Quick Definition
ἀποπνίγω v. I suffocate, choke, drown, stop the growth of
Strong's Definition
from 575 and 4155; to stifle (by drowning or overgrowth)
KJV Usage: choke
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | aor.pass. ἀπεπνίγηνῃ | πνίγω
23.120 · Physiological Processes and States · Live, Die
to cause plants to die (figurative extension of meaning employing the base πνίγω[a] ‘to choke,’ 19.53) to cause the death of plants by other plants crowding them out and/or overshadowing them
23.119 · (ἀποπνίγομαι) · Physiological Processes and States · Live, Die
to drown to die as the result of drowning
1 It is possible that ἀποπνίγω and συμπνίγω[a] are somewhat more intensive in meaning than πνίγω[b], but this is difficult, if not impossible, to determine on the basis of NT usage. 2 It is possible that ἀποπνίγομαι differs from πνίγομαι in being somewhat more intensive in meaning, but this cannot be determined with accuracy on the basis of existing contexts.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀπο-πνίγω: 1 aor. amémuéa; 2 aor. pass. ἀπεπνίγην; (ἀπό as in ἀποκτείνω q. ν. [ef. to choke off ]); to choke: Mt. xiii. 7 (T WH mre. émméav) ; Lk. viii. 7 (of seed overlaid by thorns and killed by them) ; to suffocate with water, to drown, Lk. viii. 33 (as in Dem. 32, 6 [i.e.p. 883, 28 ete.; schol. ad Eur. Or. 812]).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀποπνίγω apopnigō 2x
to choke, suffocate, Lk. 8:7; to drown, Lk. 8:33*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀπο-πνίγω,
[in LXX: Na 2:12 (13) (חנק pi.), To 3:8*;]
to choke: Mt 13:7, Lk 8:7; pass., of drowning (= καταποντίζομαι), Lk 8:33.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀποπνίγω. Herwerden cites from BCA xvi. p. 384, no. 81, a deed of manumission from Delphi in which the inhuman clause is inserted—ei δέ τι γένοιτο ἐγ Διοκλέας τέκνον ἐν τῶι τᾶς παραμονᾶς χρόνωι, εἴ κα μὲν θέλη. ἀποπνεῖξαι, ἐξουσίαν ἔχειν. A literary citation may be added from the new fragments of Callimachus, P Oxy VII. ro11®f (late iv/A.D.), ὡς δὴ μί᾽ ἡμέων od μή με ποιῆσαι εὔστεκτον, ἢ γὰρ γειτονεῦσ᾽ ἀποπνίγεις which Prof. Hunt renders, ‘‘ Don’t you prescribe patience to me, as if you were one of us; your very presence chokes me.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀποπνίγω (apopnigō) — to choke. ἀποπνίγω [ῑ], future -πνίξω[Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist infinitive ἀποπνεῖξαι[Refs 1st c.BC+]:—choke, throttle, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; suffocate, [Refs]; of plants, choke, [NT]:—passive, future -πνῐγήσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+] also -πεπνίξομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist I ἀπεπνίχθην[Refs 2nd c.AD+]aorist 2 ἀπεπνίγην [ῐ] (see. below): perfect participle -πεπνιγμένος[Refs 5th c.BC+]:—to bechoked, suffocated, τρώγων ἐρεβίνθους ἀπεπνίγη[Refs 5th c.BC+]; to be drowned, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __b generally, cut off, kill, λιμῷ τινα[Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, πόλις ἀ. τῇ τῶν ἀναγκαίων σπάνει[Refs 6th c.AD+]
2. metaphorically, choke one with vexation, ἀποπνίξεις με λαλῶν[Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, to be choked with rage, ἐπί τινι at a thing, [Refs 4th c.BC+]