Topic
Hanging
26 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Deuteronomy 21:22Easton · Nave The curse of death by
¶ And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree:
- Deuteronomy 21:23Easton · Nave The curse of death by
His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
- Genesis 40:19–22Nave Capital punishment by
Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee. ¶ And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, that he made a feast unto all his…
- Exodus 27:9Easton
¶ And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side:
- Exodus 27:18Easton
¶ The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass.
- Exodus 35:17Easton
The hangings of the court, his pillars, and their sockets, and the hanging for the door of the court,
- Numbers 3:26Easton
And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof.
- Numbers 25:4Easton
And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel.
- Deuteronomy 28:66ISBE
And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life:
- Joshua 8:29Nave Capital punishment by
And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones,…
- 2 Samuel 4:12Nave Capital punishment by
And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.
- 2 Samuel 17:23ISBE
¶ And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
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- 2 Samuel 21:6 Easton
- 2 Samuel 21:12 ISBE
- 2 Kings 23:7 Easton
- Esther 5:14 ISBE
- Esther 6:4 ISBE
- Esther 7:9 ISBE
- Esther 7:10 Nave Capital punishment by
- Job 26:7 ISBE
- Psalms 137:2 ISBE
- Song of Songs 4:4 ISBE
- Ezekiel 16:16 Easton
- Hosea 11:7 ISBE
- Matthew 27:5 ISBE
- Galatians 3:13 Nave The curse of death by
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 16 references
(as a punishment), a mark of infamy inflicted on the dead bodies of criminals (Deut. 21:23) rather than our modern mode of punishment. Criminals were first strangled and then hanged (Nu. 25:4; Deut. 21:22). (See 2 Sam. 21:6 for the practice of the Gibeonites.)
Hanging (as a curtain). (1.) Heb. masak, (a) before the entrance to the court of the tabernacle (Ex. 35:17); (b) before the door of the tabernacle (26:36, 37); (c) before the entrance to the most holy place, called “the veil of the covering” (35:12; 39:34), as the word properly means.
(2.) Heb. kelaim, tapestry covering the walls of the tabernacle (Ex. 27:9; 35:17; Num. 3:26) to the half of the height of the wall (Ex. 27:18; comp. 26:16). These hangings were fastened to pillars.
(3.) Heb. bottim (2 Kings 23:7), “hangings for the grove” (R.V., “for the Asherah”); marg., instead of “hangings,” has “tents” or “houses.” Such curtained structures for idolatrous worship are also alluded to in Ezek. 16:16.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 16 references
hang'-ing (talah, "to hang up," "suspend," 2Sa 21:12; De 28:66; Job 26:7; Ps 137:2; So 4:4; Ho 11:7): Generally, where the word is used in connection with punishments, it appears to have reference to the hanging of the corpse after execution. We find but two clear instances of death by hanging, i.e. strangulation--those of Ahithophel and Judas ((2Sa 17:23; Mt 27:5), and both these were eases of suicide, not of execution. The foregoing Hebrew word is clearly used for "hanging" as a mode of execution in Es 5:14; 6:4; 7:9 ff; 8:7; 9:13,14,25; but probably the "gallows" or "tree" ('ets) was a stake for the purpose of impaling the victim. It could be lowered for this purpose, then raised "fifty cubits high" to arrest the public gaze. The Greek word used in Mt 27:5 is apagchesthai, "to strangle oneself." See HDB, article "Hanging," for an exhaustive discussion.
Frank E. Hirsch
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 7 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → Capital punishment by Ge 40:19-22; Jos 8:29; 2Sa 4:12; Es 7:10
- → The curse of death by De 21:22,23; Ga 3:13
- → See PUNISHMENT
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.