Strong’s Hebrew
H2614 — chanaq
The entry below is Strong’s own definition (1890, public domain), and every verse where the word occurs.
חָנַק
chanaq — pronounced khaw-nak
a primitive root (compare 2596); to be narrow; by implication, to throttle, or (reflex.) to choke oneself to death (by a rope):--hang self, strangle. see H02596
2 occurrences in the KJV.
2 Samuel 17:23
And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
Nahum 2:12
The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.