adjective
pniktem
Greekπνικτός (pniktos)
Strong’sG4156
strangled
stem pnikt-3 times in the New Testament3 of 26 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
* πνικτός, -ή, -όν
(< πνίγω),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4156 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpnik-tos'
throttled, i.e. (neuter concretely) an animal choked to death (not bled)
Fromfrom G4155;
King Jamesstrangled.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | pniktos | pniktas | pniktem1×πνικτὸν | pniktois | pniktais | pnikteim |
| object accusative | pnikton | pniktan | pniktoin | pniktain | ||
| direct address vocative | pniktor | pniktar | pniktoir | pniktair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | pniktou | pniktau | pnikteu1×πνικτοῦ | pniktoiu | pniktaiu | pnikteiu1×πνικτῶν |
| to, for dative | pnikto | pnikta | pnikte | pniktoi | pniktai | pniktei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
pnikt is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
pniktem“strangled”subject or objectdirect singular1×
Acts 21:25“strangled”peri de teiu pisteuarēteiu ethneiu nis apostelana krinaratois fulasserō autoin tem tē eidōlothutem kai haimem kai pniktem kai porneian.As for the Gentile believers, we have written to them our decision that they must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality.”
pnikteu“strangled”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Acts 15:20“strangled”alla epistellara autoi teu apecherō teiu alisgēmeiu teiu eidōleiu kai tau porneiau kai teu pnikteu kai teu haimeu;Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals, and from blood.
pnikteiu“strangled”of, belonging togenitive plural1×
Acts 15:29“strangled”apecherō eidōlothuteiu kai haimeu kai pnikteiu kai porneiau; ek heiu diatērarōtois heautoin euōs prassavi. rōnnuevēr.You must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things. Farewell.