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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.