G4155
πνίγω
to choke
πνίγω [in LXX: 1Ki.16:14-15 (בָּעַת pi.) * ;] to choke: with accusative, Mat.13:7 (WH, mg.); imperfect (coniative), Mat.18:28; of drowning, pass., Mrk.5:13 (cf. ἀπο-, ἐπι-, συν-πνίγω).† (AS)
The KJV translates G4155 in the following manner:
choked (2x), throat (2x), took (2x)
Full Thayer's lexicon entry
πνίγω — pnígō
πνίγω: imperfect ἐπνιγον; 1 aorist ἐπνιξα; imperfect passive 3 person plural ἐπνίγοντο;
a. to choke, strangle: used of thorns crowding down the seed sown in a field and hindering its growth, Mat 13:7 T WH marginal reading; in the passive of perishing by drowning (Xenophon, anab. 5, 7, 25; cf. Josephus, Antiquities 10, 7, 5), Mar 5:13.
b. to wring one's neck, throttle (A. V. to take one by the throat): Mat 18:28. (Compare: ἀποπνίγω, ἐπιπνίγω, συμπνίγω.)
3 occurrences
Matthew (2), Mark (1)