STRONGS G2660:
κατανύσσω: 2 aorist passive
κατενύγην (
Buttmann, 63 (55));
to prick, pierce; metaphorically,
to pain the mind sharply, agitate it vehemently: used especially of the emotion of sorrow;
κατενύγησαν τῇ καρδία (
τήν καρδίαν L T Tr WH), they were smitten in heart with poignant sorrow (
A. V. literally,
pricked),
Acts 2:37 (
κατανενυγμένον τῇ καρδία,
Psalm 118:16 (
Ps. 119:16); add,
Genesis 34:7; Sir. 12:12 Sir. 14:1, etc.; of lust, Susanna 10; of violent pity,
John Malalas, chronogr. 1, 18, Bonn. edition, p. 460). Cf. Fritzsche on Romans, ii., p. 558ff
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