King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G638
Transliteration: apopnigō
Phonetic Spelling: (ap-op-nee'-go)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to choke
Meaning: to choke
ἀποπνίγω: 1 aorist ἀπεπνιξα; 2 aorist passive ἀπεπνιγην; (ἀπό as in ἀποκτείνω which see (cf. to choke off)); to choke: Matthew 13:7 (T WH marginal reading ἔπνιξαν); Luke 8:7 (of seed overlaid by thorns and killed by them); to suffocate with water, to drown, Luke 8:33 (as in Demosthenes 32, 6 (i. e., p. 883, 28 etc.; schol. ad Euripides, Or. 812)).
Word Summary
apopnigō: to choke
Original Word: ἀποπνίγωTransliteration: apopnigō
Phonetic Spelling: (ap-op-nee'-go)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to choke
Meaning: to choke
Strong's Concordance
choke, drownFrom apo and pnigo; to stifle (by drowning or overgrowth) -- choke.
see GREEK apo
see GREEK pnigo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 638: ἀποπνίγωἀποπνίγω: 1 aorist ἀπεπνιξα; 2 aorist passive ἀπεπνιγην; (ἀπό as in ἀποκτείνω which see (cf. to choke off)); to choke: Matthew 13:7 (T WH marginal reading ἔπνιξαν); Luke 8:7 (of seed overlaid by thorns and killed by them); to suffocate with water, to drown, Luke 8:33 (as in Demosthenes 32, 6 (i. e., p. 883, 28 etc.; schol. ad Euripides, Or. 812)).