Bible Dictionary: Choke

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle.

2. (v. t.) To obstruct by filling up or clogging any passage; to block up.

3. (v. t.) To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to stifle.

4. (v. t.) To affect with a sense of strangulation by passion or strong feeling.

5. (v. t.) To make a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun.

6. (v. i.) To have the windpipe stopped; to have a spasm of the throat, caused by stoppage or irritation of the windpipe; to be strangled.

7. (v. i.) To be checked, as if by choking; to stick.

8. (n.) A stoppage or irritation of the windpipe, producing the feeling of strangulation.

9. (n.) The tied end of a cartridge.

10. (n.) A constriction in the bore of a shotgun, case of a rocket, etc.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

CHOKE

chok (pnigo, and its compounds): Is used in its primary sense of "to strangle," or "to suffocate," in describing the fate of the swine (Luke 8:33 the King James Version). The Revised Version (British and American) has "drowned," but "choked" is the correct rendering of the Greek word.

Figurative: It is used in the sense of "to strangle" "smother," "suffocate," as if by depriving of breath, in describing the fate of the young grain growing in the midst of thorns (Matthew 13:7). The figurative is carried a little farther still in describing the way the word, planted in the heart, is overcome by the care of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches (Matthew 13:22).

A. W. Fortune

Greek

4846. sumpnigo -- to choke
... to choke. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: sumpnigo Phonetic Spelling:
(soom-pnee'-go) Short Definition: I choke utterly, crowd upon Definition: I choke ...
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638. apopnigo -- to choke
... to choke. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: apopnigo Phonetic Spelling:
(ap-op-nee'-go) Short Definition: I suffocate, choke, drown, stop the growth of ...
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4155. pnigo -- to choke
... to choke. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: pnigo Phonetic Spelling:
(pnee'-go) Short Definition: I choke, strangle Definition: I choke, throttle, strangle ...
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1970 -- choke.
choke. Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ee-pnee'-go) Short Definition: choke. choke. From
epi and pnigo; to throttle upon, ie (figuratively) overgrow -- choke. ...
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519. apagcho -- to strangle, hang oneself
... to strangle, hang oneself. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: apagcho Phonetic
Spelling: (ap-ang'-khom-ahee) Short Definition: I choke, strangle Definition ...
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Strong's Hebrew

6059. anaq -- to serve as a necklace
... A primitive root; properly, to choke; used only as denominative from anaq, to collar,
ie Adorn with a necklace; figuratively, to fit out with supplies ...
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2614. chanaq -- to strangle
... A primitive root (compare chanak); to be narrow; by implication, to throttle, or
(reflex.) To choke oneself to death (by a rope) -- hang self, strangle. ...
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Library

The Crowded Life
... It is overgrown and preoccupied. Other things choke the seed. There is not room
for the harvest. The influences of God are simply crowded out. ...
/.../peabody/mornings in the college chapel/xlviii the crowded life.htm

The Sluggard's Garden
... And Jesus has taught the sadder truth that 'thorns spring up and choke the word
and it becometh unfruitful.' In the slothful man's soul evil will drive out ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/the sluggards garden.htm

Sown among Thorns
... "He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the
care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 34 1888/sown among thorns.htm

Felix Before Paul
... And if some stray seed here and there remains and begins to sprout, the ill weeds
which grow apace spring up with ranker stems and choke it. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture the acts/felix before paul.htm

Praying Charlie.
... God be merciful to us! this bit of bread might choke us.". 13. His sentences were
wise and weighty, and might well become some ancient Christian. 14. ...
/.../wesley/stories of boys and girls who loved the saviour/praying charlie.htm

The Parables of the Kingdom.
... weeds and thorns; they cannot stand against the scorching heat of temptations or
petty persecutions, or else the cares and riches of this world choke the word ...
/.../burbidge/the kingdom of heaven what is it/chapter iii the parables of.htm

The Study of Words
... are far from being striking and well received, because they obscure the sense by
spreading a sort of shadow about it, or by being too crowded they choke it up ...
/.../kleiser/the training of a public speaker/the study of words.htm

The Parables Exemplified in the Early History of the Church.
... and hardened hearers; opposition and persecution and temptation still scorch up
the seed in others; and worldliness and love of money still choke that which ...
/.../the kingdom of heaven what is it/chapter vii the parables exemplified.htm

Private Property and the Common Good
... And he that was sown among the thorns, this is he that heareth the word; and the
care of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he ...
/.../the social principles of jesus/chapter viii private property and.htm

The Wisdom of the Ages
... among thorns; such as hear the word, and the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness
of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word ...
/.../mark/jesus of nazareth a biography/chapter iv the wisdom of.htm

Thesaurus

Choke (6 Occurrences)
... 5. (vt) To make a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel
of a shotgun. 6 ... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. CHOKE. chok ...
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Unfruitful (8 Occurrences)
... Matthew 13:22 What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but
the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he ...
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Worries (6 Occurrences)
... 13:22 And that sown toward the thorns, this is he who is hearing the word, and the
anxiety of this age, and the deceitfulness of the riches, do choke the word ...
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Ferret (1 Occurrence)
... It seems to be from the root, 'anaq, "to choke," "to be in anguish" (compare `anaq,
"a collar"; chanaq, "to choke"; Arabic `unq, "neck"; Arabic khanaq, "to ...
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Riches (118 Occurrences)
... Matthew 13:22 What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but
the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he ...
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Deceitfulness (7 Occurrences)
... Matthew 13:22 What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but
the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he ...
/d/deceitfulness.htm - 8k

Making (644 Occurrences)
... Matthew 13:22 What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but
the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he ...
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Proves (11 Occurrences)
... Matthew 13:22 What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but
the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he ...
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Becometh (82 Occurrences)
... 13:22 He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and
the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and ...
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Becomes (138 Occurrences)
... Matthew 13:22 What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but
the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he ...
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Bible Concordance

Choke (6 Occurrences)

Matthew 13:7 Others fell among thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them.
(Root in WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 13:22 What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 18:28 "But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow servants, who owed him one hundred denarii, and he grabbed him, and took him by the throat, saying,'Pay me what you owe!'
(See NAS NIV)

Mark 4:7 Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
(Root in WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 4:19 and the cares of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 8:7 Other fell amid the thorns, and the thorns grew with it, and choked it.
(Root in WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Choke

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Unfruitful (8 Occurrences)

Worries (6 Occurrences)

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Deceitfulness (7 Occurrences)

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Proves (11 Occurrences)

Becometh (82 Occurrences)