Strong's Number G4846

συμπνίγω

sumpnigo · soom-pnee'-go

Transliteration:

sumpnigo{soom-pnee'-go}

Word Origin:

from 4862 and 4155

TDNT:

6:455,895

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

to strangle completely, i.e. (literally) to drown, or (figuratively) to crowd

Usage in the KJV:

choke 2, throng 1

Total: 5
Occurs 5 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

to choke utterly
1. metaph. the seed of the divine word sown in the mind
2. to press round or throng one so as almost to suffocate him