συμπνίγω (sumpnigō) — to cause plants to die / to crowd around / to press against

Notes: 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.

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Related lemmas: πνίγω

Sense 1: to cause plants to die

Semantic entry: 23.120

Semantic domains: Physiological Processes and States

Subdomains: Live, Die

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

Show passage in OET: MAT 13:22

OET-RV MAT 13:22

22 The seed that landed among the thorns is the person who hears the message, but the world’s worries and wealth’s seductiveness choke out the message and it becomes unfruitful.

OET-LV MAT 13:22

22 And the one having _been _sown among the thorns, this is the one hearing the message, and the worry of_ the _age and the seduction of_ the _riches is _choking the message, and it _is _becoming unfruitful.

Show passage in OET: MRK 4:7

OET-RV MRK 4:7

7 Some of the seed landed in a thistle patch, and the thistles grew and choked it out, so the plants never bore a crop.

OET-LV MRK 4:7

7 And other fell among the thorns, and the thorns went _up and choked it and it_ not _gave fruit.

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Sense 2: to crowd around, to press against

Semantic entry: 19.48

Semantic domains: Physical Impact

Subdomains: Press

Definition: to crowd around to the point that one can hardly breathe (a very emphatic form)

Show passage in OET: LUK 8:42

OET-RV LUK 8:42

42 because his only daughter, a twelve-year old, was dying.
¶ Then while Yeshua was on his way squeezing through the crowd,

OET-LV LUK 8:42

42 because an_ only _begotten _daughter was to _him, about twelve of _years, and she was _dying _off.
But at the time to _be _going him, the crowds were _pressing _against him.

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Sense 3: to cause severe hardship, to oppress, to overwhelm

Semantic entry: 22.22

Semantic domains: Trouble, Hardship, Relief, Favorable Circumstances

Subdomains: Cause Trouble, Hardship

Definition: to cause serious trouble to, with the implication of dire consequences and probably a weakened state

Show passage in OET: MRK 4:19

OET-RV MRK 4:19

19 but contemporary topics, or the lure of money, or the appetite for other things, choke their good intentions and the message becomes unfruitful in them.

OET-LV MRK 4:19

19 and the worries of _the age, and the seduction of _the riches, and the desires for the other things entering _in, are _choking the message and it _is _becoming unfruitful.

Show passage in OET: LUK 8:14

OET-RV LUK 8:14

14 The seeds among the thistles are those who heard the message but get choked under worries and wealth and the good life, and so they never reach maturity.

OET-LV LUK 8:14

14 And the seed having _fallen into the thorns, these are the ones having _heard, and going are _being _choked under worries, and riches, and gratifications of_ the _living, and are_ not _brought _to _maturity.

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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament