Greek verb · G4846
συμπνίγω
sympnigosoom-pnee'-go
to choke
5 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: sympnígō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4846is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 5spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4846
to strangle completely, i.e. (literally) to drown, or (figuratively) to crowd
The King James renders it: choke, throng.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
sympnigo is rendered "to choke". It stands 5 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- Two of the uses stand in Mark, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 13:22The seed sown among the thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
The seed sown among the thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
Matthew 13:22συμπνίγει
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- are choked1
- choke1
- choked1
- they choke1
- were pressing around1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| συμπορεύομαι | symporeuomai | to go with | Uses4 |
| συμπαραλαμβάνω | symparalambano | to take along with | Uses4 |
| συμπληρόω | sympleroo | to (ful)fill | Uses3 |
| συμπαθέω | sympatheo | to sympathize | Uses2 |
| συμπάσχω | sympascho | to suffer with | Uses2 |
| συμπέμπω | sympempo | to send with | Uses2 |
| συμπόσιον | symposion | common meal | Uses2 |
| συμπίνω | sympino | to drink with | Uses1 |
| συμπαθής | sympathes | sympathetic | Uses1 |
| συμπάρειμι | sympareimi | be present with | Uses1 |
| συμπολίτης | sympolites | fellow citizen | Uses1 |
| συμπαρακαλέω | symparakaleo | to encourage | Uses1 |
and 4 more on the stem.
All 5, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- συμπνίγει1
- συμπνίγονται1
- συμπνίγουσιν1
- συνέπνιγον1
- συνέπνιξαν1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-AAI-3P
- verb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-IAI-3P
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-PAI-3P
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-PAI-3S
- verb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-PPI-3P
Matthew
one use
The seed sown among the thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
- συμπνίγειsumpnigeiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: choke
Mark
two uses
Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the seedlings, and they yielded no crop.
- συνέπνιξανsunepnixanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: choked
but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
- συμπνίγουσινsumpnigousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they choke
Luke
two uses
The seeds that fell among the thorns are those who hear, but as they go on their way, they are choked by the worries, riches, and pleasures of this life, and their fruit does not mature.
- συμπνίγονταιsumpnigontaiverb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: are choked
because his only daughter, who was about twelve, was dying. As Jesus went with him, the crowds pressed around Him,
- συνέπνιγονsunepnigonverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were pressing around
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.