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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 2660. κατανύσσω (katanussó) -- To pierce thoroughly, to be pricked, to be deeply moved or affected.</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/2660.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/acts/27-1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/2660.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 2660</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/2659.htm" title="2659">◄</a> 2660. katanussó <a href="../greek/2661.htm" title="2661">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">katanussó: To pierce thoroughly, to be pricked, to be deeply moved or affected.</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">κατανύσσω</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Verb<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>katanussó<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>kat-an-oos'-so<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(kat-an-oos'-so)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>To pierce thoroughly, to be pricked, to be deeply moved or affected.<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>met: I am pierced, stung, smitten.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>From the Greek preposition "κατά" (kata, meaning "down" or "against") and the verb "νύσσω" (nusso, meaning "to prick" or "to pierce").<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>The Hebrew equivalent often associated with similar concepts of being pierced or deeply moved is Strong's Hebrew 1856 (דָּקַר, daqar), which means "to pierce" or "to stab."<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The verb "katanussó" is used in the New Testament to describe a deep emotional or spiritual piercing, often associated with conviction or remorse. It conveys the idea of being deeply moved or cut to the heart, typically in response to a powerful message or realization of truth.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of being "pierced" or "pricked" was often associated with a sudden and profound emotional response. This could be in reaction to a speech, a revelation, or an encounter with the divine. In the context of the New Testament, this term is used to describe the reaction of individuals who are confronted with the truth of the Gospel and experience a deep conviction of their need for repentance and transformation.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>2660</b> <i>katanýssō</i> (from <a href="/greek/2596.htm">2596</a> <i>/katá</i>, "down" and <a href="/greek/3572.htm">3572</a> <i>/nýssō</i>, "pierce") – properly, pierce <i>all the way down</i>, i.e. <i>deeply</i> (<i>thoroughly</i>) pained; "emotionally pierced through"; psychologically pricked, emotionally <i>stunned</i> (<i>Abbott-Smith</i>). It is used only in Ac 2:37.</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/2596.htm">kata</a> and <a href="/greek/3572.htm">nussó</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to prick violently<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>pierced (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 2660: κατανύσσω</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">κατανύσσω</span></span>: 2 aorist passive <span class="greek2">κατενύγην</span> (<span class="abbreviation">Buttmann</span>, 63 (55)); <span class="accented">to prick, pierce</span>; metaphorically, <span class="accented">to pain the mind sharply, agitate it vehemently</span>: used especially of the emotion of sorrow; <span class="greek2">κατενύγησαν</span> <span class="greek2">τῇ</span> <span class="greek2">καρδία</span> (<span class="greek2">τήν</span> <span class="greek2">καρδίαν</span> <span class="manuref">L</span> <span class="manuref">T</span> <span class="manuref">Tr</span> <span class="manuref">WH</span>), they were smitten in heart with poignant sorrow (<span class="abbreviation">A. V.</span> literally, <span class="accented">pricked</span>), <a href="/interlinear/acts/2-37.htm">Acts 2:37</a> (<span class="greek2">κατανενυγμένον</span> <span class="greek2">τῇ</span> <span class="greek2">καρδία</span>, <a href="/interlinear/psalms/118-16.htm">Psalm 118:16</a><FOOTNOTE:10> (<BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Ps. 119:16>); add, <a href="/interlinear/genesis/34-7.htm">Genesis 34:7</a>; Sir. 12:12 Sir. 14:1, etc.; of lust, Susanna 10; of violent pity, <span class="abbreviation">John Malalas</span>, chronogr. 1, 18, Bonn. edition, p. 460). Cf. Fritzsche on Romans, ii., p. 558ff<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>prick. <p>From <a href="/greek/2596.htm">kata</a> and <a href="/greek/3572.htm">nusso</a>; to pierce thoroughly, i.e. (figuratively) to agitate violently ("sting to the quick") -- prick. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/2596.htm">kata</a> <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/3572.htm">nusso</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>κατανένυγμαι κατανενυγμένη κατανενυγμένον κατανενυγμένος κατανύγητε κατανυγώ κατανυχθέντος καταξανώ καταξηρανεί καταξήρος κατενύγην κατενυγησαν κατενύγησαν κατενύχθη κατέξανεν κατεξήρανε katenugesan katenugēsan katenygesan katenygēsan katenýgesan katenýgēsan<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/acts/2-37.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 2:37</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural">V-AIP-3P</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/2.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">Ἀκούσαντες δὲ <b>κατενύγησαν</b> τὴν καρδίαν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> when they heard <span class="itali">[this], they were pierced</span> to the heart,<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> when they heard <span class="itali">[this], they were pricked</span> in their heart,<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/2-37.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> having heard moreover <span class="itali">they were pierced</span> to the heart<p><b><a href="/greek/2660.htm">Strong's Greek 2660</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_2660.htm">1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/katenuge_san_2660.htm">κατενύγησαν — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/2659.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2659"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2659" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/2661.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2661"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2661" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>