Strong's Number G2659

κατάνυξις

katanuxis · kat-an'-oox-is

Transliteration:

katanuxis{kat-an'-oox-is}

Word Origin:

from 2660

TDNT:

3:626,419

Part of Speech:

noun feminine

Strong's Definition:

a prickling (sensation, as of the limbs asleep), i.e. (by implication, (perhaps by some confusion with G3506 (νεύω) or even with G3571 (νύξ))) stupor (lethargy)

Usage in the KJV:

slumber 1

Total: 1
Occurs 1 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

a pricking, piercing
severe sorrow, extreme grief
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