King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4846
Transliteration: sympnigō
Phonetic Spelling: (soom-pnee'-go)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to choke
Meaning: to choke
συμπνίγω (T WH συνπνίγω (cf. σύν, II. at the end)); imperfect συνέπνιγον; 1 aorist συνέπνιξα; present passive 3 person plural συμπνίγονται; to choke utterly: the seed of the divine word sown in the mind, Matthew 13:22; Mark 4:7, 19 (δένδρα συμπνιγομενα, Theophrastus,
Word Summary
sympnigō: to choke
Original Word: συμπνίγωTransliteration: sympnigō
Phonetic Spelling: (soom-pnee'-go)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to choke
Meaning: to choke
Strong's Concordance
choke, throng. From sun and pnigo; to strangle completely, i.e. (literally) to drown, or (figuratively) to crowd -- choke, throng.
see GREEK sun
see GREEK pnigo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4846: συμπνίγωσυμπνίγω (T WH συνπνίγω (cf. σύν, II. at the end)); imperfect συνέπνιγον; 1 aorist συνέπνιξα; present passive 3 person plural συμπνίγονται; to choke utterly: the seed of the divine word sown in the mind, Matthew 13:22; Mark 4:7, 19 (δένδρα συμπνιγομενα, Theophrastus,
c. plant. 6, 11, 6); συμπνίγονται, they are choked, i. e. the seed of the divine word in their minds is choked, Luke 8:14; τινα, to press round or throng one so as almost to suffocate him, Luke 8:42 (A. V. thronged).