πνίγω
pnígō
“to wheeze, i.e. (causative, by implication) to throttle or strangle (drown)”
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Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
to wheeze, i.e. (causative, by implication) to throttle or strangle (drown)
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
to stifle, suffocate, choke, Mk. 5:13; to seize by the throat, Mk. 13:17; 18:28*
Translated in KJV as
choketake by the throat
Etymology
strengthened from G4154 (πνέω);
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