Quick Definition
to choke
Strong's Definition
to throttle upon, i.e. (figuratively) overgrow
Derivation: from G1909 (ἐπί) and G4155 (πνίγω);
KJV Usage: choke
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐπι-βοάω, -@; to cry oul to [οἵ. ἐπί, 1). 2], cry out: foll. by ace. with inf. Acts xxv. 24 RG, [but L T Tr WH Bod, q. ν. 2,and fin. From Hom., Hdt. down].
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐπιβοάω. This verb, which is read for the szf/ex in the TR of Ac 2574, may be illustrated by P Leid W*® (ii/iii A.D.) ὃ δ᾽ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἑτέρου μέρους ἵεραξ ἰδίᾳ φώνῃ ἀσπάζεταί σε kal ἐπιβοᾶται, ἵνα λάβῃ τροφήν.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐπιπνίγω (epipnigō) — to choke. Related to: πνίγ-ω [ῑ], [Refs 5th c.BC+]: imperfect ἔπνῑγον [Refs 5th c.BC+]future πνίξω (ἀπο-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Doric dialect 2nd pers. plural future πνιξεῖσθε [Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist ἔπνιξα, imperative πνῖξον, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, future πνῐγήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist ἐπνίχθην (ἀπ-) [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; but ἐπνίγην [ῐ] [Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect πέπνιγμαι, see #11.—The simple verb is less frequently than the compound ἀποπνίγω:— choke, throttle, strangle, Sophr.[same place], etc.; of a doctor, πνίγων.. πικρότατα πόματα διδούς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἂν ὕλη πνίγῃ [τὸν σῖτον] [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be choked, stifled, ἐπνιγόμην τὰ σπλάγχνα [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. impersonal πνίγει, of great heat, it is stifling, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
3. metaphorically, vex, torment, ἕνα χαλκοῦν ἀποβαλὼν αὑτὸν π. [Refs 1st c.BC+]; ὃ δὲ μάλιστά με πνίγει variant in [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; oppress by exactions, 'squeeze', [Refs 4th c.AD+]
II. cook in a close-covered vessel, bake, stew, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. drown [Refs], in passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]