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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #2660 - κατανύσσω

Transliteration

katanýssō

Phonetics

kat-an-oos'-so

Origin

from (G2596) and (G3572)

Parts of Speech

verb

TDNT

3:626,419

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to prick, pierce
metaph. to pain the mind sharply, agitate it vehemently
1. esp. of the emotion of sorrow

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1826 ‑ דָּמַם (daw‑mam'); 3512 ‑ כָּאָה (kaw‑aw'); 3665 ‑ כָּנַע (kaw‑nah'); 5956 ‑ עָלַם (aw‑lam'); 6087 ‑ עָצַב (aw‑tsab'); 7290 ‑ רָדַם (raw‑dam');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (0)

The American Standard Version
did not use
this Strong's Number

BSB (1)

Acts 1

CSB (0)

The Christian Standard Bible®
did not use
this Strong's Number

ESV (1)

Acts 1

KJV (1)

Acts 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (1)

Acts 1

N95 (1)

Acts 1

NAS (1)

Acts 1

NLT (1)

Acts 2

WEB (1)

Acts 1

YLT (1)

Acts 1

ASV (0)

The American Standard Version
did not use
this Strong's Number

BSB (1)

they were cut 1

CSB (0)

The Christian Standard Bible®
did not use
this Strong's Number

ESV (1)

cut 1

KJV (1)

pricked 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (1)

pierced 1

N95 (1)

pierced 1

NAS (1)

pierced 1

NLT (1)

pierced 1

WEB (1)

YLT (1)

they were pricked 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

V-2API-3P 1

ANT

V-2API-3P 1

BEZ

V-API-3P 1

BGB

V-2API-3P 1

BMT

V-2API-3P 1

BYZ

V-2API-3P 1

ELZ

V-API-3P 1

NA26

V-3APIP 1

SBL

V-2API-3P 1

SCV

V-2API-3P 1

STV

V-2API-3P 1

TIS

V-2API-3P 1

TRG

V-API-3P 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

κατα-νύσσω,

stab, gouge, τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς τινος Phleg. 36.4J.: — elsewh. in Pass., with fut. -νῠγήσομαι LXX Si. 20.21: aor. -ενύγην [ῠ] (v. infr.); to be sorely pricked, metaph., κατενύγησαν τὴν καρδίαν Acts 2:37, cf. LXX Genesis 34:7 : hence, to be bewildered, stunned, κάθισον -νενυγμένη LXX Isaiah 47:5, cf. Psalms 4:5, al.; keep silence, ib. Leviticus 10:3.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

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 (); 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

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

† κατα -νύσσω ,

[in LXX: Genesis 34:7 (H6087 hith.), Leviticus 10:3, Psalms 4:4, Psa 29:12, al. (H1826), Da LXX TH Sus 1:10 (H7290 ni.), Sirach 12:12; Sirach 14:1, al.;]

1. to strike or prick violently.

2. to stun.

3. Of strong emotion, pass., to be smitten: τὴν καρδίαν , Acts 2:37 (see κατάνυξις ).†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

An interesting illustration of the use of this verb in Acts 2:37 is afforded by Pelagia-Legenden, p. 7.16 καὶ οὕτως κατενύγη πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ἐπὶ τοῖς λόγοις οἷς ἐλάλει τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον δι᾽ αὐτοῦ, ὥστε ὅλον τὸ ἔδαφος τῆς ἐκκλησίας καταρρανθῆναι ὑπὸ τῶν δακρύων τοῦ λαοῦ. MGr κατανύσσομαι, ";I am seized with compunction,"; ";I become contrite.";

List of Word Forms

κατανένυγμαι κατανενυγμένη κατανενυγμένον κατανενυγμένος κατανύγητε κατανυγώ κατανυχθέντος καταξανώ καταξηρανεί καταξήρος κατενύγην κατενυγησαν κατενύγησαν κατενύχθη κατέξανεν κατεξήρανε katenugesan katenugēsan katenygesan katenygēsan katenýgesan katenýgēsan