STRONGS G3975:
παχύνω: 1 aorist passive
ἐπαχυνθην; (from
παχύς (thick, stout); cf.
βραδύνω;
ταχύνω);
to make thick; to make fat, fatten:
τά σώματα,
Plato, Gorgias, p. 518 c.;
βοῦν, de rep., p. 343 b.;
ἵππον,
Xenophon, oec. 12, 20. Metaphorically,
to make stupid (to render the soul dull or callous):
τάς ψυχάς,
Plutarch, mor., p. 995 d. (i. e. de esu carn. 1, 6, 3);
νοῦν,
Philostr. vit. Apoll. 1, 8;
παχεῖς τάς διανοίας,
Herodian, 2, 9, 15 (11 edition, Bekker);
τήν διάνοιαν,
Aelian v. h. 13, 15 (Latin
pingue ingenium) (cf.
Winer's Grammar, 18);
ἐπαχύνθη ἡ καρδία (
Vulg.incrassatum (
A. V. their heart is waxed gross)):
Matthew 13:15;
Acts 28:27, after
Isaiah 6:10 (for
לֵב הַשְׁמֵן).
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