STRONGS G2655:
καταναρκάω,
κατανάρκω: future
καταναρκήσω; 1 aorist
κατενάρκησα; (
ναρκάω to become numb, torpid; in the
Sept. translation to affect with numbness, make torpid,
Genesis 32:25,
32;
Job 33:19; from
νάρκη torpor); properly,
to cause to grow numb or torpid; intransitive,
to be to torpid, inactive, to the detriment of one;
to weigh heavily upon, be burdensome to:
τίνος (the genitive of person),
2 Corinthians 11:9 (
2 Corinthians 11:8);
2 Corinthians 12:13f (
Hesychius κατενάρκησα.
κατεβάρησα (others,
ἐβαρυνα));
Jerome, ad Algas. 10 ((iv. 204, Benedict. edition)), discovers a Cilicism in this use of the word (cf.
Winers Grammar, 27). Among secular authors used by
Hippocrates alone, and in a passive sense,
to be quite numb or stiff.
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