Strong’s G4155 · Greek
πνίγω
pnígō · pnee'-go
Origin strengthened from πνέω (G4154);
Meaning to wheeze, i.e. (causative, by implication) to throttle or strangle (drown)
In the King James Version choke, take by the throat.
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- Matthew 18:28But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.
- Mark 5:13And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.