Hanging
Hanging
(as a punishment, , to impale with dislocation of the limbs, Num 25:4; 2Sa 21:6; 2Sa 21:9; , to suspend, as among the Hebrews, Deu 21:22; the Egyptians, Gen 40:19; and the Persians, Est 7:10; Est 5:14; ). SEE CRUCIFIXION. Hanging on a tree or gibbet appears to have been a mark of infamy, inflicted on the dead bodies of criminals, rather than a punishment, as modern nations employ it. The person suspended was considered as a curse, an abomination in the sight of God, and as receiving this token of infamy at his hand. The body, nevertheless, was to be taken e down and buried on the same day. The hanging mentioned in 2Sa 21:6, was the work of the Gibeonites, and not of the Hebrews. Posthumous suspension of this kind, for the purpose of conferring ignominy, differs materially from the crucifixion that was practiced by the Romans, although the Jews gave such an extent to the law in Deu 21:22-23, as to include the last-named punishment (Joh 19:31; Act 5:30; Gal 3:13; 1Pe 2:24). The more recent Jews attributed the origin of the punishment of strangulation to Moses, and supposed it to have been meant by the phrase, He shall die the death,but without cause. SEE PUNISHMENT.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Hanging (2)
(as a curtain) is the rendering of three Heb. terms, two of them having reference to the furniture of the tabernacle and Temple.
1. The hanging( a masak’; Sept. ,Vulg. tentorium) was a curtain or covering (as the word radically means, and as it is sometimes rendered) to close an entrance. It was made of variegated stuff wrought with needlework (compare Est 1:5), and (in one instance, at least) was hung on five pillars of acacia wood. The term is applied to a series of curtains suspended before the successive openings of entrance into the tabernacle and its parts. Of these, the first hung before the entrance to the court of the tabernacle (Exo 27:16; Exo 38:18; Num 4:26); the second before the door of the tabernacle (Exo 26:36-37; Exo 39:38); and the third before the entrance to the Most Holy Place, called more fully (vail of the covering, Exo 35:12; Exo 39:34; Exo 40:21). SEE CURTAIN.
2. The hangings(, kelaim’; Sept. , Vulg. tentoria) were used for covering the walls of the tabernacle, just as tapestry was in modern times (Exo 27:9; Exo 35:17; Exo 38:9; Num 3:26; Num 4:26). The rendering in the Sept. implies that they were made of the same substance as the sails of a ship, i.e. as explained by Rashi) meshy, not woven this opinion is, however, incorrect, as the material of which they were constructed was fine twined linen. The hangings were carried only five cubits high, or half the height of the walls of the court (Exo 27:18; compare Exo 26:16). They were fastened to pillars which ran along the sides of the court (Exo 27:18). SEE TABERNACLE.
3. The hangings(, bottim’, 2Ki 23:7, margin houses, which is the literal rendering) are of doubtful import. Ewald conjectures that the reading should be , clothes, and supposes the reference to be to dresses for the images of Astarte; but this is both gratuitous and superfluous. The bottim which these women wove were probably cloths for tents used as portable sanctuaries. SEE IDOLATRY.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Hanging
(as a punishment), a mark of infamy inflicted on the dead bodies of criminals (Deut. 21:23) rather than our modern mode of punishment. Criminals were first strangled and then hanged (Nu. 25:4; Deut. 21:22). (See 2 Sam. 21:6 for the practice of the Gibeonites.)
Hanging (as a curtain). (1.) Heb. masak, (a) before the entrance to the court of the tabernacle (Ex. 35:17); (b) before the door of the tabernacle (26:36, 37); (c) before the entrance to the most holy place, called “the veil of the covering” (35:12; 39:34), as the word properly means.
(2.) Heb. kelaim, tapestry covering the walls of the tabernacle (Ex. 27:9; 35:17; Num. 3:26) to the half of the height of the wall (Ex. 27:18; comp. 26:16). These hangings were fastened to pillars.
(3.) Heb. bottim (2 Kings 23:7), “hangings for the grove” (R.V., “for the Asherah”); marg., instead of “hangings,” has “tents” or “houses.” Such curtained structures for idolatrous worship are also alluded to in Ezek. 16:16.
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Hanging
Criminals were usually put to death before hanging, for ignominy (Jos 10:26). The bodies were removed before nightfall in order not to defile the land (Deu 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” (Joh 19:31).
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Hanging
HANGING.See Crimes and Punishments, 10; Gallows.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Hanging
hanging (, talah, to hang up, suspend, 2Sa 21:12; Deu 28:66; Job 26:7; Psa 137:2; Son 4:4; Hos 11:7): Generally, where the word is used in connection with punishments, it appears to have reference to the hanging of the corpse after execution. We find but two clear instances of death by hanging, i.e. strangulation – those of Ahithophel and Judas ((2Sa 17:23; Mat 27:5), and both these were eases of suicide, not of execution. The foregoing Hebrew word is clearly used for hanging as a mode of execution in Est 5:14; Est 6:4; Est 7:9; Est 8:7; Est 9:13, Est 9:14, Est 9:25; but probably the gallows or tree (, ec) was a stake for the purpose of impaling the victim. It could be lowered for this purpose, then raised fifty cubits high to arrest the public gaze. The Greek word used in Mat 27:5 is , apagchesthai, to strangle oneself. See HDB, article Hanging, for an exhaustive discussion.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Hanging
Hanging [PUNISHMENTS]
Fuente: Popular Cyclopedia Biblical Literature
Hanging
See PUNISHMENTS.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Hanging
Capital punishment by
Gen 40:19-22; Jos 8:29; 2Sa 4:12; Est 7:10
The curse of death by
Deu 21:22-23; Gal 3:13 Punishment
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Hanging
Hanging. The “hanging” was a curtain or ‘covering’ to close an entrance; one was placed before the door of the Tabernacle. Exo 26:36-37; Exo 39:38.