# G4846 συμπνίγω

συμπνίγω (sympnígō), Strong’s G4846: to strangle completely, i.e. (literally) to drown, or (figuratively) to crowd KJV: choke, throng. Occurs 4 times.

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*sympnígō* — to strangle completely, i.e. (literally) to drown, or (figuratively) to crowd

KJV: choke, throng

Built from [σύν sýn](https://besorah.bible/word/G4862) (with or together) + [πνίγω pnígō](https://besorah.bible/word/G4155) (to wheeze)

Occurs 4 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Matthew 13:22](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/13?v=22) — What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of…
- [Mark 4:7](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/4?v=7) — Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
- [Mark 4:19](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/4?v=19) — and the cares of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in choke the word…
- [Luke 8:14](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/8?v=14) — What fell among the thorns, these are those who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with cares…