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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - συμπνίγω
συμπνίγω
G4846
Transliteration: sympnígō
Pronunciation: soom-pnee'-go
Definition: choke
- Original: συμπνίγω - Transliteration: Sumpnigo - Phonetic: soom-pnee'-go
- Definition:
1. to choke utterly
a. metaph. the seed of the divine word sown in the mind
b. to press round or throng one so as almost to suffocate him
- Origin: from G4862" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4862 and G4155" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4155 - TDNT entry: 13:35,9 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: From G4862" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4862 and G4155" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4155; to strangle completely that is (literally) to drown or (figuratively) to crowd: - choke throng.