noun · feminine
katanuxias
Greekκατάνυξις (katanuxis)
Strong’sG2659
deep sleep, stupor
stem katanuxi-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
† κατά-νυξις, -εως, ἡ
(< κατανύσσω, q.v.), [in LXX: Ps 59 (60):3 (תַּרְעֵלָה), Is 29:10 (תַּרְדֵּמָה)*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2659 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkat-an'-oox-is
a prickling (sensation, as of the limbs asleep), i.e. (by implication, (perhaps by some confusion with G3506 or even with G3571)) stupor (lethargy)
Fromfrom G2660;
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James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | katanuxias | katanuxiais |
| object accusative | katanuxian | katanuxiain |
| direct address vocative | katanuxiar | katanuxiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | katanuxiau1×κατανύξεως | katanuxiaiu |
| to, for dative | katanuxia | katanuxiai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
katanuxia 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
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
katanuxiau“stupor”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Romans 11:8“stupor”kathōs grafitē; Dōata autoi tos theos pneumem katanuxiau, ofthalmoin teu mē bleparō kai oueim teu mē akouarō, heōs tau sēmeron hēmerau.as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see, and ears that could not hear, to this very day.”