Quick Definition
στυγνάζω v. I am gloomy
Strong's Definition
to render gloomy, i.e. (by implication) glower (be overcast with clouds, or sombreness of speech)
Derivation: from the same as G4767 (στυγνητός);
KJV Usage: lower, be sad
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | στυγέω (hate) · ἀποστυγέω · θεοστυγής · στυγητός
14.56 · Physical Events and States · Darkness
to become dark and gloomy to become both dark and gloomy, with the implication of threatening In order to combine the components of στυγνάζω, which involve not only darkness but also gloom and threatening, it may be possible to translate as ‘dark and threatening’ or ‘so dark as to cause one to be afraid.’
25.286 · Attitudes and Emotions · Sorrow, Regret
to be downcast, to look gloomy to experience an emotional state of both grief and discouragement, as evidenced in the appearance of one’s face It is also possible to understand στυγνάζω in MRK 10:22 as meaning ‘to be shocked, to be appalled’ (see 25.222).
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
στυγνάζω stygnazō 2x
to put on a gloomy and downcast look, to be shocked, appalled, Mk. 10:22; of the sky, to lower, Mt. 16:3*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† στυγνάζω
(< στυγνός, sombre, gloomy, sullen, Is 5:17, Wi 17:5, Da LXX 2:12*), [in LXX: Ez 27:35 28:19 32:10 (שָׁמֵם)* ;]
to have a sombre, gloomy appearance: of the human countenance (RV, his countenance fell), Mk 10:22; of the sky (so στυγνότης, Polyb., iv, 21, 1), Mt 16:3 (|[WH]|, R, mg., om.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
στυγνάζω, “‘am gloomy,” ‘‘am sad” (Mk 1072): cf. P Leid Νὴ ν- 5 (ii/iii A.D.) (=II. p. 40) γελῶν ἐστύγνασε, and similarly xi. 53, xi. 1. For adj. στυγνός cf. PSI I. 281 (magic tablet-— (ιν A.D.?) στυγνοῦ σκότους, cf. 2°, and see Mt 16°; and for adv. otvyvotépws cf. BGU VI. 13018 (ii/i 8.6.) ἠγωνίασα μή ποτε στυγνοτέρωϊς ἔχεις τὰ πρὸς ἐμέ.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
στυγνάζω (stugnazō) — be gloomy. στυγν-άζω, (στυγνός) to have a gloomy, lowering look, ἐπὶ τῷ λόγῳ [NT+7th c.AD+]; of threatening weather, [NT]