verb
apanchomō
Strong’sG519
I hang myself
stem apanch-once in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ἀπ-άγχω
(< ἄγχω, to press, strangle), [in LXX: II Ki 17:23 (חנק), To 3:10*;]
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
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
strangle, throttle, ὁ μὲν λάε νεβρὸν ἀπάγχωνRefs 8th c.BC+; ὃ μάλιστά μ᾽ ἀπάγχει chokes me with anger, Refs 5th c.BC+ —middle, aorist ἀπηγξάμην, and passive, hang oneself, to be hanged, Refs 7th c.BC+am ready to choke, Refs 5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| 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
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | apanchomō | apanchome | apanchomē | apanchomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | apanchosō | apanchose | apanchosē | apanchoselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | apanchotō | apanchote | apanchotē | apanchotelē |
| we 1st person plural | apanchonō | apanchone | apanchonē | apanchonelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | apanchovō | apanchove | apanchovē | apanchovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | apancholō | apanchole | apancholē | apancholelē |
acts on or for itself middle voice
| Who person | will happen future | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | apanchemi | apanchema |
| you 2nd person singular | apanchesi | apanchesa |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | apancheti | apancheta1×ἀπήγξατο |
| we 1st person plural | apancheni | apanchena |
| ye 2nd person plural | apanchevi | apancheva |
| they 3rd person plural | apancheli | apanchela |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | apanchomeiō | apanchomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | apanchoseiō | apanchoseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | apanchoteiō | apanchoteiē |
| we 1st person plural | apanchoneiō | apanchoneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | apanchoveiō | apanchoveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | apancholeiō | apancholeiē |
acts on or for itself middle voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | apanchemeia |
| you 2nd person singular | apancheseia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | apancheteia |
| we 1st person plural | apancheneia |
| ye 2nd person plural | apancheveia |
| they 3rd person plural | apancheleia |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | apanchosōr | apanchosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | apanchotōr | apanchotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | apanchovōr | apanchovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | apancholōr | apancholēr |
acts on or for itself middle voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | apanchesar |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | apanchetar |
| ye 2nd person plural | apanchevar |
| they 3rd person plural | apanchelar |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | apanchomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | apanchosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | apanchotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | apanchonoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | apanchovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | apancholoiō |
acts on or for itself middle voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | apanchemoia |
| you 2nd person singular | apanchesoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | apanchetoia |
| we 1st person plural | apanchenoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | apanchevoia |
| they 3rd person plural | apancheloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | apanchorō | apanchorē | ||
| acts on or for itself middle voice | apancheri | apanchera |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | apanchorōntos | apanchorēntos | ||
| acts on or for itself middle voice | apancherintos | apancherantos |
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
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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
apancheta“hanged himself”happened · he/she/itaorist middle indicative 3rd person singular1×
Matthew 27:5… eis ton naon anachōrata, kai apercharantos apancheta.… left. Then he went away and hanged himself.