To choke
πνίγωStrong’s G4155pnigō
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Pnigō is the Greek word usually translated “choked”, “was throttling” and “were drowned”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:”
Meaning
Usually translated “choked”, “was throttling” and “were drowned”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- choked 1
- he was throttling 1
- they were drowned 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 2
- Mark 1
2 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 18:28But 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.
- Mark 5:13And 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.
Greek dictionary
πνίγω pnigō · to choke
πνίγω [in LXX: 1Ki.16:14-15 (בָּעַת pi.) * ;] to choke: with accusative, Mat.13:7 (WH, mg.); imperfect (coniative), Mat.18:28; of drowning, pass., Mrk.5:13 (cf. ἀπο-, ἐπι-, συν-πνίγω).† (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
- To stop the passage of the breath, by filling the windpipe or compressing the neck. Mark 5:13
- To stop by filling; to obstruct; to block up; as, to choke the entrance of a harbor, or any passage.
- 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.
- To smother or suffocate, as fire.
All definitions and other forms of “choke”
- To suppress or stifle; as, to choke the strong conception.
- To offend; to cause to take an exception; as, I was choked at this word.
CHOKE, verb intransitive
- To have the wind-pipe stopped; as, cattle are apt to choke when eating potatoes.
- 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.