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To hang

κρεμάωStrong’s G2910

kremaō

Appears in 7 verses of the New Testament

In short

Kremaō is the Greek word usually translated “having hanged”, “may be hung” and “hangs”. It appears in 7 verses of the New Testament.

“But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.”
Matthew 18:6 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “having hanged”, “may be hung” and “hangs”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • having hanged 2
  • may be hung 1
  • hangs 1
  • having been hanged 1
  • hanging 1
  • is hanging 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Acts 3
  • Matthew 2
  • Luke 1
  • Galatians 1

4 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

κρεμάω kremaō · to hang

κρεμάννυμι (also κρεμαννύω, κρεμάω; the Pres. is not found in NT), [in LXX (where also κρεμάζω, Job.26:7) chiefly for תָּלָה ;] trans., to hang, suspend: with accusative of person(s), before ἐπὶ ξύλου, Act.5:30 10:39; pass., Luk.23:39; before περί, Mat.18:6. Mid., κρέμαμαι, intrans., to hang: before ἐκ, Act.28:4; ἐπὶ ξύλου, Gal.3:13 (LXX); metaphorically, before ἐν, Mat.22:40.† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “hang” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

HANG, verb transitive

preterit tense and participle passive hanged or hung.

  1. To suspend; to fasten to some fixed object above, in such a manner as to swing or move; as, to hang a thief.
  2. To put to death by suspending by the neck.
  3. To place without any solid support or foundation.“He hangeth the earth upon nothing” Job 26:7
  4. To fix in such a manner as to be movable; as, to hang a door or grate on hooks or by butts.
All definitions and other forms of “hang”
  1. To cover or furnish by any thing suspended or fastened to the walls; as, to hang an apartment with curtains or with pictures.
  2. To hang abroad; to suspend in the open air.
  3. To suspend; to keep or suffer to remain undecided; as, to hang up a question in debate.

HANG, verb intransitive

To be suspended; to be sustained by something above, so as to swing or be movable below.

  1. To dangle; to be loose and flowing below.
  2. To bend forward or downward; to lean or incline.
  3. To float; to play.
  4. To be supported by something raised above the ground; as a hanging garden on the top of a house.
  5. To depend; to rest on something for support.
  6. To rest on by embracing; to cling to; as, to hang on the neck of a person.
  7. To hover; to impend; with over.
  8. To be delayed; to linger.
  9. To incline; to have a steep declivity; as hanging grounds.
  10. To be executed by the halter.
  11. To adhere obstinately; to be importunate.
  12. To rest; to reside; to continue.
  13. To be dependent on.
  14. In seamen's language, to hold fast without belaying; to pull forcibly.“Thy life shall hang in doubt before thee” Deuteronomy 28:66
  15. To be just united, so as barely to hold together.

HANG, noun

A sharp declivity.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.