G4155

πνίγω

pnigō

Verb · Strengthened from πνέω (G4154)

Strengthened from G4154; to wheeze, i.e. (causative, by implication) to throttle or strangle (drown):—choke, take by the throat.

Outline

to choke, strangle

of thorns crowding out the seed in the field and hindering its growth

to wring one's neck, throttle

Usages

Matthew 18:28

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.

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Mark 5:13

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.

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