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
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
Related themes
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.