verb
katanarkamō
Strong’sG2655
I burden, encumber
stem katanark-3 times in the New Testament2 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
* κατα-ναρκάω, -ῶ
(< ναρκάω, to grow numb, in LXX, in causal sense, for יקע, Ge 32:25(26); without Heb. equiv., Ge 32:32(33), Jb 33:19, Da LXX 11:6*);
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2655 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkat-an-ar-kah'-o
to grow utterly torpid, i.e. (by implication) slothful (figuratively, expensive)
Fromfrom G2596 and ναρκάω (to be numb);
King Jamesbe burdensome (chargeable).
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Ionic dialect καταναρκ-έομαι, passive, grow quite numb, Refs 5th c.BC+; to be reduced to a torpid condition, Refs 1st c.BC+
II active, καταναρκᾶν τινος to be slothful towards, press heavily upon.. , NT
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| katanarkamiκαταναρκήσω | will happen · Ifuture active indicative 1st person singular | be a burden | 1× |
| katanarkamaκατενάρκησα | happened · Iaorist active indicative 1st person singular | burden | 2× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 3 occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | katanarkamō | katanarkame | katanarkami1×καταναρκήσω | katanarkama2×κατενάρκησα | katanarkamē | katanarkamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | katanarkasō | katanarkase | katanarkasi | katanarkasa | katanarkasē | katanarkaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | katanarkatō | katanarkate | katanarkati | katanarkata | katanarkatē | katanarkatelē |
| we 1st person plural | katanarkanō | katanarkane | katanarkani | katanarkana | katanarkanē | katanarkanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | katanarkavō | katanarkave | katanarkavi | katanarkava | katanarkavē | katanarkavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | katanarkalō | katanarkale | katanarkali | katanarkala | katanarkalē | katanarkalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | katanarkameiō | katanarkameia | katanarkameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | katanarkaseiō | katanarkaseia | katanarkaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | katanarkateiō | katanarkateia | katanarkateiē |
| we 1st person plural | katanarkaneiō | katanarkaneia | katanarkaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | katanarkaveiō | katanarkaveia | katanarkaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | katanarkaleiō | katanarkaleia | katanarkaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | katanarkasōr | katanarkasar | katanarkasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | katanarkatōr | katanarkatar | katanarkatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | katanarkavōr | katanarkavar | katanarkavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | katanarkalōr | katanarkalar | katanarkalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | katanarkamoiō | katanarkamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | katanarkasoiō | katanarkasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | katanarkatoiō | katanarkatoia |
| we 1st person plural | katanarkanoiō | katanarkanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | katanarkavoiō | katanarkavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | katanarkaloiō | katanarkaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | katanarkarō | katanarkari | katanarkara | katanarkarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | katanarkarōntos | katanarkarintos | katanarkarantos | katanarkarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
katanark is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
katanarkami“be a burden”will happen · Ifuture active indicative 1st person singular1×
2 Corinthians 12:14… echamō erchara pros vin, kai ouk katanarkami; ouk gar zētamō teim vu alla …… third time, and I will not be a burden, because I am not seeking your …
katanarkama“burden”happened · Iaorist active indicative 1st person singular2×
2 Corinthians 11:9… pareiarōntos pros vin kai husterirantos ouk katanarkama oudenou; tem gar husterēmem mu prosanaplērala …… in need, I was not a burden to anyone; for the brothers who …
2 Corinthians 12:13… ei mē hoti autos mis ouk katanarkama vu? charizevar mi tan adikian houtan.… except that I was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!