Pnigo means “choke” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H4155 — muaph (“dimness”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G4155 πνίγω (pnigo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. pnigo (pnee'-go) v. 1. to wheeze (causative) 2. (by implication) to throttle or strangle (drown) It has 4 linked Bible usages across 3 books. Visible English usage signals include throat. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
pnigo (pnee'-go) v. 1. to wheeze (causative) 2. (by implication) to throttle or strangle (drown) [strengthened from G4154] KJV: choke, take by the throat Root(s): G4154
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4155. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to choke
Usage: πνίγω [in LXX: 1Ki.16:14-15 (בָּעַת pi.) * ;] to choke: with accusative, Mat.13:7 (WH, mg.); imperfect (coniative), Mat.18:28; of drowning, pass., Mrk.5:13 (cf. ἀπο-, ἐπι-, συν-πνίγω).† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render pnigo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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Strong's G4155 (πνίγω) appears 2 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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2 indexed usages in New Testament.
But 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.
And 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.
2 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord tormented him.
And Saul’s servants said to him, Behold now, an evil spirit from the Lord torments thee.
First 4 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4155.
And the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord tormented him.
And Saul’s servants said to him, Behold now, an evil spirit from the Lord torments thee.
But 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.
And 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.
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Pnigo (Strong's G4155) is a Greek word most simply glossed "choke". pnigo (pnee'-go) v. 1. to wheeze (causative) 2. (by implication) to throttle or strangle (drown)
This page currently indexes 4 linked usages for Strong's G4155 across 3 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4155 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as throat. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 2 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G4155, with linked reader references where each row is available.