Strong's Greek Concordance

G4156: πνικτός

pniktós · “strangled”

Definition

throttled, i.e. (neuter concretely) an animal choked to death (not bled)

KJV translates it as: strangled

Word origin: from G4155 (πνίγω);

Extended definition

πνικτός, -ή, -όν
(πνίγω),
strangled : Act.15:20, 29 21:25 (cf. Lev.17:13-14).†
(AS)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).

How G4156 is translated

  • which is strangled ×1
  • from a strangled one ×1
  • what is strangled ×1

Bible verses with G4156 (pniktós)

Pniktós appears in 3 verses.

  • Acts 15:20

    But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.

  • Acts 15:29

    That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.

  • Acts 21:25

    As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication.