# חָנַק (chanaq)

Israeli respelling: cha-naq. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H2614. 2 Old Testament occurrences.

to be narrow; by implication, to throttle, or (reflex.) to choke oneself to death (by a rope)

King James renderings: hang self, strangle.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/chanaq-h2614

## Occurrences

- [2 Samuel 17:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 p…
- [Nahum 2:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nahum/2/12) — The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.