Bible Themes · Humanity

Hanging

Death by suspension from the neck or impaling on a pole, or the suspension of a body after execution by another means.

Suicide by hanging

2 Samuel 17:23; Matthew 27:5

Execution by hanging or impaling

Genesis 40:18–22; Acts 5:30, Acts 10:39; Ezra 6:11; Esther 2:23, Esther 7:9–10, Esther 9:12–13

Hanging after execution

Deuteronomy 21:22; Joshua 8:29, Joshua 10:26; 2 Samuel 4:12, 2 Samuel 21:9–10

Anyone hung on a tree was under God's curse

Deuteronomy 21:23; Galatians 3:13

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Dictionary of Bible Themes © 1999 Martin Manser, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Bible Aquifer. Formatted for this site, with Scripture from the Berean Standard Bible.

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