Dictionary entry

ἀπάγχω

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἀπ-άγχω

(< ἄγχω, to press, strangle), [in LXX: II Ki 17:23 (חנק), To 3:10*;]

to strangle; mid., to hang oneself (or, to choke; v. M, Pr., 155): Mt 27:5.†