* κατα-ναρκάω, -ῶ
(< ναρκάω, to grow numb, in LXX, in causal sense, for יקע, Ge 32:25(26); without Heb. equiv., Ge 32:32(33), Jb 33:19, Da LXX 11:6*);
1. to cause to grow numb.
2. Intrans., to grow numb; hence metaph., to be inactive, be burdensome to c. gen., II Co 11:912:13, 14; pass., to be quite numb (Hippocr.).†