Stupor - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Stupor

[ 1,,G2659, katanuxis ]
a pricking" (akin to katanusso, "to strike" or "prick violently," Acts 2:37), is used in Romans 11:8, RV, "stupor" (AV, "slumber"). It is suggested that this meaning arose from the influence of the verb katanustazo, "to nod" or "fall asleep" (Field, Notes on the Translation of the NT). Evidently what is signified is the dulling of the spiritual sense. In the Sept., Psalms 60:3; Isaiah 29:10.

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words