G638: ἀποπνίγω
apopnígō · “to choke”
Definition
to stifle (by drowning or overgrowth)
KJV translates it as: choke
Extended definition
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.†
(AS)
[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.†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G638 is translated
- was drowned. ×1
Bible verses with G638 (apopnígō)
Apopnígō appears in 1 verse.
- Luke 8:33
Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked.