Topic
Choke
3 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Matthew 13:7ISBE
And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:
- Matthew 13:22ISBE
He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
- Luke 8:33ISBE
Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 3 references
chok (pnigo, and its compounds): Is used in its primary sense of "to strangle," or "to suffocate," in describing the fate of the swine (Lu 8:33 the King James Version). The Revised Version (British and American) has "drowned," but "choked" is the correct rendering of the Greek word.
Figurative: It is used in the sense of "to strangle" "smother," "suffocate," as if by depriving of breath, in describing the fate of the young grain growing in the midst of thorns (Mt 13:7). The figurative is carried a little farther still in describing the way the word, planted in the heart, is overcome by the care of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches (Mt 13:22).
A. W. Fortune
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.