καταναρκάω
katanarkáō · G2655 · Greek · 3 occurrences
Meanings
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to burden, to be a financial burden to
To be a financial burden to someone by requiring too much support
Examples2 Corinthians 11:9 and when I was present with you and was in need, I was not a burden to anyone; for when the brothers came from Macedonia they fully supplied my need, and in everything I kept myself from being a burden to you, and will continue to do so.
2 Corinthians 12:13 For in what respect were you treated as inferior to the rest of the churches, except that I myself did not become a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!
2 Corinthians 12:14 Here for this third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you; for I do not seek what is yours, but you; for children are not responsible to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- Not stated: I 2
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
With adverbsAdverbs
3 occurrences in 1 groups
- οὐnot 3
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 3 words
- καταβαρέω katabaréō · G2599 · to overburden
- Both verbs denote imposing an unwanted financial or practical burden on another, converging on the same narrow relational concept of burdening another party, though the terms are not identical in every nuance of application.
- ἐπιβαρέω epibaréō · G1912 · to burden, to be a financial burden to
- Used in Pauline contexts to describe being a financial burden, converging with ἐπιβαρέω in the specific register of discussing ministry support. The etymological distinction (torpidity versus weight) suggests functional overlap in financial contexts rather than full semantic interchangeability across all registers.
- ἀβαρής abarḗs · G4 · not being financially burdensome
- Both terms describe the concept of not being financially burdensome to others. ἀβαρής expresses the state of being weightless or not heavy (figuratively applied to financial matters), while καταναρκάω describes becoming torpid or numb (metaphorically extended to the idea of not imposing financial strain). The terms function as near synonyms within the semantic field of financial burden.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To burden, to be a financial burden to57.224
- In 2 Corinthians 12:13, Paul writes with irony, “For in what respect were you treated as inferior to the rest of the churches, except that I myself did not become a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!” using this word for the act of imposing a financial burden on someone.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon κατανάρκω: future καταναρκήσω; 1 aorist κατενάρκησα; (ναρκάω to become numb, torpid; in…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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