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In the context of the Bible, the term "hanged" refers to the act of execution or display of a person by suspending them from a tree or gallows. This method of punishment is mentioned in several instances throughout the Scriptures, often as a form of capital punishment or as a means of public humiliation and deterrence.

Old Testament References

1. Deuteronomy 21:22-23: The Mosaic Law provides specific instructions regarding those who are hanged. It states, "If a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree, his body shall not remain on the tree overnight. You must be sure to bury him that same day, because anyone who is hung on a tree is under God’s curse. You must not defile the land the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance." This passage underscores the importance of burial and the belief that a hanged person is cursed by God.

2. Joshua 10:26-27: Joshua's conquest of Canaan includes the hanging of five Amorite kings. "After this, Joshua struck them down and killed them, and he hung their bodies on five trees, where they remained until evening. At sunset, Joshua commanded that they be taken down from the trees and thrown into the cave where they had hidden." This act served as a demonstration of God's judgment against the enemies of Israel.

3. Esther 7:9-10: Haman, the antagonist in the Book of Esther, is hanged on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. "Then Harbona, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said, 'Look, the gallows 50 cubits high stands by Haman’s house. He had it made for Mordecai, who spoke up to help the king.' The king said, 'Hang him on it!' So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai." This event highlights the theme of divine justice and reversal of fortunes.

New Testament References

1. Acts 5:30: The apostles, in their preaching, refer to the crucifixion of Jesus as being "hanged on a tree." "The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had killed by hanging Him on a tree." This expression connects the crucifixion with the curse mentioned in Deuteronomy, emphasizing the redemptive work of Christ who bore the curse for humanity.

2. Galatians 3:13: The Apostle Paul elaborates on the significance of Christ being hanged on a tree. "Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: 'Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.'" This passage underscores the theological understanding that Jesus' death on the cross was a substitutionary atonement for sin.

Cultural and Theological Implications

The act of hanging in biblical times was not only a method of execution but also a symbol of shame and divine judgment. The association of being hanged with a curse reflects the gravity of sin and the seriousness of divine justice. In the New Testament, the imagery of hanging is transformed through the crucifixion of Jesus, who, though innocent, took upon Himself the curse of sin to bring redemption to humanity. This profound theological truth is central to the Christian faith, illustrating the depth of God's love and the extent of Christ's sacrifice.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(imp. & p. p.) of Hang.

Greek

2910. kremannumi -- to hang
... Word Origin from a prim. root krem- Definition to hang NASB Word Usage depend
(1), hanged (1), hanging (3), hangs (1), hung (1). hang. ...
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519. apagcho -- to strangle, hang oneself
... Word Origin from apo and agcho (to press, strangle) Definition to strangle,
hang oneself NASB Word Usage hanged (1). hang himself. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

8518. talah -- to hang
... 8517, 8518. talah. 8519 . to hang. Transliteration: talah Phonetic Spelling:
(taw-law') Short Definition: hanged. Word Origin a prim. ...
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3363. yaqa -- to be dislocated or alienated
... root Definition to be dislocated or alienated NASB Word Usage alienated (1), became
disgusted (2), dislocated (1), execute (1), hang (1), hanged (2). ...
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Library

Concerning the Insurrection of Absalom against David and ...
... 9. Concerning The Insurrection Of Absalom Against David And Concerning Ahithophel
And Hushai; And Concerning Ziba And Shimei; And How Ahithophel Hanged Himself ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 9 concerning the insurrection.htm

This is He who Took a Bodily Form in the virgin
... V. This is He who took a bodily form in the Virgin, and was hanged upon the tree,
and was buried within the earth, and suffered not dissolution; He who rose ...
//christianbookshelf.org/unknown/the decretals/v this is he who.htm

The Messenger
... They were to be hanged in the dungeon of the house of the governor of police
at this hour," the man answered with morbid relish in his tone. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/miller/the yoke/chapter iii the messenger.htm

Thou Shalt not Steal.
... little regarded and observed that it exceeds all measure, so that if all who are
thieves, and yet do not wish to be called such, were to be hanged on gallows ...
//christianbookshelf.org/luther/the large catechism/thou shalt not steal.htm

The Penitent Thief
... penitent thief's place. Are you willing to be hanged, or worse than hanged,
as a punishment for your sins in this world? For, till ...
/.../kingsley/the good news of god/sermon xxxi the penitent thief.htm

Esther
... The courtier himself falls from power, and is finally hanged on the gallows he had
prepared for Mordecai, while Mordecai "the Jew" is exalted to the place next ...
//christianbookshelf.org/mcfadyen/introduction to the old testament/esther.htm

Ezekiel's Discourse
... Persia and Lud and Put were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the
shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness. ...
/.../various/select masterpieces of biblical literature/vii ezekiels discourse.htm

In the Name of Jesus Christ Our Crucified Saviour
... And even as one of the twelve Apostles, being reproved by Christ, hanged himself
by the neck, so among the twelve companions of St Francis was one, called ...
/.../ugolino/the little flowers of st francis of assisi/chapter i in the name.htm

And when Jesus was Scourged, He Delivered Him to the Jews to be ...
... thorns upon His head. Likewise also they hanged the two robbers with Him,
Dismas on the right and Gestas on the left. And Jesus said ...
/.../unknown/the gospel of nicodemus /chapter 10 and when jesus.htm

Joseph, a Servant, a Prisoner, and a Saint.
... "The three baskets are three days," said Joseph as he said to the butler, but he
told the cook that in three days he would be put to death, and hanged on a tree ...
/.../lathbury/childs story of the bible/chapter vii joseph a servant.htm

