- Original: κατάνυξις - Transliteration: Katanuxis - Phonetic: kat-an'-oox-is - 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 - Origin: from G2660 - TDNT entry: 13:26,4 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: From G2660 ; a prickling (sensation as of the limbs asleep) that is (by implication [perhaps by some confusion with G3506 or even with G3571 ]) stupor (lethargy): - slumber. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • slumber, 1 Romans 11:8