Quick Definition
I burden, encumber
Strong's Definition
to grow utterly torpid, i.e. (by implication) slothful (figuratively, expensive)
Derivation: from G2596 (κατά) and (to be numb);
KJV Usage: be burdensome (chargeable)
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
καταναρκάω katanarkaō 3x
in NT to be burdensome to the disadvantage of any one, to be a dead weight upon; by impl. to be troublesome, burdensome to, in respect of maintenance, 2Co_11:9 ; 2Co_12:13-14
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* κατα -ναρκάω , -ῶ
( < ναρκάω , to grow numb, in LXX , in causal sense, for H3363 , Gen_32:25 (26); without Heb . equi v. , Gen_32:32 (33) Job_33:19 , Da LXX Dan_11:6 * );
1. to cause to grow numb.
2. Intrans ., to grow numb; hence metaph ., to be inactive, be burdensome to c . gen ., 2Co_11:9 ; 2Co_12:13-14 ; pass ., to be quite numb ( Hippocr .).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
καταναρκάω [page 330]
καταναρκάω , which in the NT is confined to 2Co_11:9 ; 2Co_12:13 f. , is classed by Jerome ( Ep. ad Algas. qu. 10) among Paul s cilicisms. It may, however, have been a medical term in regular use, as it is found in Hippocrates ( Art. 816 C) : cf. the simplex ναρκάω in Gen_32:25 ; Gen_32:32 , Job_33:19 , and ἀποναρκάω in Plut. De Liber. Educ. p. 8. The subst. νάρκα (Lob. Phryn. p, 331) = torpor is found in Menander Fragm , p. 143 : cf. M. Anton, x. 9 πτοία , νάρκα , δουλεία .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
καταναρκάω fut. ήσω "to be slothful towards, press heavily upon", c. gen., NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
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.).†
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