Quick Definition
I suffocate, choke, drown, stop the growth of
Strong's Definition
to stifle (by drowning or overgrowth)
Derivation: from G575 (ἀπό) and G4155 (πνίγω);
KJV Usage: choke
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀποπνίγω: 1 aorist ἀπεπνιξα; 2 aorist passive ἀπεπνιγην; (ἀπό as in ἀποκτείνω which see (cf. to choke off)); to choke: Mat_13:7 (T WH marginal reading ἔπνιξαν); Luk_8:7 (of seed overlaid by thorns and killed by them); to suffocate with water, to drown, Luk_8:33 (as in Demosthenes 32, 6 (i. e., p. 883, 28 etc.; schol. ad Euripides, Or. 812)).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀποπνίγω apopnigō 2x
to choke, suffocate, Luk_8:7 ;
to drown, Luk_8:33
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀπο -πνίγω ,
[in LXX : Nah_2:13 ( H2614 pi .), Tob_3:8 * ;]
to choke: Mat_13:7 , Luk_8:7 ; pass ., of drowning ( = καταποντίζομαι ), Luk_8:33 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀποπνίγω [page 67]
Herwerden cites from BCH xvi. p. 384, no. 81, a deed of manumission from Delphi in which the inhuman clause is inserted εἰ δέ τι γένοιτο ἐγ Διοκλέας τέκνον ἐν τῶι τᾶς παραμονᾶς χρόνωι , εἴ κα μὲν θέληι ἀποπνεῖξαι , ἐξουσίαν ἔχειν . A literary citation may be added from the new fragments of Callimachus, P Oxy VII. 1011 .299 f. (late iv/A.D.),
ὡς δὴ μἴ ἡμέων καὶ σὺ μή με ποιῆσαι
εὔστεκτον , ἦ γὰρ γειτονεῦς᾽ ἀποπνίγεις
which Prof. Hunt renders, Don t you prescribe patience to me, as if you were one of us; your very presence chokes me.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἀποπνίγω "to choke, throttle", Hdt. ; ἀπέπνιγον Ar. ; of plants, NTest. : "to be choked, suffocated, drowned", Dem. : metaph. "to be choked with rage", id=Dem.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἀπο-πνίγω
[in LXX: Nam.2:13 (חָנַק pi.), Tob.3:8 * ;]
to choke: Mat.13:7, Luk.8:7; pass., of drowning (= καταποντίζομαι), Luk.8:33.†
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