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Concordances
Nave Topical Bible
• Hangings
• Hanging
Thompson Chain Reference
• Hanging
Treasury of Biblical Knowledge
• Punishment;: & God's Sword, Hanged, Israel, Leprosy
• Hanged On a Tree, Cursed
• Curses: & Dust & Hanged On Tree, Vow
Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Hanging
Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Hangings
• Hanging
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Hanging
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Hanging, Hangings
• Hanging
King James Dictionary
• Hanging
• Hanged
• Hang
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Hanging
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Hanging, Drawing and Quartering
Smith Bible Dictionary
• Hangings
• Hanging
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Hang
Wilson's Bible Types
• Hang(Ed)
Webster Dictionary
• Hanging
• Hanged
• Hang-by
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Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Hang-Chow-Fu
• Hanging
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Hanging
• Hangings
Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
• Hanging
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Hanging
• Hanging (2)
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Hang-Chow
• Hanging Gardens, the, of Babylon
The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Hanging
Lexicons
• ܬ݁ܠܳܐ
• ἀπάγχω
• ἐκκρεμάννυμι
• κρεμάννυμι
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• בַּיִת בַּת, בֵּית, אַשְׁבֵּעַ בֵּית, הַגָּן , בֵּית תּוֹגַרְמָה
• דָּלַל , דָּלַל
• חָנַק
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Criminals were usually put to death before hanging, for ignominy (Joshua 10:26). The bodies were removed before nightfall in order not to defile the land (Deuteronomy 21:22-23). Hence our Lord's body as those of the two thieves was taken from the cross before the "high day" of the approaching "sabbath" (John 19:31).