: H4267 (מַחֲנַק)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

[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).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

חָנַק unused in Kal; properly to be narrow, enge fehn, of the same stock as אָנַק, חָנַךְ, עָנַק (עוּק), and in the western languages, ἄγχω, ἀνάγκη, ango, angustus, enge (Zange, Zwang). Hence

Piel, to strangle, ἄγχω (mürgen), πνίγω, used of a lion, Nahum 2:13. (Arab. خنق, Eth. ኀነቀ፡ Syr. ܚܢܰܩ id.).

Niphal, to hang, or strangle oneself, 2 Samuel 17:23. Hence מַחֲנָק.

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List of Word Forms

וַיֵּחָנַ֑ק וּמְחַנֵּ֖ק ויחנק ומחנק ū·mə·ḥan·nêq umechanNek ūməḥannêq vaiyechaNak way·yê·ḥā·naq wayyêḥānaq