G2659Greekkatanýxeōs
κατανύξεως
a prickling (sensation, as of the limbs asleep), i.e., (by implication, (perhaps by some confusion with g3506 or even with g3571)) stupor (lethargy)
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Detailed Definition
- 1a pricking, piercing
- 2hence 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
- 3severe sorrow, extreme grief
- 4insensibility or torpor of mind, such as extreme grief easily produces
Etymology & Derivation
from g2660