Biblical Hebrew

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hebrew #2614 - חָנַק chanaq


Original Word:חָנַק
Transliteration: chanaq
Phonetic Spelling:(khaw-nak')
Definition:to strangle
Part of Speech:Verb
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

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


Englishman's Concordance

1) to strangle, strangle oneself
1a) (Niphal) to strangle oneself
1b) (Piel) to strangle
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root [compare H2596]
Same Word by TWOT Number: 697

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[חָנַק] verbstrangle (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic חֲנַק, ; Arabic ); —

Niph`alImperfectוַיֵּחָנַ֑ק2 Samuel 17:23strangled himself (+וַיָּ֫מָת).

Pi`elparticipleמְחַנֵּקNahum 2:13strangle, of lion strangling prey, figurative of Ninevitish king (object not expressed).


Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 2614. חָנַק (chanaq) — 2 Occurrences

2 Samuel 17:23
HEB:אֶל־ בֵּית֖וֹ וַיֵּחָנַ֑ק וַיָּ֕מָת וַיִּקָּבֵ֖ר
NAS: in order, and strangled himself; thus he died
KJV: in order, and hanged himself, and died,
INT: about his house and strangled died was buried

Nahum 2:12
HEB:בְּדֵ֣י גֹֽרוֹתָ֔יו וּמְחַנֵּ֖ק לְלִבְאֹתָ֑יו וַיְמַלֵּא־
NAS: for his cubs, Killed [enough] for his lionesses,
KJV: for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses,
INT: enough his cubs Killed his lionesses and filled

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