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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κατάνυξις G2659
Pronunciation katányxis
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 It of stupor 1× Romans 11:8
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First aligned row Romans 11:8
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Romans 1
Source forms
κατανύξεως 1x katanyxeōs Romans 11:8
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 1x Romans 11:8
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Mental numbness or spiritual insensitivity that prevents perception, not mere physical drowsiness
Strong's G2659
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
stupor
Extended definition Source: 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 corpus Greek 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 11:8 Noun 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 patterns 1 Aligned forms 1 Case pattern Genitive (1) Number pattern Singular (1)
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Genitive · Singular · Feminine Rom 11:8 1×
Word Origins
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain