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πνίγω

MainId: 004058000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: π

StrongCodes: G4155

AlternateLemmas: πνίγομαι

Notes: [{'Caller': 1, 'LanguageCode': 'en', 'LastEdited': '', 'LastEditedBy': '', 'References': [], 'Content': '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.'}, {'Caller': 2, 'LanguageCode': 'en', 'LastEdited': '', 'LastEditedBy': '', 'References': [], 'Content': '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.'}]

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 004058001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: verb

   RelatedLemmas: [{'Word': 'ἀποπνίγω', 'Meanings': []}, {'Word': 'πνικτός', 'Meanings': []}, {'Word': 'συμπνίγω', 'Meanings': []}]

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 004058001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 19.53

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Physical Impact

      LEXSubDomains: Press

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-12-28 16:27:48

         DefinitionShort: to apply pressure around the neck in order to harm or kill

         Glosses: to choke

      LEXReferences: MAT 18:28

   2. LEXID: 004058001002000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 23.120

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Physiological Processes and States

      LEXSubDomains: Live, Die

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-12-28 16:27:48

         DefinitionShort: (figurative extension of meaning employing the base {L:πνίγω}[a] ‘to choke,’ {D:19.53}) to cause the death of plants by other plants crowding them out and/or overshadowing them{N:001}

         Glosses: to cause plants to die

      LEXReferences: MAT 13:7

   3. LEXID: 004058001003000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 23.119

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Physiological Processes and States

      LEXSubDomains: Live, Die

      LEXForms: πνίγομαι

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-12-28 16:27:48

         DefinitionShort: to die as the result of drowning ‎{N:002}

         Glosses: to drown

      LEXReferences: MARK 5:13