πνίγω pnígō

Meaning

to wheeze, i.e. (causative, by implication) to throttle or strangle (drown)

In the King James Version: choke, take by the throat

Derivation: strengthened from G4154 (πνέω);

Where it is used

• Matthew 13:7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the seedlings.
• Matthew 18:28 But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back what you owe me!’
• Mark 5:13 He gave them permission, and the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs, and the herd of about two thousand rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned in the water.