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Strong G4846συμπνίγω

to choke

Transliteration
sumpnigō
Pronunciation
soom-pnee'-go
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G4862 and G4155; to strangle completely that is (literally) to drown or (figuratively) to crowd: - choke throng.

Detailed definition

συν-πνίγω (Rec. συμπ-),
to choke: of thronging by a crowd, Luk.8:42. Fig., of seed, τ. λόγον, Mat.13:22, Mrk.4:7, 19, Luk.8:14.†
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In the Bible

Strong G4846 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • choke4
  • throng1

First verses

  1. Matthew 13:22
    He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
  2. Mark 4:7
    And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
  3. Mark 4:19
    And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
  4. Luke 8:14
    And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.
  5. Luke 8:42
    For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the people thronged him.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
συμπνίγω [ῑ],
press closely, of crowds, τινα [NT (NT.Luke.8.42)]; σ. τὸ σπέρμα choke it, [NT (NT.Mark.4.7: _metaphorically_, σ. τὸν λόγον NT.Matt.13.22, cf. NT.Luke.8.14)]:—passive, δένδρα συμπνιγόμενα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 6.11.6)]; οἱ ἄνθρακες συμπνίγονται are damped down, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 96.)]
2 in passive, to be drowned, of the Gadarene swine, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “adversus Christianos - Abh. Berl. Akad.” 49.)]