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( çַðֵּ÷ , ðíßãù , 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 (Gen_9:4). The primitive Christians abstained from them, principally to avoid giving offense to the Jewish converts (Act_15:20). SEE ALISGEMA; SEE BLOOD.