- Original: συμπνίγω - Transliteration: Sumpnigo - Phonetic: soom-pnee'-go - Definition: 1. to choke utterly a. metaph. the seed of the divine word sown in the mind b. to press round or throng one so as almost to suffocate him - Origin: from G4862 and G4155 - TDNT entry: 13:35,9 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: From G4862 and G4155 ; to strangle completely that is (literally) to drown or (figuratively) to crowd: - choke throng. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • thronged, 1 Luke 8:42