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hanged

Meaning of “hanged”

Suspended; put to death by being suspended by the neck.

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First occurrence: Genesis 40:22

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Genesis 40:22
But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.
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1611 witness · Genesis 40:22 · retained source text

But he hanged the chiefe Baker, as Ioseph had interpreted to them.

Genesis 41:13
And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.
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1611 witness · Genesis 41:13 · retained source text

And it came to passe, as he interpreted to vs, so it was; mee he restored vnto mine office, and him he hanged.

Deuteronomy 21:23
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.
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 21:23 · retained source text

His body shall not remaine all night vpon 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 giueth thee for an inheritance.

1611 marginal noteHebr. the curse of God.

1611 marginal noteGal. 3.13.

Joshua 8:29
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, that remaineth unto this day.
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1611 witness · Joshua 8:29 · retained source text

And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree vntil euentide: and assoone as the sunne was downe, Ioshua commaunded that they should take his carkeise downe from the tree, and cast it at the entring of the gate of the citie, and raise thereon a great heape of stones that remaineth vnto this day.

1611 marginal noteChap. 7.25.

Joshua 10:26
And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.
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1611 witness · Joshua 10:26 · retained source text

And afterward Ioshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on fiue trees: and they were hanging vpon the trees vntill the euening.

2 Samuel 4:12
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.
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 4:12 · retained source text

And Dauid commanded his yong men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feete, and hanged them vp ouer the poole in Hebron: but they tooke the head of Ishbosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner, in Hebron.

1611 marginal noteChap. 3.32.

2 Samuel 17:23
¶ 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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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 17:23 · retained source text

¶ And when Ahithophel sawe that his counsell was not followed, he sadled his asse, and arose, and gate him home to his house, to his citie, and put his houshold in order, and hanged himselfe, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.

1611 marginal noteHeb. done.

1611 marginal noteHeb. gaue charge concerning his house.

2 Samuel 18:10
And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 18:10 · retained source text

And a certaine man saw it, and told Ioab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an Oke.

2 Samuel 21:9
And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the Lord: and they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest.
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 21:9 · retained source text

And hee deliuered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the LORD: and they fell all seuen together, and were put to death in the dayes of haruest, in the first dayes, in the beginning of barley haruest.

2 Samuel 21:12
¶ And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-gilead, which had stolen them from the street of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 21:12 · retained source text

¶ And Dauid went and tooke the bones of Saul, and the bones of Ionathan his sonne from the men of Iabesh Gilead, which had stollen them from the street of Bethshan where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slaine Saul in Gilboa.

1611 marginal note1.Sam. 31.10.

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