Strong's Lexicon
G4155 — πνίγω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4155 |
|---|---|
| Word: | πνίγω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | strengthened from G4154 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | pnigo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | pnee'-go |
| Meaning: | 1. to wheeze (causative) 2. (by implication) to throttle or strangle (drown) |
| KJV Renderings: | choke, take by the throat |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πνίγω: 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, Mat 13:7 T WH marginal reading; in the passive of perishing by drowning (Xenophon, anab. 5, 7, 25; cf. Josephus, Antiquities 10, 7, 5), Mar 5:13.
b. to wring one’s neck, throttle (A. V. to take one by the throat): Mat 18:28. (Compare: ἀποπνίγω, ἐπιπνίγω, συμπνίγω.)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
πνίγω (choke)
Matthew 18:28
- KJV: But the same servant went out and found one of his fellowservants which owed him an hundred pence and he laid hands on him and took him by the throat saying Pay me that thou owest
- GK: εξελθών δε ο δούλος εκείνος εύρεν ένα των συνδούλων αυτού ος ωφείλεν αυτώ εκατόν δηνάρια και κρατήσας αυτόν έπνιγε λέγων απόδος μοι ει οφείλεις
Mark 5:13
- KJV: And forthwith Jesus gave them leave And the unclean spirits went out and entered into the swine and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea they were about two thousand and were choked in the sea
- GK: και επέτρεψεν αυτοίς ευθέως ο Ιησούς και εξελθόντα τα πνεύματα τα ακάθαρτα εισήλθον εις τους χοίρους και ώρμησεν η αγέλη κατά του κρημνού εις την θάλασσαν ήσαν δε ως δισχίλιοι και επνίγοντο εν τη θαλάσση