πνικτός
pniktos
“strangled”
Definition
throttled, i.e. (neuter concretely) an animal choked to death (not bled)
from G4155 (πνίγω);
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Adjective
G:A
Greek Adjective
Occurrences
πνικτός appears 3 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
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.
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.
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.”
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