# hang, hangs, hanged, hanging, hangings, hung #

## Definition: ##

The term "hang" means to suspend something or someone above the ground.

* Death by hanging typically is done by tying a rope that is tied around a person's neck and sustending him from an elevated object, like a tree limb. Judas killed himself by hanging.
* Although Jesus died while hanging on a wooden cross, there was nothing around his neck: the soldiers suspended him by nailing his hands (or wrists) and his feet to the cross.
* To hang someone always refers to the way of killing someone by hanging them with a rope around their neck.


## Bible References: ##

* [2 Samuel 17:23](rc://en/tn/help/2sa/17/23)
* [Acts 10:39-41](rc://en/tn/help/act/10/39)
* [Galatians 03:13-14](rc://en/tn/help/gal/03/13)
* [Genesis 40:20-23](rc://en/tn/help/gen/40/20)
* [Matthew 27:3-5](rc://en/tn/help/mat/27/03)

## Word Data: ##

* Strong's: H2614, H3363, H8518, G519