Quick Definition
κατανύσσομαι v. I am pierced, stung
Strong's Definition
to pierce thoroughly, i.e. (figuratively) to agitate violently ("sting to the quick")
Derivation: from G2596 (κατά) and G3572 (νύσσω);
KJV Usage: prick
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | aor. κατενύγην | νύσσω
25.281 · Attitudes and Emotions · Sorrow, Regret
Collocation: κατανύσσομαι τὴν καρδίαν
to be greatly troubled, to be acutely distressed (an idiom, literally: to pierce the heart) to experience acute emotional distress, implying both concern and regret
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κατανύσσομαι katanyssomai 1x
to pierce through; to pierce with compunction and pain of heart, Acts 2:37*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† κατα-νύσσω,
[in LXX: Ge 34:7 (עצב hith.), Le 10:3, Ps 4:4, Ps 29:12, al. (דּמם), Da LXX TH Su 10 (רדם ni.), Si 12:12 14:1, al.;]
to strike or prick violently.
to stun.
Of strong emotion, pass., to be smitten: τὴν καρδίαν, Ac 2:37 (v.s. κατάνυξις).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κατανύσσω. An interesting illustration of the use of this verb in Ac 237 is afforded hy Pe/agia—Legenden, p. 715 καὶ οὕτως κατενύγη πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ἐπὶ τοῖς λόγοις ois ἐλάλει TO πνεῦμα TO ἅγιον δι᾿ αὐτοῦ, ὥστε ὅλον τὸ ἔδαφος τῆς ἐκκλησίας καταρρανθῆναι ὑπὸ τῶν δακρύων τοῦ λαοῦ. MGr κατανύσσομαι, 1 am seized with compunction,” ‘‘I become contrite.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
κατανύσσω (katanussō) — to pierce. κατα-νύσσω, stab, gouge, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—elsewhere in passive, with future -νῠγήσομαι [LXX]: aorist -ενύγην [ῠ] (see. below); to be sorely pricked, metaphorically, [LXX]: hence, to be bewildered, stunned, [LXX], +others; keep silence, [LXX]