Strong's G2655 · Greek

καταναρκάω

katanarkao · kat-an-ar-kah'-o

from 2596 and narkao (to be numb); to grow utterly torpid, i.e. (by implication) slothful (figuratively, expensive)

Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

κατα-ναρκάω (G2655)

3 * κατα-ναρκάω , -ῶ ( ναρκάω , to grow numb , in LXX, in causal sense, for יקע , Ge 32:25 ( 26 ); without Heb. equiv., Ge 32:32 ( 33 ), Jb 33:19 , Da LXX 11:6 *); to cause to grow numb . Intrans., to grow numb ; hence metaph., to be inactive , be burdensome to c. gen., II Co 11:9 12:13 , 14 ; pass., to be quite numb (Hippocr.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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