hang himself

; mid., (or, ; v. M, , 155): .† to strangle to hang oneself to choke Pr. Mt 27:5

I choke, strangle; mid: I strangle or hang myself.

to strangle

akin to the base of G43 (ἀγκάλη)); to strangle oneself off (i.e. to death)

hang himself

akin to the base of G43 (ἀγκάλη))

to strangle oneself off (i.e. to death)

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)