verb

apanchemō

Greekἀπάγχομαι (apanchomai)

Strong’sG519

I choke, strangle

stem apanch-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

Translated as

hanged himself1×

What it means

ἀπ-άγχω

(< ἄγχω, to press, strangle), [in LXX: II Ki 17:23 (חנק), To 3:10*;]

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

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G519 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidap-ang'-khom-ahee

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

Fromfrom G575 and ἄγχω (to choke;

King Jameshang himself.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Forms in the New Testament

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
apanchetaἀπήγξατο	happened · he/she/itaorist middle indicative 3rd person singular	hanged himself	1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	apanchemō	apancheme	apanchemi	apanchema	apanchemē	apanchemelē
you 2nd person singular	apanchesō	apanchese	apanchesi	apanchesa	apanchesē	apancheselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	apanchetō	apanchete	apancheti	apancheta1×ἀπήγξατο	apanchetē	apanchetelē
we 1st person plural	apanchenō	apanchene	apancheni	apanchena	apanchenē	apanchenelē
ye 2nd person plural	apanchevō	apancheve	apanchevi	apancheva	apanchevē	apanchevelē
they 3rd person plural	apanchelō	apanchele	apancheli	apanchela	apanchelē	apanchelelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	apanchemeiō	apanchemeia	apanchemeiē
you 2nd person singular	apancheseiō	apancheseia	apancheseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	apancheteiō	apancheteia	apancheteiē
we 1st person plural	apancheneiō	apancheneia	apancheneiē
ye 2nd person plural	apancheveiō	apancheveia	apancheveiē
they 3rd person plural	apancheleiō	apancheleia	apancheleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	apanchesōr	apanchesar	apanchesēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	apanchetōr	apanchetar	apanchetēr
ye 2nd person plural	apanchevōr	apanchevar	apanchevēr
they 3rd person plural	apanchelōr	apanchelar	apanchelēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	apanchemoiō	apanchemoia
you 2nd person singular	apanchesoiō	apanchesoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	apanchetoiō	apanchetoia
we 1st person plural	apanchenoiō	apanchenoia
ye 2nd person plural	apanchevoiō	apanchevoia
they 3rd person plural	apancheloiō	apancheloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acts on or for itself middle voice	apancherō	apancheri	apanchera	apancherē

Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acts on or for itself middle voice	apancherōtos	apancheritos	apancheratos	apancherētos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them

apanchstem+aeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—tthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

apanch is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

apancheta“hanged himself”happened · he/she/itaorist middle indicative 3rd person singular1×

Matthew 27:5“hanged himself”kai riptaratos teim argurieim eis ton naon anachōrata, kai apercharatos apancheta.So Judas threw the silver into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.