πνίγωpnígō
to choke: with accusative, Matthew 13:7; imperfect (conative), Matthew 18:28; of drowning, passive, Mark 5:13 (cf.
Greek (New Testament) · G4155
Meanings
ἀπο-, ἐπι-, συν-πνίγω).
Same root
- πνέωpnéō · G4154to breathe hard, i.e. breeze
- ἀποπνίγωapopnígō · G638to stifle (by drowning or overgrowth)
- συμπνίγωsympnígō · G4846to strangle completely, i.e. (literally) to drown, or (figuratively) to crowd
- ἐπιπνίγωepipnígō · G1970to throttle upon, i.e. (figuratively) overgrow
- πνικτόςpniktós · G4156throttled, i.e. (neuter concretely) an animal choked to death (not bled)
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 13:7 Other seeds fell among thorns that grew up and choked out the tender plants.
- Matthew 18:28 “But when the man left the king, he went to a fellow servant who owed him a few thousand dollars. He grabbed him by the throat and demanded instant payment.
- Mark 5:13 So Jesus gave them permission. The evil spirits came out of the man and entered the pigs, and the entire herd of about 2,000 pigs plunged down the steep hillside into the lake and drowned in the water.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.