Strong's Lexicon
G2655 — καταναρκάω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
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