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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Greek - English Dictionary

G2659 - Slumber

Strong's No.:G2659

Greek:κατάνυξις

Transliteration:katanuxis

Phonetic:kat-an'-oox-is

Word Origin:From G2660

Bible Usage:slumber.

Part of Speech:Noun Feminine

Strongs
Definition:

a prickling (sensation as of the limbs asleep) that is (by implication [perhaps by some confusion with G3506 or even with G3571]) stupor (lethargy)


Thayers
Definition:

1. a pricking, piercing

2. severe sorrow, extreme grief

3. insensibility or torpor of mind, such as extreme grief easily produces

a. hence a "spirit of stupor", which renders their souls torpid so insensible that they are not affected at all by the offer made them of salvation through the Messiah


Bible References:
Slumber

Translation
Occurrences:
slumber ( 1 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.