GreekG2659Noun (Feminine)

κατάνυξις

katanuxis

1Occurrences
G2659Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a prickling (sensation, as of the limbs asleep), i.e. (by implication, (perhaps by some confusion with G3506 (νεύω) or even with G3571 (νύξ))) stupor (lethargy)

from G2660 (κατανύσσω);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.a pricking.
2.(Perhaps through resembl. of *κατανύσσω *to -νυστάζω), torpor of mind, stupefaction
LXX: (תַּרְעֵלָה), (תַּרְדֵּמָה)*

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

G:N-F

Full Description

Greek Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

κατάνυξις appears 1 time in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Romans
1

Key Passages

Romans 11:8BSB

as it is written:“God gave them a spirit of stupor,eyes that could not see,and ears that could not hear,to this very day.”

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