To choke
συμπνίγωStrong’s G4846sumpnigō
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Sumpnigō is the Greek word usually translated “choke”, “choked” and “are choked”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.”
Meaning
Usually translated “choke”, “choked” and “are choked”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- choke 1
- choked 1
- they choke 1
- are choked 1
- were pressing around 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Mark 2
- Luke 2
- Matthew 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Mark 4:7And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
- Mark 4:19And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
- Luke 8:14And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.
- Luke 8:42For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the people thronged him.
Greek dictionary
συμπνίγω sumpnigō · to choke
συν-πνίγω (Rec. συμπ-), to choke: of thronging by a crowd, Luk.8:42. Fig., of seed, τ. λόγον, Mat.13:22, Mrk.4:7, 19, Luk.8:14.† (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.