Quick Definition
ἀπάγχω v. I choke, strangle
Strong's Definition
akin to the base of G43 (ἀγκάλη)); to strangle oneself off (i.e. to death)
Derivation: from G575 (ἀπό) and (to choke;
KJV Usage: hang himself
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | ἄγχω (strangle, hang [someone])
20.81 · Violence, Harm, Destroy, Kill · Kill
to hang oneself, to commit suicide to cause one’s own death by hanging
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀπ-άγχω [cf. Lat. angustus, anzius, Eng. anguish, ete.; Curtius § 166]: 1 aor. mid. ἀπηγξάμην ; to throttle, strangle, in order to put out of the way (ἀπό away, cf. ἀποκτείνω to kill off), Hom. Od. 19, 230; mid. to hang one’s self, to end one’s life by hanging: Mt. xxvii. 5. (2S. xvii. 23; Tob. iii. 10; in Attic from Aeschy]. down.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀπάγχω apanchō 1x
to strangle; mid. to choke or strangle one’s self, hang one’s self, Mt. 27:5*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
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.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀπάγχω (apagchō) — to strangle. ἀπάγχω, strangle, throttle, ὁ μὲν λάε νεβρὸν ἀπάγχων[Refs 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+]