What does κατάνυξις (katányxis) mean in the Bible?
κατάνυξις (katányxis): Mental numbness or spiritual insensitivity that prevents perception, not mere physical drowsiness
Greek · G2659
κατάνυξις
Stupor
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κατάνυξιςG2659
Pronunciationkatányxis
What does κατάνυξις (katányxis) mean in the Bible?
κατάνυξις (katányxis): Mental numbness or spiritual insensitivity that prevents perception, not mere physical drowsiness
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How does the BSB render G2659?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include of stupor (1).
Where does κατάνυξις (katányxis) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Romans 11:8. Its strongest book concentrations include Romans (1).
Source Word Evidence
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How English Renders Itof stupor1×Romans 11:8
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First aligned rowRomans 11:8
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Books represented1
Romans1
Source forms
κατανύξεως1xkatanyxeōsRomans 11:8
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular1xRomans 11:8
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Mental numbness or spiritual insensitivity that prevents perception, not mere physical drowsiness
Strong'sG2659
Lexical occurrences1 verseGreek text appearances1 timeWord forms1 form1 referenceVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
stupor
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Mental numbness or spiritual insensitivity that prevents perception, not mere physical drowsiness
(κατανύσσω, which see), [in LXX: Psa.60:3 (תַּרְעֵלָה), Isa.29:10 (תַּרְדֵּמָה)* ;]
1a pricking.
2(Perhaps through resembl. of κατανύσσω to -νυστάζω), torpor of mind, stupefaction: Rom.11:8 (LXX) (see ICC, in l; Field, Notes, 157).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Romans 11:8Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
κατανύξεως,katanuxewv
deep sleep, stupor
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Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns1Aligned forms1Case patternGenitive (1)Number patternSingular (1)
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Genitive · Singular · FeminineRom 11:81×
Word Origins
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