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Strong's #4155 - πνίγω

Transliteration

pnígō

Phonetics

pnee'-go

Origin

strengthened from (G4154)

Parts of Speech

verb

TDNT

6:455,895

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to choke, strangle
1. of thorns crowding out the seed in the field and hindering its growth
to wring one's neck, throttle

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1204 ‑ בָּעַת (baw‑ath');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (2)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

BSB (3)

Matthew 2

Mark 1

CSB (3)

Matthew 2

Mark 1

ESV (2)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

KJV (2)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (2)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

N95 (2)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

NAS (2)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

NLT (2)

Matthew 2

Mark 1

WEB (2)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

YLT (3)

Matthew 2

Mark 1

ASV (2)

by the throat 1

they were drowned 1

BSB (3)

and began to choke him 1

choked 1

drowned 1

CSB (3)

choked 1

choking 1

drowned 1

ESV (2)

choke 1

drowned 1

KJV (2)

choked 1

throat 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (2)

choke 1

drowned 1

N95 (2)

choke 1

drowned 1

NAS (2)

choke 1

drowned 1

NLT (2)

drowned 1

throat 1

WEB (2)

by the throat 1

drowned 1

YLT (3)

by the throat 1

choke 1

they were choked 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

V-IAI-3S 1

V-IPI-3P 1

ANT

V-IAI-3S 1

V-IPI-3P 1

BEZ

V-AAI-3P 1

V-IAI-3S 1

V-IPI-3P 1

BGB

V-IAI-3S 1

V-IPI-3P 1

BMT

V-IAI-3S 1

V-IPI-3P 1

BYZ

V-IAI-3S 1

V-IPI-3P 1

ELZ

V-IAI-3S 1

V-IPI-3P 1

NA26

V-3AAIP 1

V-3IAIS 1

V-3IPIP 1

SBL

V-IAI-3S 1

V-IPI-3P 1

SCV

V-IAI-3S 1

V-IPI-3P 1

STV

V-AAI-3P 1

V-IAI-3S 1

V-IPI-3P 1

TIS

V-IAI-3S 1

V-IPI-3P 1

V-IAI-3S 1

V-IPI-3P 1

TRG

V-IAI-3S 1

V-IPI-3P 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

πνίγ-ω [ῑ ],

Sophr. 68, al., Antipho 4.1.6, Herod. 4.31, etc.: impf. ἔπνῑγον Ar. Nu. 1376: fut. πνίξω ( ἀπο- ) Pl.Com. 198, Antiph. 171; Dor. 2 pl. fut. πνιξεῖσθε Epich. 155: aor. ἔπνιξα, imper. πνῖξον, Cratin. 27, Hdt. 2.92, Batr. 158: — Pass., fut. πνῐγήσομαι Gal. Nat.Fac. 1.17, ( ἀπο- ) Ar. Nu. 1504, Hp. Morb. 3.16; also ἀπο-πεπνίξομαι Eun. VS p.463 B.: aor. ἐπνίχθην ( ἀπ- ) Aret. SA 1.7; but ἐπνίγην [ῐ ] Batr. 148, Aret. SD 1.11, ( ἀπ- ) Pherecr. 159, Pl. Grg. 512a, D. 32.6, etc.: pf. πέπνιγμαι, v. infr.11. — The simple verb is less freq. than the compd. ἀποπνίγω: — choke, throttle, strangle, Sophr.l.c., etc.; of a doctor, πνίγων . . πικρότατα πόματα διδούς Pl. Grg. 522a; ἂν ὕλη πνίγῃ [τὸν σῖτον ] X. Oec. 17.14: prov., ὅταν τὸ ὕδωρ πνίγῃ, τί δεῖ ἐπιπίνειν; Arist. EN 1146a35: — Pass., to be choked, stifled, ἐπνιγόμην τὰ σπλάγχνα Ar. Nu. 1036; αἱ ὑστερικῶς πνιγόμεναι Antyll. ap. Orib. 10.19.1 .

2. impers. πνίγει, of great heat, it is stifling, Arist. Pr. 941b4, 944a7 .

