# G638 ἀποπνίγω

ἀποπνίγω (apopnígō), Strong’s G638: to stifle (by drowning or overgrowth) KJV: choke. Occurs 3 times.

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*apopnígō* — to stifle (by drowning or overgrowth)

KJV: choke

Built from [ἀπό apó](https://besorah.bible/word/G575) ("off," i.e. away) + [πνίγω pnígō](https://besorah.bible/word/G4155) (to wheeze)

Occurs 3 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Luke 8:7](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/8?v=7) — Some fell amid the thorns, and the thorns grew with it and choked it.
- [Luke 8:33](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/8?v=33) — The demons came out of the man and entered into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and…
- [Tobit 3:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/tobit/3?v=8) — because that she had been given to seven husbands, and Asmodaeus the evil spirit killed them, before they had lain with…