Word: katanuxij
Pronounce: kat-an'-oox-is
Strongs Number: G2659
Orig: from 2660; a prickling (sensation, as of the limbs asleep), i.e. (by implication, (perhaps by some confusion with 3506 or even with 3571)) stupor (lethargy):--slumber. G2660 G3571
Use: TDNT-3:626,419 Noun Feminine
Heb Strong: H8639 H8653
1) a pricking, piercing
2) severe sorrow, extreme grief
3) insensibility or torpor of mind, such as extreme grief easily produces
3a) 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