ΝΑΡΚΗΣΕΙΕ, ναρκησειε
NARKĒSEIE, narkēseie
Sounds Like: nar-KAY-see-eh
Translations: might become numb, might grow numb, might become sluggish, might become torpid
From the root: ΝΑΡΚΑΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the state of becoming numb, sluggish, or torpid. It implies a loss of sensation or a slowing down of activity, often due to fatigue or a similar condition. It is used to express a potential or hypothetical state of numbness or sluggishness.
Inflection: Third Person Singular, Aorist, Optative, Active
Strong’s number: G3489 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 8 — 10:244
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.
- ἘΝΑΡΚΗΣΕ — became numb, grew numb, became sluggish, was a burden
- 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
- 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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