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πνικτός

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
πνικτός, ή, όν
Greek transliteration: 
pniktos
Simplified transliteration: 
pniktos
Numbers
Strong's number: 
4156
GK Number: 
4465
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
3
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
a-1a(2a)
Gloss: 
strangled, choked; (n.) meat of strangled animals
Definition: 
strangled, suffocated;, in NT τὸ πνικτόν, the flesh of animals killed by strangulation or suffocation, Acts 15:20, 29; 21:25*

Greek-English Concordance for πνικτός

Acts 15:20 but should write to them to abstain from the pollutions of idols, and from sexual immorality, and from what has been strangled (pniktou | πνικτοῦ | gen sg neut), and from blood.
Acts 15:29 that you abstain from meat sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from things (pniktōn | πνικτῶν | gen pl neut) strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from doing these things, you will do well. Farewell.”
Acts 21:25 But as for the Gentiles who have believed, we sent a letter with our judgment that they should abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what has been strangled (pnikton | πνικτόν | acc sg neut), and from sexual immorality.”