Greek Word Study
πνίγω
pnígō
G4155
Quick Facts
Strong's Number
G4155
KJV Translations
choketake by the throat
Derivation / Root
strengthened from G4154 (πνέω);
Definition of pnígō
πνίγω (pnígō) — to wheeze, i.e. (causative, by implication) to throttle or strangle (drown)
Word Origin
This word comes strengthened from G4154 (πνέω); See the root word: G4154 (πνέω).
KJV Translation Variants
The Greek word πνίγω (pnígō) is translated into the following English words in the King James Version:
Translation data from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible.
Related Greek Words
Words sharing the same root or derived from πνίγω.
πνέω
pnéō
G4154
to breathe hard, i.e. breeze
ἀποπνίγω
apopnígō
G638
to stifle (by drowning or overgrowth)
ἐπιπνίγω
epipnígō
G1970
to throttle upon, i.e. (figuratively) overgrow
πνικτός
pniktós
G4156
throttled, i.e. (neuter concretely) an animal choked to death (not bled)
συμπνίγω
sympnígō
G4846
to strangle completely, i.e. (literally) to drown, or (figuratively) to crowd
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