Lexical Summary katanyxis: stupefaction Original Word: κατάνυξιςTransliteration: katanyxis Phonetic Spelling: (kat-an'-oox-is) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: stupefaction Meaning: stupefaction Strong's Concordance slumber. From katanusso; a prickling (sensation, as of the limbs asleep), i.e. (by implication, (perhaps by some confusion with neuo or even with nux)) stupor (lethargy) -- slumber. see GREEK katanusso see GREEK neuo see GREEK nux Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2659: κατάνυξιςκατάνυξις, 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, Romans 11:8 from Isaiah 29:10 the Sept. (where the Hebrew תַּרְדֵּמָה רוּחַ, a spirit of deep sleep, is somewhat loosely so rendered; οἶνος κατανύξεως for תַּרְעֵלָה יַיִן, wine which produces dizziness, reeling, German Taumelwein, Psalm 59:5 |
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