- Original: ἀπάγχομαι - Transliteration: Apagchomai - Phonetic: ap-ang'-khom-ahee - Definition: 1. to throttle, strangle, in order to put out of the way or kill 2. to hang one's self, to end one's life by hanging - Origin: from G575 and agcho (to choke akin to the base of G43 ) - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: From G575 and ἄγχω agchō(to choke; akin to the base of G43 ); to strangle oneself off (that is to death): - hang himself. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • hanged, 1 Mat 27:5