- Original: πνικτός - Transliteration: Pniktos - Phonetic: pnik-tos' - Definition: 1. suffocate, strangled a. what is strangled, i.e. an animal deprived of life without the shedding of blood b. of cooking: our smothered as a culinary term - Origin: from G4155 - TDNT entry: 13:35,9 - Part(s) of speech: Adjective - Strong's: From G4155 ; throttled that is (neuter concretely) an animal choked to death (not bled): - strangled. Total KJV Occurrences: 3 • strangled, 3 Act 15:20; Act 15:29; Act 21:25