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Lexicon :: Strong's G4155 - pnigō

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πνίγω
Transliteration
pnigō (Key)
Pronunciation
pnee'-go
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Strengthened from πνέω (G4154)
mGNT
3x in 3 unique form(s) TR
2x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
2x in 2 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:455,895

Strong’s Definitions

πνίγω pnígō, pnee'-go; strengthened from G4154; to wheeze, i.e. (causative, by implication) to throttle or strangle (drown):—choke, take by the throat.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G4155 in the following manner: take by the throat (1x), choke (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G4155 in the following manner: take by the throat (1x), choke (1x).

  1. to choke, strangle

    1. of thorns crowding out the seed in the field and hindering its growth

  2. to wring one's neck, throttle

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πνίγω pnígō, pnee'-go; strengthened from G4154; to wheeze, i.e. (causative, by implication) to throttle or strangle (drown):—choke, take by the throat.
STRONGS G4155:
πνίγω: imperfect ἐπνιγον; 1 aorist ἐπνιξα; imperfect passive 3 person plural ἐπνίγοντο;
a. to choke, strangle: used of thorns crowding down the seed sown in a field and hindering its growth, Matthew 13:7 T WH marginal reading; in the passive of perishing by drowning (Xenophon, anab. 5, 7, 25; cf. Josephus, Antiquities 10, 7, 5), Mark 5:13.
b. to wring one's neck, throttle (A. V. to take one by the throat): Matthew 18:28. (Compare: ἀποπνίγω, ἐπιπνίγω, συμπνίγω.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
13:7; 18:28
Mark
5:13

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4155 matches the Greek πνίγω (pnigō),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:7 - “Other seed fell among thorns, and thorns came up and choked them out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:28 - “But that same slave went out and found one of his fellow slaves who owed him [fn]a hundred denarii; and he seized him and began choking him, saying, ‘Pay what you owe!’

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:13 - Jesus gave them permission. And the unclean spirits came out [of the man] and entered the pigs. The herd, numbering about two thousand, rushed down the steep bank into the sea; and they were drowned [one after the other] in the sea.
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