Strong’s G4846 · Greek
συμπνίγω
sympnígō · soom-pnee'-go
Origin from σύν (G4862) and πνίγω (G4155);
Meaning to strangle completely, i.e. (literally) to drown, or (figuratively) to crowd
In the King James Version choke, throng.
In 5 verses of the King James Version
- Matthew 13:22He 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.
- Mark 4:7And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
- Mark 4:19And 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.
- Luke 8:14And 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.
- Luke 8:42For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the people thronged him.
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.