πνίγω
pnigō · choke, drown
Greek word · Strong’s number G4155 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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pnigō (πνίγω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “choke, drown”.
Choke, strangle; drown.
How to say it
pni·gō
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To squeeze off the breath; to smother.
- To die under water.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- choked ×1
- he was choking him ×1
- they were drowning ×1
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Matthew 13:7
Other seeds fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked them.
- Matthew 18:28
But that slave went out and found one of his fellow slaves who owed him a hundred denarii; and seizing him, he was choking him, saying, ‘Pay back whatever you owe!’
- Mark 5:13
And he gave them permission. And coming out, the unclean spirits entered into the pigs, and the herd, about two thousand, rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and they were drowning in the sea.