G4156 — πνικτός (pniktos)¶

Core Data¶

Strong's: G4156
Original: πνικτός
Transliteration: pniktos
Pronunciation: pnik-tos
Part of Speech: Adjective
Root: From G4155 πνίγω (pnigo), "to choke/throttle"
Occurrences: 3 unique verses (3 tokens) in Acts
First Occurrence: Acts 15:20 — "from things strangled"
Hapax Legomenon: No

Lexicon Definition¶

; from ; throttled, i.e. (neuter concretely) an animal choked to

Louw-Nida Semantic Domain¶

Domain 019005 — Press: includes G598 apothlibo, G1945 epikeimai, G1968 epipipto, G2346 thlibo, G2662 katapateo, G3039 likmao, G3961 pateo, G4085 piezo, G4155 pnigo, G4846 sympnigo.
Domain 019 — Physical Impact: broader physical-impact domain.

Louw-Nida Domain Neighbors¶

Strong's	Lemma	Total Verses	Primary KJV Translation(s)
G598	ἀποθλίβω	1	press
G1945	ἐπίκειμαι	3	imposed, is laid upon
G1968	ἐπιπίπτω	9	fell, and fell
G2346	θλίβω	3	afflicted, are troubled
G2662	καταπατέω	3	hath trodden under foot, it was trodden down
G3039	λικμάω	4	it will grind, to powder
G3961	πατέω	3	shall they tread under foot, to tread
G4085	πιέζω	1	pressed down
G4155	πνίγω	2	by the throat, were choked
G4846	συμπνίγω	4	choke, are choked
G4912	συνέχω	3	I am in a strait, am I straitened

Translation Distribution (KJV)¶

Translation	Verses	%
from strangled	1	33.3%
from things strangled	1	33.3%
strangled	1	33.3%

Distribution by Book¶

Book	Count	Per 100 Verses
Acts	3	0.3

All occurrences are in the Jerusalem-council/Gentile-believer instruction material of Acts 15 and 21.

Semantic Categories¶

1. Abstention List for Gentile Believers¶

Acts 15:20 — Gentiles are to abstain from idol pollutions, fornication, things strangled, and blood
Acts 15:29 — the letter repeats abstention from idol-offered meats, blood, things strangled, and fornication

2. Reaffirmed Apostolic Decision¶

Acts 21:25 — Paul is reminded that Gentile believers were written to keep themselves from idol-offered things, blood, strangled, and fornication

Common Collocations¶

Word	Strong's	Co-occurrences	Typical Pattern
εἴδωλον (eidolon)	G1497	1x	idol-related abstention list
ἀλίσγημα (alisgema)	G234	1x	pollution/defilement from idols
φυλάσσω (phylasso)	G5442	1x	keep/guard oneself from listed things
τηρέω (tereo)	G5083	1x	observe/keep apostolic decision
κρίνω (krino)	G2919	1x	council judgment/conclusion
ἔθνος (ethnos)	G1484	1x	Gentiles as addressed recipients

Because pniktos occurs only three times, co-occurrence counts are low; the stable pattern is the list with idols, blood, and fornication.

Word Family / Cognates¶

G4155 πνίγω (pnigo) — to choke, throttle; root verb and Louw-Nida neighbor.
G4846 συμπνίγω (sympnigo) — to choke together/crowd/choke.

Easily Confused Words¶

Word	Strong's	Shared Field	Key Difference
πνίγω (pnigo)	G4155	choking/strangling	pnigo is the verb; pniktos is the adjective/substantive "strangled thing."
αἷμα (haima)	G129	Acts abstention list	haima is blood; pniktos is strangled animal/meat, closely listed but lexically distinct.
εἰδωλόθυτον (eidolothuton)	G1494	idol-offered meat context	idol-offered food concerns cultic association; pniktos concerns strangled/choked animal.
πορνεία (porneia)	G4202	same Acts list	porneia is sexual immorality; pniktos is a food/meat category.

Hebrew Source¶

The gatherer did not report a specific Hebrew-source bridge for G4156. The word is a NT Greek adjective in Acts, semantically related to choking/strangling rather than a dominant LXX rendering chain.