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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - πνίγω

πνίγω

G4155

Transliteration: pnígō

Pronunciation: pnee'-go

Definition: choke


- Original: πνίγω

- Transliteration: Pnigo

- Phonetic: pnee'-go

- Definition:

1. to choke, strangle

a. of thorns crowding out the seed in the field and hindering its growth

2. to wring one's neck, throttle

- Origin: strengthened from G4154" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4154

- TDNT entry: 13:35,9

- Part(s) of speech: Verb

- Strong's: strengthened from G4154" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4154; to wheeze that is (causative by implication) to throttle or strangle (drown): - choke take by the throat.


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