G2655

καταναρκάομαι

katanarkaomaiG:V

to burden

κατα-ναρκάω, -ῶ (ναρκάω, to grow numb, in LXX, in causal sense, for יָקַע, Gen.32:25 (26); without Heb. equiv., Gen.32:32 (33) Job.33:19, Dan LXX 11:6*); __1. to cause to grow numb. __2. Intrans., to grow numb; hence metaphorically, to be inactive, be burdensome to with genitive, 2Co.11:9 12:13-14; pass., to be quite numb (Hippocr.).† (AS)

The KJV translates G2655 in the following manner:

burdensome (4x), to (2x), was (2x), will (2x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

καταναρκάω — katanarkáō

καταναρκάω, κατανάρκω: future καταναρκήσω; 1 aorist κατενάρκησα; (ναρκάω to become numb, torpid; in the Sept. translation to affect with numbness, make torpid, Gen 32:25; Gen 32:32; 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), 2Co 11:9; f (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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