Quick Definition
πνικτός, ή, όν Adj strangled
Strong's Definition
throttled, i.e. (neuter concretely) an animal choked to death (not bled)
Derivation: from G4155 (πνίγω);
KJV Usage: strangled
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πνικτός, -1), -ύν, (πνίγω), suffocated, strangled: τὸ πνικτόν, [what is strangled, i. 6.1 an animal deprived of life without shedding its blood, Acts xv. 20, 29; xxi. 25. [(Several times in Athen. and other later writ., chiefly of cookery; ef. our “smothered” as a culinary term.) |
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πνικτός pniktos 3x
strangled, suffocated; in NT τὸ πνικτόν, the flesh of animals killed by strangulation or suffocation, Acts 15:20, 29; 21:25*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* πνικτός, -ή, -όν
(< πνίγω),
strangled: Ac 15:20, 29 21:25 (cf. Le 17:13, 14).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
πνικτός (pniktos) — strangled. πνικ-τός, ή, όν, strangled, [NT]
2. air-tight, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] adverb -τῶς[Refs]
II. baked or stewed [Refs 5th c.BC+]