Word Study · Strong's G4156 · Greek
πνικτός
pniktos
pnik-tos'
Strong's 1890 spelling: pniktós
“throttled, i.e. (neuter concretely) an animal choked to death (not bled)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
throttled, i.e. (neuter concretely) an animal choked to death (not bled)
Rendered in the KJV as
strangled.
- 3occurrencesin the New Testament
- 1 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- πνικτὸν1
- πνικτοῦ1
- πνικτῶν1
How it is rendered · 3
- from a strangled [one]1
- what is strangled1
- which is strangled1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- adjective · accusative (object) · neuter singular1
- adjective · genitive (“of”) · neuter plural1
- adjective · genitive (“of”) · neuter singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- A-ASN · 1
- A-GPN · 1
- A-GSN · 1
All 3, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Acts3 occurrences
- Acts 15:20πνικτοῦpniktouadjective · genitive (“of”) · neuter singularInstead, we should write and tell them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals, and from blood.here: which is strangled
- Acts 15:29πνικτῶνpniktōnadjective · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluralYou must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things. Farewell.here: from a strangled [one]
- Acts 21:25πνικτὸνpniktonadjective · accusative (object) · neuter singularAs for the Gentile believers, we have written to them our decision that they must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality.”here: what is strangled