κρεμάννυμι
kremánnymi · G2910 · Greek · 7 occurrences
Meanings
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to make to hang, to be hung from
To cause to hang down from
ExamplesMatthew 18:6 but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it is better for him that a heavy millstone be hung around his neck, and that he be drowned in the depths of the sea.
Matthew 22:40 “Upon these two commandments hang the whole Law and the Prophets.”
Luke 23:39 One of the criminals who were hanged there was hurling abuse at Him, saying, “Are You not the Christ? Save Yourself and us!”
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to crucify
(An idiom, literally: to hang on a tree) To execute someone by nailing that person to a cross
ExamplesActs 5:30 “The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you put to death by hanging Him on a cross.
Acts 10:39 “We are witnesses of all the things that He did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They also put Him to death by hanging Him on a cross.
Galatians 3:13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us—for it is written: “CURSED IS EVERYONE WHO HANGS ON A TREE”—
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to hang from, to hang down from
To hang down from some point
ExamplesActs 28:4 When the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they began saying to one another, “Undoubtedly this man is a murderer, and though he has been saved from the sea, justice has not allowed him to live.”
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to depend upon
To be in a relation of dependency upon something
ExamplesMatthew 22:40 “Upon these two commandments hang the whole Law and the Prophets.”
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
7 occurrences in 4 groups
- Not stated (participle) 4
- θηρίονbeast, wild animal 1
- μύλοςmillstone, mill 1
- νόμοςlaw, the Law 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
6 occurrences in 4 groups
- ἐπίon+ ξύλονwood, tree, club 3
- ἐκfrom+ χείρhand 1
- ἐνin+ ἐντολήcommandment 1
- περίconcerning, about, for+ τράχηλοςneck 1
What it doesIt is the subject
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- συμφέρωto be profitable, to be better 1
- βλασφημέωto blaspheme, to revile 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- εἴδωto know 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐπικατάρατοςcursed 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- προσπήγνυμι prospḗgnymi · G4362 · to crucify
- κρεμάννυμι is a general verb for hanging, one of whose senses is crucifixion, while προσπήγνυμι is a specialized term exclusively for fastening or impaling on a cross. This is a genuine general-to-specialized near-synonym relationship in which the narrower technical term overlaps precisely with one specific application of the broader term.
In the other Testament 1 word
- תָּלָה tâlâh · H8518 · hung, hanging, to hang
- Hebrew תָּלָה and Greek κρεμάννυμι share the core sense 'to hang, suspend' with near-complete semantic overlap across both literal (hanging objects) and metaphorical (execution by hanging) contexts.
Semantic domains 4 entries
- To hang from, to hang down from18.22
- κρεμάννυμι describes hanging or suspending something. Matthew 18:6 warns that whoever causes a little one to sin, “it is better for him that a heavy millstone be hung around his neck,” the κρεμασθῇ naming this hanging of the millstone as a warning of severe judgment.
- To make to hang, to be hung from18.23
- The same verb, in its passive sense, describes a person being hung, particularly on a cross. Acts 5:30 has Peter declaring that the Jewish leaders had put Jesus to death “by hanging Him on a cross,” the κρεμάσαντες naming this hanging of Jesus on the cross.
- To crucify20.76
- κρεμάννυμι can also specifically denote crucifixion itself. Galatians 3:13 quotes the Law, “CURSED IS EVERYONE WHO HANGS ON A TREE,” the κρεμάμενος naming this hanging on the tree that Christ bore as a curse for others.
- To depend upon89.2
- The verb can also be used figuratively of one thing depending upon another. Matthew 22:40 states that “upon these two commandments hang the whole Law and the Prophets,” the κρέμαται naming this dependence of the whole Law upon love of God and neighbor.
Word family 4 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon see the following word. G2910 — κρεμάννυμι , also κρεμαννύω (scarcely classic (Veitch,…
G2910 — κρεμάννυμι
, also κρεμαννύω (scarcely classic (Veitch, under the word)), κρεμάω κρέμω ( still later (ibid.)), and (the Sept. Job 26:7 and Byzantine writings) κρεμάζω (in the N. T. the present does not occur): 1 aorist ἐκρέμασα; 1 aorist passive ἐκρεμασθην; from Homer down; the Sept. for תָּלָה; to hang up, suspend: τί ἐπί τί (Rec.), περί; τί (L T Tr WH) (εἰς τί, Tdf. editions 2, 7), Mt 18:6; τινα ἐπί ξύλου, Acts 5:30; Acts 10:39 (Gen 40:19, Gen 40:22; Deut 21:22; Est 6:4, etc.); simply κρεμασθεις, of one crucified, Lk 23:39. Middle κρέμαμαι (for κρεμαννυμαι, cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. ii., p. 224); intransitive, to be suspended, to hang: followed by ἐκ with the genitive of the thing, Acts 28:4 (see ἐκ, I. 3): ἐπί ξύλου, of one hanging on a cross, Gal 3:13; tropically, ἐν τίνι, Mt 22:40, where the meaning is, all the Law and the Prophets (i. e. the teaching of the O. T. on morality) is summed up in these two precepts. (Compare: ἐκκρέμαμαι.)
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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