ἘΝΑΡΚΗΣΕ, ἐναρκησε
ENARKĒSE, enarkēse
Sounds Like: eh-NAR-kay-seh
Translations: became numb, grew numb, became sluggish, was a burden
From the root: ΝΑΡΚΑΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the state of becoming numb, sluggish, or inactive. It can also mean to be a burden or to cause a burden. It is often used to describe a physical sensation of numbness or a state of inactivity, as if one's limbs have become heavy or unresponsive. In some contexts, it can refer to someone becoming a financial burden.
Inflection: Aorist, Indicative, Active, Third Person, Singular
Strong’s number: G1763 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 58:6
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΝΑΡΚΑΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΝΑΡΚΗΣΕΝ — became numb, was paralyzed, grew stiff, became weak
- ΝΑΡΚΑΝ — to be numb, to be sluggish, to be languid, to be torpid, to grow numb, to grow sluggish
- ΝΑΡΚΑΩ — to be numb, to be sluggish, to be torpid, to be inactive, to be lazy
- ΝΑΡΚΗΣΑΙ — to be numb, to be sluggish, to be inactive, to be dull, to be paralyzed
- ΝΑΡΚΗΣΕΙ — will be numb, will be paralyzed, will be sluggish, will be inactive
- ΝΑΡΚΗΣΕΙΕ — might become numb, might grow numb, might become sluggish, might become torpid
- ΝΕΝΑΡΚΗΚΥΙΑΝ — having become numb, having grown sluggish, having become dull, having become torpid, a having become numb, a having grown sluggish, a having become dull, a having become torpid
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