Dictionary of Bible Themes – 5322 gallows
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5322 gallows

5322 gallows

A wooden structure, sometimes a tree, used to impale or display a body after death, or for execution by hanging. Those hanged on gallows were deemed to be under God’s curse.

A gallows used for impalement and display of bodies

Ezr 6:11 See also Jos 8:29; Jos 10:26; 2Sa 4:12

A gallows used for execution

Est 7:9-10 See also Est 2:23; Est 9:13

Those hanged on gallows are under God’s curse

Gal 3:13 See also Dt 21:23

See also

4528trees
5281crucifixion
5331hanging
5482punishment
5827curse
7346death penalty

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