Difference between revisions of "Strangle"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_179935" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_179935" /> == | ||
<p> (1): (v. t.) To hinder from appearance; to stifle; to suppress. </p> <p> (2): (v. t.) To compress the windpipe of (a person or animal) until death results from stoppage of respiration; to choke to death by compressing the throat, as with the hand or a rope. </p> <p> (3): (v. t.) To stifle, choke, or suffocate in any manner. </p> <p> (4): (v. i.) To be strangled, or suffocated. </p> | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To hinder from appearance; to stifle; to suppress. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To compress the windpipe of (a person or animal) until death results from stoppage of respiration; to choke to death by compressing the throat, as with the hand or a rope. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To stifle, choke, or suffocate in any manner. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' v. i.) To be strangled, or suffocated. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_62517" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_62517" /> == | ||
<p> (חַנֵּק, | <p> ( '''''חַנֵּק''''' , '''''Πνίγω''''' , ''To Choke'' ) ''.'' [[Animals]] put to death by strangulation, not having the blood properly separated from the flesh, could not therefore be eaten without a violation of the Noachic precept ( Genesis 9:4). The primitive [[Christians]] abstained from them, principally to avoid giving offense to the [[Jewish]] converts ( Acts 15:20). (See [[Alisgema]]); (See [[Blood]]). </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:17, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( v. t.) To hinder from appearance; to stifle; to suppress.
(2): ( v. t.) To compress the windpipe of (a person or animal) until death results from stoppage of respiration; to choke to death by compressing the throat, as with the hand or a rope.
(3): ( v. t.) To stifle, choke, or suffocate in any manner.
(4): ( v. i.) To be strangled, or suffocated.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
( חַנֵּק , Πνίγω , To Choke ) . Animals put to death by strangulation, not having the blood properly separated from the flesh, could not therefore be eaten without a violation of the Noachic precept ( Genesis 9:4). The primitive Christians abstained from them, principally to avoid giving offense to the Jewish converts ( Acts 15:20). (See Alisgema); (See Blood).
