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To choke

ἀποπνίγωStrong’s G0638

apopnigō

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Apopnigō is the Greek word usually translated “was drowned”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked.”
Luke 8:33 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “was drowned”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • was drowned 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Luke 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    ἀποπνίγω apopnigō · to choke

    ἀπο-πνίγω [in LXX: Nam.2:13 (חָנַק pi.), Tob.3:8 * ;] to choke: Mat.13:7, Luk.8:7; pass., of drowning (= καταποντίζομαι), Luk.8:33.† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “choke” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    CHOKE, verb transitive

    1. To stop the passage of the breath, by filling the windpipe or compressing the neck. Mark 5:13
    2. To stop by filling; to obstruct; to block up; as, to choke the entrance of a harbor, or any passage.
    3. To hinder by obstruction or impediments; to hinder or check growth, expansion, or progress; as, to choke plants; to choke the spreading of the fruit.
    4. To smother or suffocate, as fire.
    All definitions and other forms of “choke”
    1. To suppress or stifle; as, to choke the strong conception.
    2. To offend; to cause to take an exception; as, I was choked at this word.

    CHOKE, verb intransitive

    1. To have the wind-pipe stopped; as, cattle are apt to choke when eating potatoes.
    2. To be offended; to take exceptions.

    CHOKE, noun

    The filamentous or capillary part of the artichoke.

      Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

      Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.