Strong's #638: apopnigo (pronounced ap-op-nee'-go)

from 575 and 4155; to stifle (by drowning or overgrowth):--choke.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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apopnigō

1) to choke

1a) to suffocate with water, drown

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: from G575 and G4155

Citing in TDNT: 6:455, 895

Usage:

This word is used 3 times:

 

Matthew 13:7: "thorns sprung up, and choked them:"
Luke 8:7: "and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it."
Luke 8:33: "the lake, and were choked."