κατάνυξις
katányxis · G2659 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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not being able to think, bewilderment
A state of not being able to think satisfactorily because of complete bewilderment and stupor
ExamplesRomans 11:8 just as it is written: “GOD GAVE THEM A SPIRIT OF STUPOR, EYES TO SEE NOT AND EARS TO HEAR NOT, DOWN TO THIS VERY DAY.”
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- πνεῦμαspirit 1
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Near synonyms 1 word
- πώρωσις pṓrōsis · G4457 · unwillingness to learn, mental stubbornness, closed mind
- A state of spiritual insensibility or hardening that prevents understanding, closely related to the stupor/lethargy sense of κατάνυξις. Both denote an inability to perceive or respond spiritually (Rom 11:25, Eph 4:18, Mark 3:5).
Contrasting words 1 word
- διάνοια diánoia · G1271 · mind, way of thinking, disposition
- Active mental functioning and understanding, the opposite state to the stupor and inability to think denoted by κατάνυξις. Where κατάνυξις implies mental dullness, διάνοια implies mental acuity.
In the other Testament 1 word
- תַּרְדֵּמָה tardêmâh · H8639 · deep sleep
- Hebrew term for a state of deep sleep or stupor, often divinely imposed, used in contexts of spiritual insensibility or profound unconsciousness (Gen 2:21, 15:12, Isa 29:10). This is the standard Hebrew translation equivalent for the stupor/lethargy sense of κατάνυξις.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Not being able to think, bewilderment30.19
- In Romans 11:8, Paul quotes Scripture concerning Israel's hardening, “GOD GAVE THEM A SPIRIT OF STUPOR, EYES TO SEE NOT AND EARS TO HEAR NOT,” using this word for a dulled, unresponsive state of mind.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon κατανύξεως, ἡ (κατανύσσω, which see); 1. a pricking, piercing (Vulg.compunctio). 2.…
1. a pricking, piercing (Vulg.compunctio).
2. severe sorrow, extreme grief.
3. insensibility or torpor of mind, such as extreme grief easily produces; hence, πνεῦμα κατανύξεως, a spirit of stupor, which renders their souls torpid, i. e. so insensible that they are not affected at all by the offer made them of salvation through the Messiah, Rom 11:8 from Isa 29:10 the Sept. (where the Hebrew תַּרְדֵּמָה רוּחַ, a spirit of deep sleep, is somewhat loosely so rendered; οἶνος κατανύξεως for תַּרְעֵלָה יַיִן, wine which produces dizziness, reeling, German Taumelwein, Ps 59:5). Not found in secular authors. Cf. Fritzsche's full discussion of the word in his Commentary on Romans, vol. ii., p. 558ff; (cf. Winers Grammar, 94 (90); Lightfoot 'Fresh Revision' etc., p. 139 note).
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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