Strong's Lexicon
G2659 — κατάνυξις
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2659 |
|---|---|
| Word: | κατάνυξις |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G2660 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | katanuxis |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | kat-an'-oox-is |
| Meaning: | 1. a prickling (sensation, as of the limbs asleep) 2. (by implication) stupor (lethargy) {(stupor, perhaps by some confusion with G3506 or even with G3571)} |
| KJV Renderings: | slumber |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κατάνυξις, κατανύξεως, ἡ (κατανύσσω, which see);
1. a pricking, piercing (Vulg.compunctio).
2. severe sorrow, extreme grief.
3. insensibility or torpor of mind, such as extreme grief easily produces; hence, πνεῦμα κατανύξεως, a spirit of stupor, which renders their souls torpid, i. e. so insensible that they are not affected at all by the offer made them of salvation through the Messiah, Rom 11:8 from Isa 29:10 the Sept. (where the Hebrew úÇÌøÀãÅÌîÈä øåÌçÇ, a spirit of deep sleep, is somewhat loosely so rendered; οἶνος κατανύξεως for ϊΗΜψΐςΕμΘδ éÇéÄï, wine which produces dizziness, reeling, German Taumelwein, Psa 59:5 ()). Not found in secular authors. Cf. Fritzsche’s full discussion of the word in his Commentary on Romans, vol. ii., p. 558ff; (cf. Winers Grammar, 94 (90); Lightfoot ’Fresh Revision’ etc., p. 139 note).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
κατάνυξις (slumber)
Romans 11:8
- KJV: According as it is written God hath given them the spirit of slumber eyes that they should not see and ears that they should not hear unto this day
- GK: καθώς γέγραπται έδωκεν αυτοίς ο θεός πνεύμα κατανύξεως οφθαλμούς του μη βλέπειν και ώτα του μη ακούειν έως της σήμερον ημέρας