King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G2660
Transliteration: katanyssomai
Phonetic Spelling: (kat-an-oos'-so)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to prick violently
Meaning: to prick violently
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
Word Summary
katanyssomai: to prick violently
Original Word: κατανύσσομαιTransliteration: katanyssomai
Phonetic Spelling: (kat-an-oos'-so)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to prick violently
Meaning: to prick violently
Strong's Concordance
prick. From kata and nusso; to pierce thoroughly, i.e. (figuratively) to agitate violently ("sting to the quick") -- prick.
see GREEK kata
see GREEK nusso
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2660: κατανύσσωκατανύσσω: 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