Lexicon pachunó: to thicken, to fatten, fig. to make dull Original Word: παχύνωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: pachunó Phonetic Spelling: (pakh-oo'-no) Short Definition: I fatten Definition: I fatten, thicken; pass. fig: I become stupid, dull, unfeeling. HELPS word-Studies 3975 paxýnō (from paxys, "thick") – properly, thick (with excessive fat); (figuratively) having an insensitive heart, i.e. unfeeling (obtuse). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom pachus (thick) Definitionto thicken, to fatten, fig. to make dull NASB Translationbecome dull (2).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 3975: παχύνωπαχύνω: 1 aorist passive ἐπαχυνθην; (from παχύς (thick, stout); cf. βραδύνω; ταχύνω); to make thick; to make fat, fatten: τά σώματα, Plato, Gorgias, p. 518 c.; βοῦν, de rep., p. 343 b.; ἵππον, Xenophon, oec. 12, 20. Metaphorically, to make stupid (to render the soul dull or callous): τάς ψυχάς, Plutarch, mor., p. 995 d. (i. e. de esu carn. 1, 6, 3); νοῦν, Philostr. vit. Apoll. 1, 8; παχεῖς τάς διανοίας, Herodian, 2, 9, 15 (11 edition, Bekker); τήν διάνοιαν, Aelian v. h. 13, 15 (Latin pingue ingenium) (cf. Winer's Grammar, 18); ἐπαχύνθη ἡ καρδία ( Vulg.incrassatum ( A. V. their heart is waxed gross)): Matthew 13:15; Acts 28:27, after Isaiah 6:10 (for לֵב הַשְׁמֵן).
Strong's become dull From a derivative of pegnumi (meaning thick); to thicken, i.e. (by implication) to fatten (figuratively, stupefy or render callous) -- wax gross. see GREEK pegnumi |
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