Definition

to strangle completely, i.e. (literally) to drown, or (figuratively) to crowd

Etymology

from G4862 (σύν) and G4155 (πνίγω);

Word family

• σύν sýn
• πνίγω pnígō

How the KJV renders it

• choke
• throng

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.