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Strong's H8518 תָּלָה (talah)

talah - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.

Strong's Number H8518
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 26
Books 11

Strong's H8518 Quick Answer

Strong's H8518 תָּלָה (talah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. talah (taw-law') v. 1. to suspend (especially to gibbet) [a primitive root] It has 26 linked Bible usages across 11 books. Visible English usage signals include hanged, hang, hanging, and hangeth. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
talah (taw-law') v. 1. to suspend (especially to gibbet) [a primitive root]
Usage
26 linked usages
Books
11 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
hanged, hang, hanging, and hangeth

Meaning and Definition

talah (taw-law') v. 1. to suspend (especially to gibbet) [a primitive root] KJV: hang (up).

Original Word
תָּלָה
Transliteration
talah
Derivation
Root: תלה
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H8518. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

to hang

Usage: 1) to hang 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to hang 1a1a) to hang up (any object) 1a1b) to put to death by hanging 1b) (Niphal) to be hanged 1c) (Piel) to hang, hang up (for display)

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How Strong's H8518 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render talah, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

hanged Genesis 40:22 18× hang Genesis 40:19 hangeth Job 26:7 hanging Joshua 10:26

How Strong's H8518 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 26 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H8518 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H8518 in the Old Testament

26 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 40:19 KJV

Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.

Genesis 40:22 KJV

But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.

Genesis 41:13 KJV

And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.

Usage Excerpts

First 26 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H8518.

Genesis 40:19 Old Testament, KJV
Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.
Genesis 40:22 Old Testament, KJV
But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.
Genesis 41:13 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.
Deuteronomy 21:22 Old Testament, KJV
And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree:
Deuteronomy 21:23 Old Testament, KJV
His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
Joshua 8:29 Old Testament, KJV
And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day.
Joshua 10:26 Old Testament, KJV
And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.
2 Samuel 4:12 Old Testament, KJV
And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.
2 Samuel 18:10 Old Testament, KJV
And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.
Esther 2:23 Old Testament, KJV
And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out; therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.
Esther 5:14 Old Testament, KJV
Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.
Esther 6:4 Old Testament, KJV
And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king's house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
Esther 7:9 Old Testament, KJV
And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon.
Esther 7:10 Old Testament, KJV
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
Esther 8:7 Old Testament, KJV
Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.
Esther 9:13 Old Testament, KJV
Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews which are in Shushan to do to morrow also according unto this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.
Esther 9:14 Old Testament, KJV
And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.
Esther 9:25 Old Testament, KJV
But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
Job 26:7 Old Testament, KJV
He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
Psalms 137:2 Old Testament, KJV
We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
Song of Solomon 4:4 Old Testament, KJV
Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.
Isaiah 22:24 Old Testament, KJV
And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons.
Lamentations 5:12 Old Testament, KJV
Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.
Ezekiel 15:3 Old Testament, KJV
Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?
Ezekiel 27:10 Old Testament, KJV
They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness.
Ezekiel 27:11 Old Testament, KJV
The men of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they have made thy beauty perfect.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H8518, grouped by book.

Genesis 3 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 2 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 2 usages, Old Testament
Esther 9 usages, Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Old Testament
Song of Solomon 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezekiel 3 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H8518 FAQ

What does talah (תָּלָה) mean?

Strong's H8518 is a Hebrew entry for H8518 תָּלָה (talah). talah (taw-law') v. 1. to suspend (especially to gibbet) [a primitive root]

How many times is talah (תָּלָה) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 26 linked usages for Strong's H8518 across 11 books.

Where can I study talah (תָּלָה) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H8518 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate talah (תָּלָה)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as hanged, hang, hanging, and hangeth. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.