ARAMAIC NEW TESTAMENT

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Explore the Peshitta — the Syriac New Testament — through its triliteral Aramaic roots. Hebrew and Arabic cognates, interlinear reader, and a living map of how each root hardened into Greek.

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ܚܢܩ KH-N-Q
strangle, choke
Peshitta Occurrences
Form Transliteration Gloss References
ܘܚܢܩܘܗܝ
wḥnqwhy
wkhnqwhy
and-strangle, choke-her Matthew 13:7 Mark 4:7 Luke 8:7
ܚܢܝܩܐ
ḥnyqʾ
khnyq'
strangle, choke Acts 15:29 Acts 21:25
ܘܐܬܚܢܩܘ
wʾtḥnqw
w'thkhnqw
and-[pass]strangle, choke[3pl] Ethpeel Mark 5:13 Luke 8:33
ܚܢܩ
ḥnq
khnq
strangle, choke Peal Matthew 27:5
ܘܚܢܩ
wḥnq
wkhnq
and-strangle, choke Matthew 18:28
ܚܢܩܝܢ
ḥnqyn
khnqyn
strangle, choke[pl] Matthew 13:22
ܚܢܩܢ
ḥnqn
khnqn
strangle, choke-them Mark 4:19
ܕܚܢܝܩܐ
dḥnyqʾ
dkhnyq'
strangle, choke Acts 15:20
Hebrew Cognates
Word Transliteration Meaning
חָנַק khanaq to strangle
חֲנִיקָה ḥǎnīqâ strangulation
חֲנוּק ḥǎnûq strangled
מַחֲנֵק maḥǎnēq asphyxiation
Arabic Cognates
Word Transliteration Meaning
خَنَقَ khanaqa to strangle
خَنَّاق ḵannāq strangler
خَنِيق ḵanīq strangled
خَنْق ḵanq strangulation