Quick Definition
καταναρκάω v. I burden, encumber
Strong's Definition
from 2596 and narkao (to be numb); to grow utterly torpid, i.e. (by implication) slothful (figuratively, expensive)
KJV Usage: be burdensome (chargeable)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κατα-ναρκάω, -@: fut. καταναρκήσω: 1 aor. κατενάρκησα; (ναρκάω to become numb, torpid; in Sept. trans. to affect with numbness, make torpid, Gen. xxxii. 25, 32; Job xxxiii. 19; fr. νάρκη torpor); prop. fo cause to grow numb or torpid; intrans. lo be torpid, inactive, to the detriment of one; to weigh heavily upon, be burdensome to: τινός (gen. of pers.), 2 Co. xi. 9 (8); xii. 13 sq. (Hesych. katevapknoa~ κατεβάρησα [ἃ]. ¢Bapuvva]); Jerome, ad Algas. 10 [ (iv. 204 ed. Benedict.) ], discovers a Cilicism in this use of the word [cf. W. 27]. Among prof. auth. used by Hippocr. alone, and in a pass. 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, 2 Cor. 11:9; 12:13, 14*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* 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.).†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
καταναρκάομαι (katanarkaomai) — to burden. καταναρκάομαι, Ionic dialect καταναρκ-έομαι, passive, grow quite numb, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; to be reduced to a torpid condition, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
II. active, καταναρκᾶν τινος to be slothful towards, press heavily upon.. , [NT]