Thesaurus

Hanged (36 Occurrences)
... (imp. & pp) of Hang. Multi-Version Concordance Hanged (36 Occurrences). ... He went
away and hanged himself. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Gallows (8 Occurrences)
... Esther 2:23 When this matter was investigated, and it was found to be so, they were
both hanged on a tree; and it was written in the book of the chronicles in ...
/g/gallows.htm - 10k

Hang (37 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 21:23 his body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall
surely bury him the same day; for he who is hanged is accursed of God; that ...
/h/hang.htm - 20k

Mor'decai (51 Occurrences)
... all his friends unto him: 'Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and in the
morning speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon; then go ...
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Interpreted (19 Occurrences)
... NAS). Genesis 40:22 but he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted
to them. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV). Genesis ...
/i/interpreted.htm - 12k

Exposed (39 Occurrences)
... 2 Samuel 21:9 He delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged
them in the mountain before Yahweh, and all seven of them fell together. ...
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Debir (12 Occurrences)
... (3.) The king of Eglon, one of the five Canaanitish kings who were hanged
by Joshua (Joshua 10:3, 23) after the victory at Gibeon. ...
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Purim (5 Occurrences)
... heroism, and fasting and prayer availed to foil the dastardly scheme of Haman, who
had already built the gallows on which his hated rival should be hanged. ...
/p/purim.htm - 16k

Pur (3 Occurrences)
... heroism, and fasting and prayer availed to foil the dastardly scheme of Haman, who
had already built the gallows on which his hated rival should be hanged. ...
/p/pur.htm - 15k

Profitable (34 Occurrences)
... 18:6 But whoso shall cause one of these little ones that believe on me to stumble,
it is profitable for him that a great millstone should be hanged about his ...
/p/profitable.htm - 17k

Resources

Why is there a curse associated with hanging on a tree? | GotQuestions.org

How did Judas die? | GotQuestions.org

Who was Xerxes in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org

Hanged: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Hanged (36 Occurrences)

Matthew 18:6
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.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Matthew 27:5
He threw down the pieces of silver in the sanctuary, and departed. He went away and hanged himself.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 9:42
And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.
(KJV ASV WBS YLT)

Luke 17:2
It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS)

Luke 23:39
One of the criminals who was hanged insulted him, saying, "If you are the Christ, save yourself and us!"
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Acts 5:30
The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.
(KJV DBY WBS YLT)

Acts 10:39
And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree:
(KJV DBY WBS YLT)

Galatians 3:13
Christ has purchased our freedom from the curse of the Law by becoming accursed for us--because "Cursed is every one who is hanged upon a tree."
(WEY DBY)

Genesis 40:19
yet, within three days doth Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and hath hanged thee on a tree, and the birds have eaten thy flesh from off thee.'
(YLT)

Genesis 40:22
but he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 41:13
It happened, as he interpreted to us, so it was: he restored me to my office, and he hanged him."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 21:22
And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and thou have hanged him on a tree,
(DBY YLT)

Deuteronomy 21:23
his body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall surely bury him the same day; for he who is hanged is accursed of God; that you don't defile your land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Joshua 8:29
He hanged the king of Ai on a tree until the evening, and at the sundown Joshua commanded, and they took his body down from the tree, and threw it at the entrance of the gate of the city, and raised a great heap of stones on it that remains to this day.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Joshua 10:26
Afterward Joshua struck them, put them to death, and hanged them on five trees. They were hanging on the trees until the evening.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS)

2 Samuel 4:12
David commanded his young men, and they killed them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up beside the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth, and buried it in the grave of Abner in Hebron.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

2 Samuel 17:23
When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey, and arose, and got him home, to his city, and set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the tomb of his father.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS RSV NIV)

2 Samuel 18:10
And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.
(KJV YLT)

2 Samuel 21:6
let there be given to us seven men of his sons, and we have hanged them before Jehovah, in the height of Saul, the chosen of Jehovah.' And the king saith, 'I do give;'
(YLT)

2 Samuel 21:9
He delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the mountain before Yahweh, and all seven of them fell together. They were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, at the beginning of barley harvest.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

2 Samuel 21:12
David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh Gilead, who had stolen them from the street of Beth Shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, in the day that the Philistines killed Saul in Gilboa;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

2 Samuel 21:13
and he brought up from there the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son: and they gathered the bones of those who were hanged.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Ezra 6:11
Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be hanged thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this.
(KJV DBY WBS)

Esther 2:23
When this matter was investigated, and it was found to be so, they were both hanged on a tree; and it was written in the book of the chronicles in the king's presence.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 5:14
Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 6:4
And the king said: 'Who is in the court?' --Now Haman was come into the outer court of the king's house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.--
(See RSV)

Esther 7:10
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 8:7
Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, "See, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged on the gallows, because he laid his hand on the Jews.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 9:13
Then Esther said, "If it pleases the king, let it be granted to the Jews who are in Shushan to do tomorrow also according to this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged on the gallows."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 9:14
The king commanded this to be done. A decree was given out in Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 9:25
but when this became known to the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he had devised against the Jews, should return on his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 137:2
We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY)

Isaiah 22:24
And they have hanged on him All the honour of the house of his father, The offspring and the issue, All vessels of small quality, From vessels of basins to all vessels of flagons.
(YLT)

Lamentations 5:12
Princes were hanged up by their hand: The faces of elders were not honored.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Ezekiel 27:10
Persia and Lud and Put were in your army, your men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in you; they set forth your comeliness.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY)

Ezekiel 27:11
The men of Arvad with your army were on your walls all around, and valorous men were in your towers; they hanged their shields on your walls all around; they have perfected your beauty.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY)

Subtopics

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