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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 - Others fell among thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:28 - "But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow servants, who owed him one hundred denarii, and he grabbed him, and took him by the throat, saying, 'Pay me what you owe!'

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:13 - At once Yeshua gave them permission. The unclean spirits came out and entered into the pigs. The herd of about two thousand rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and they were drowned in the sea.
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