Strong's Hebrew · H2614
חָנַק
chânaq · khaw-nak'
hang self, strangle.
Definition
to be narrow; by implication, to throttle, or (reflex.) to choke oneself to death (by a rope)
Derivation
a primitive root (compare H2596 (חָנַךְ));
Appears 2 times in Scripture
“The lion mauled enough for its cubs and strangled prey for the lioness. It filled its dens with the kill, and its lairs with mauled prey.”
“When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).