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Lexicon :: Strong's G4156 - pniktos

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πνικτός
Transliteration
pniktos (Key)
Pronunciation
pnik-tos'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
3x in 3 unique form(s) TR
3x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:455,895

Strong’s Definitions

πνικτός pniktós, pnik-tos'; from G4155; throttled, i.e. (neuter concretely) an animal choked to death (not bled):—strangled.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G4156 in the following manner: strangled (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G4156 in the following manner: strangled (3x).

  1. suffocate, strangled

    1. what is strangled, i.e. an animal deprived of life without the shedding of blood

    2. of cooking: our "smothered" as a culinary term

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πνικτός pniktós, pnik-tos'; from G4155; throttled, i.e. (neuter concretely) an animal choked to death (not bled):—strangled.
STRONGS G4156:
πνικτός, πνικτη, πνικτόν (πνίγω), suffocated, strangled: τό πνικτόν (what is strangled, i. e.) an animal deprived of life without shedding its blood, Acts 15:20, 29; Acts 21:25. ((Several times in Athen. and other later writ, chiefly of cookery; cf. our smothered as a culinary term.))
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Acts
15:20; 15:29; 21:25

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4156 matches the Greek πνικτός (pniktos),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:20 - but to write to them to abstain from the pollutions of the idols, and the whoredom, and the strangled thing; and the blood;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:29 - to abstain from things offered to idols, and blood, and a strangled thing, and whoredom; from which keeping yourselves, ye shall do well; be strong!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:25 - 'And concerning those of the nations who have believed, we have written, having given judgment, that they observe no such thing, except to keep themselves both from idol-sacrifices, and blood, and a strangled thing, and whoredom.'
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