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G2659

κατάνυξις

katanyxis

Feminine noun · From κατανύσσομαι (G2660)

From G2660; a prickling (sensation, as of the limbs asleep), i.e. (by implication, (perhaps by some confusion with G3506 or even with G3571)) stupor (lethargy):—slumber.

Outline

  1. a pricking, piercing
  2. severe sorrow, extreme grief
  3. insensibility or torpor of mind, such as extreme grief easily produces
    1. 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

Usages

Romans 11:8

(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.

Quoting Isaiah 6:10

Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.

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