Dictionary entry

πνίγω

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

πνίγω,

[in LXX: I Ki 16:14, 15 (בּעת pi.)*;]

to choke: c. acc., Mt 13:7 (WH, mg.); impf. (conative), Mt 18:28; of drowning, pass., Mk 5:13 (cf. ἀπο-, ἐπι-, συν-πνίγω).†