Strong's G638 · Greek

ἀποπνίγω

apopnigo · ap-op-nee'-go

from 575 and 4155; to stifle (by drowning or overgrowth)

Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

 2 ἀπο-πνίγω , [in LXX: Na 2:12 ( 13 ) ( חנק pi.), To 3:8 *;] to choke : Mt 13:7 , Lk 8:7 ; pass., of drowning (= καταποντίζομαι ), Lk 8:33 .† 

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain