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Stupor

κατάνυξιςStrong’s G2659

katanuxis

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Katanuxis is the Greek word usually translated “stupor”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“(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.”
Romans 11:8 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “stupor”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • of stupor 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Romans 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    κατάνυξις katanuxis · stupor

    κατά-νυξις, -εως, ἡ (κατανύσσω, which see), [in LXX: Psa.60:3 (תַּרְעֵלָה), Isa.29:10 (תַּרְדֵּמָה)* ;] 1. a pricking. 2. (Perhaps through resembl. of κατανύσσω to -νυστάζω), torpor of mind, stupefaction: Rom.11:8 (LXX) (see ICC, in l; Field, Notes, 157).† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “stupor” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    STUPOR, noun

    [Latin]

    1. Great diminution or suspension of sensibility; suppression of sense; numbness; as the stupor of a limb.
    2. Intellectual insensibility; moral stupidity; heedlessness or inattention to ones interests.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.