GreekG2659Noun (Feminine)
κατάνυξις
katanuxis
“stupor”
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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