Strongs Number: G2659
- Greek Word
- κατάνυξις
- Transliteration
- katanuxis
- Phonetic
- kat-an'-oox-is
- Part of Speech
- Noun Feminine
- Strongs Definition
-
a prickling (sensation as of the limbs asleep) that is (by implication [perhaps by some confusion with G3506 or even with G3571]) stupor (lethargy)
- Thayers Definition
-
1. a pricking, piercing
2. severe sorrow, extreme grief
3. insensibility or torpor of mind, such as extreme grief easily produces
a. hence a "spirit of stupor", which renders their souls torpid so insensible that they are not affected at all by the offer made them of salvation through the Messiah
- Origin
- From G2660
- Bible Usage
- slumber.