Words the Bible translates as hang
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 5 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- kremaōκρεμάωto hang: to fasten something at one point and leave it dangling there, and so also to rest one thing's whole weight on another
- talahתָּלָהto hang: to fasten something so that it dangles from a support, whether an object on a peg or a person's body on a tree or gallows
- dalalדָּלַלto sink low: to hang slack, run dry, or be worn down until almost nothing is left
- yaqaיָקַעto be wrenched out of place: a joint torn from its socket, or the inner self torn away from someone in revulsion
+1 more meaning
- to impale or expose a body in a solemn public execution carried out before the LORD
- talaתָּלָאto hangnot studied yet
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