3. metaph., vex, torment, ἕνα χαλκοῦν ἀποβαλὼν αὑτὸν π. Phld. Ir. p.37 W.; ὃ δὲ μάλιστά με πνίγει v.l. in Luc. Prom. 17; oppress by exactions, 'squeeze', Jul. Mis. 368c .

II cook in a close-covered vessel, bake, stew, Hdt. 2.92; δικίδιον . . ἐν λοπάδι πεπνιγμένον Ar. V. 511; πεπνιγμένος Metag. 6 . 9 .

III drown (cf. πνῖξις 11 ), in Pass., X. An. 5.7.25: metaph., of plants, τὰ φυτὰ . . τοῖς πολλοῖς [ὕδασι] πνίγεται Plu. 2.9b .

Thayer's Expanded Definition

πνίγω: imperfect ἐπνιγον; 1 aorist ἐπνιξα; imperfect passive 3 person plural ἐπνίγοντο;

a. to choke, strangle: used of thorns crowding down the seed sown in a field and hindering its growth, Matthew 13:7 T WH marginal reading; in the passive of perishing by drowning (Xenophon, anab. 5, 7, 25; cf. Josephus, Antiquities 10, 7, 5), Mark 5:13.

b. to wring one's neck, throttle (A. V. to take one by the throat): Matthew 18:28. (Compare: ἀποπνίγω, ἐπιπνίγω, συμπνίγω.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

πνίγω ,

[in LXX: 1 Samuel 16:14-15 (H1204 pi.) *;]

to choke: c. acc, Matthew 13:7 (WH, mg.); impf. (coniative), Matthew 18:28; of drowning, pass., Mark 5:13 (cf. ἀπο -, ἐπι -, συν -πνίγω ).†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

in its original meaning ";bring forward,"; ";produce,"; is seen in the illiterate P Fay 119.21 (c. A.D. 100) σήμανόν μυ ποῦ [κ ]ῖται εἵνα αὐτὰ προέλωι, ";let me know where they (sc. documents) lie that I may get them out"; : Menandrea p. 44.15 provides a new literary ex. For the mid. προαιρέομαι, ";prefer,"; ";propose,"; as in 2 Corinthians 9:7 cf. P Fay 12.25 (c. B.C. 103) προ [ῃ ]ρημένος ἐπεξελθεῖν, ";having decided to proceed against them,"; and the letter of Vespasian confirming certain privileges granted by Claudius to a Gymnastic Club—P Lond 1178.36 (A.D. 194) (= III. p. 217) αὐτὸς φυλάττειν [π ]ροαιροῦμαι. See also P Petr III. 53 (q).2 (iii/B.C.) (= Witkowski.2, p. 44) εἰ ἔρρωσαι, μεθ᾽ ὧν προαιρῇ (";vis";) . . [ἔχοι ] ἂν εὖ.

The subst. προαίρεσις, which is not found in the NT (cf. Carr Hor. Bibl. p. 132), may be illustrated by P Par 63.88 (B.C. 164) (= P Petr III. p. 20) παρὰ τὴν ἰδίαν προαί [ρεσιν, ";contrary to our usual policy"; (Mahaffy), P Oxy II. 237vi. 30 (A.D. 186) τῇ ἀπλανήτῳ προαιρέσει ἀνενεγκών, ";exercising your unerring judgment"; (Edd.), and the Imperial edict P Fay 20.13 (iii/iv A.D.) διὰ τὴν ἐμαυτοῦ προαίρεσιν. It passes into the meaning ";affection,"; ";goodwill,"; in P Giss I. 68.10 (time of Trajan /Hadrian) οἶδα τὴν προαίρεσιν ἣν εἷχες πρὸς αὐτόν, and P Oxy XIV. 1664.3 (iii/A.D.) μεμνημένη τῆς ἀγαθῆς σου προαιρέσεως. For the προαιρέτης βιβλιοθήκης, see Preisigke Girowesen, p. 410,

List of Word Forms

έπνιγε επνιγεν έπνιγεν ἔπνιγεν επνιγοντο επνίγοντο ἐπνίγοντο πνίγει epnigen épnigen epnigonto epnígonto