King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4155
Transliteration: pnigō
Phonetic Spelling: (pnee'-go)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to choke
Meaning: to choke
πνίγω: imperfect ἐπνιγον; 1 aorist ἐπνιξα; imperfect passive 3 person plural ἐπνίγοντο;
Word Summary
pnigō: to choke
Original Word: πνίγωTransliteration: pnigō
Phonetic Spelling: (pnee'-go)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to choke
Meaning: to choke
Strong's Concordance
choke, take by the throat. Strengthened from pneo; to wheeze, i.e. (causative, by implication) to throttle or strangle (drown) -- choke, take by the throat.
see GREEK pneo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4155: πνίγωπνίγω: imperfect ἐπνιγον; 1 aorist ἐπνιξα; imperfect passive 3 person plural ἐπνίγοντο;
a. to choke, strangle: used of thorns crowding down the seed sown in a field and hindering its growth, Matthew 13:7 T WH marginal reading; in the passive of perishing by drowning (Xenophon, anab. 5, 7, 25; cf. Josephus, Antiquities 10, 7, 5), Mark 5:13.
b. to wring one's neck, throttle (A. V. to take one by the throat): Matthew 18:28. (Compare: ἀποπνίγω, ἐπιπνίγω, συμπνίγω.)