Greek · Strong's G4155
πνίγω
pnigopnee'-go
to wheeze, i.e. (causative, by implication) to throttle or strangle (drown)
1890 spelling: pnígō
- π80
- ν50
- ι10
- γ3
- ω800
Isopsephy 943
Strong's Dictionary · 1890
to wheeze, i.e. (causative, by implication) to throttle or strangle (drown)
Rendered in the KJV as
choke, take by the throat.
- 4occurrencesin the New Testament
- 3 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- ἀπέπνιξαν1
- ἔπνιγεν1
- ἐπνίγοντο1
- ἔπνιξαν1
How it is rendered · 3
- choked2
- he was throttling [him]1
- they were drowned1
The sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- PREP + G4155=V-AAI-3P1
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person plural1
- verb · imperfect active, statement · 3rd person singular1
- verb · imperfect passive, statement · 3rd person plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- PREP + G4155=V-AAI-3P · 1
- V-AAI-3P · 1
- V-IAI-3S · 1
- V-IPI-3P · 1
All 4, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Matthew2 occurrences
- Matthew 13:7ἔπνιξανepnixanverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person pluralOther seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the seedlings.here: choked
- Matthew 18:28ἔπνιγενepnigenverb · imperfect active, statement · 3rd person singularBut when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back what you owe me!’here: he was throttling [him]