Strong's #4155: pnigo (pronounced pnee'-go)

strengthened from 4154; to wheeze, i.e. (causative, by implication) to throttle or strangle (drown):--choke, take by the throat.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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pnigō

1) to choke, strangle

1a) of thorns crowding out the seed in the field and hindering its growth

2) to wring one' s neck, throttle

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: strengthened from G4154

Citing in TDNT: 6:455, 895

Usage:

This word is used 2 times:

 

Matthew 18:28: "and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that"
Mark 5:13: "were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea."