Strangled
πνικτόςStrong’s G4156pniktos
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Pniktos is the Greek word usually translated “which is strangled”, “from a strangled” and “what is strangled”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.”
Meaning
Usually translated “which is strangled”, “from a strangled” and “what is strangled”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- which is strangled 1
- from a strangled 1
- what is strangled 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 3
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Acts 15:29That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
- Acts 21:25As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication.
Greek dictionary
πνικτός pniktos · strangled
πνικτός, -ή, -όν (πνίγω), strangled : Act.15:20, 29 21:25 (cf. Lev.17:13-14).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “strangled” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
STRANGLED, participle passive
Choked; suffocated; suppressed.
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.