Strong's Lexicon

G2655

G2655 — καταναρκάω

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekkatanarkaoverbOccurrences: 3

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:G2655
Word:καταναρκάω
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:from G2596 and narkao "to be numb"
Language:Greek
Occurrences:3
Transliteration:katanarkao
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:kat-an-ar-kah'-o
Meaning:1. to grow utterly torpid 2. (by implication) slothful 3. (figuratively) expensive
KJV Renderings:be burdensome (chargeable)

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

καταναρκάω, κατανάρκω: future καταναρκήσω; 1 aorist κατενάρκησα; (ναρκάω to become numb, torpid; in the Sept. translation to affect with numbness, make torpid, Gen 32:25; Gen 32:32; Job 33:19; from νάρκη torpor); properly, to cause to grow numb or torpid; intransitive, to be to torpid, inactive, to the detriment of one; to weigh heavily upon, be burdensome to: τίνος (the genitive of person), 2Co 11:9 (); f (Hesychius κατενάρκησα. κατεβάρησα (others, ἐβαρυνα)); Jerome, ad Algas. 10 ((iv. 204, Benedict. edition)), discovers a Cilicism in this use of the word (cf. Winers Grammar, 27). Among secular authors used by Hippocrates alone, and in a passive sense, to be quite numb or stiff.

Englishman's Greek Concordance

καταναρκάω (be burdensome (chargeable))

2 Corinthians 11:9

KJV: And when I was present with you and wanted I was chargeable to no man for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied and in all I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you and will I keep
GK: και παρών προς υμάς και υστερηθείς ου κατενάρκησα ουδενός το γαρ υστέρημά μου προσανεπλήρωσαν οι αδελφοί ελθόντες από Μακεδονίας και εν παντί αβαρή υμίν εμαυτόν ετήρησα και τηρήσω

2 Corinthians 12:13

KJV: For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches except that I myself was not burdensome to you forgive me this wrong
GK: τι γαρ εστιν ο ηττήθητε υπέρ τας λοιπάς εκκλησίας ει ότι αυτός εγώ ου κατενάρκησα υμών χαρίσασθέ μοι την αδικίαν ταύτην

2 Corinthians 12:14

KJV: Behold the third time I am ready to come to you and I will not be burdensome to you for I seek not yours but you for the children ought not to lay up for the parents but the parents for the children
GK: ιδού τρίτον ετοίμως έχω ελθείν προς υμάς και ου κατανάρκησω υμών ου γαρ ζητώ τα υμών αλλ΄ υμάς ου γαρ οφείλει τα τέκνα τοις γονεύσι θησαυρίζειν αλλ΄ οι γονείς τοις τέκνοις
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