Strong G3975παχύνω
to thicken
- Transliteration
- pachunō
- Pronunciation
- pakh-oo'-no
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From a derivative of G4078 (meaning thick); to thicken that is (by implication) to fatten (figuratively stupefy or render callous): - wax gross.
Detailed definition
παχύνω
(παχύς, thick) [in LXX: Deu.32:15, Isa.6:10 (שָׁמֵן), al.;]
to thicken, fatten; pass., to grow fat. Metaphorical, to make dull or stupid (τ. ψυχάς, Rut.); pass., to wax gross: ἡ καρδία„ Mat.13:15, Act.28:27" (LXX).†
(AS)
(παχύς, thick) [in LXX: Deu.32:15, Isa.6:10 (שָׁמֵן), al.;]
to thicken, fatten; pass., to grow fat. Metaphorical, to make dull or stupid (τ. ψυχάς, Rut.); pass., to wax gross: ἡ καρδία„ Mat.13:15, Act.28:27" (LXX).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3975 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- wax2
First verses
- Matthew 13:15For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
- Acts 28:27For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
παχύν-ω,
perfect passive πεπάχυσμαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 394a28, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “de gymnastica” 52, but πεπάχυμμαι 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.678, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Hermes Trismegistus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 1.49.68)]:—fatten, τὰ σώματα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 518c; βοῦν [prev. author] “R.” 343b; ἴππον 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 12.20)]:—passive, grow fat, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 5.44, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 791; δαιτὶ παχυνόμενος “Anthologia Graeca” 7.207 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus); παχυνθῇ ἡ ἀκρίς LXX.Eccl.12.5.)]
b thicken, strengthen, δεσμόν [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Abstinentia - Porphyrii Opuscula” 1.38.)]
2 metaphorically, cause to wax fat, increase, κότον π. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 618)]:—passive, ὄλβος ἄγαν παχυνθείς [Refs ([prev. author] “Th.” 771 (Lyric poetry).)]
2.b metaphorically, make gross or dull, τὰς ψυχὰς ὑπὸ πλης μονῆς π. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.995d)]; βρώσεις τὸν νοῦν π. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista)]“V A” 1.8:— passive, [LXX+2nd c.AD+ (LXX.Isa.6.10; πεπαχυσμένος 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 1.21.1)]; to be coarsened, [ψυχὴ] παρὰ τὴν ἰδίαν φύσιν πεπαχυμμένη [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Hermes Trismegistus [prev. cited]; περιβλήματα.. παχυνόμενα ὑπὸ τῆς γηίνης φύσεως 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus)]in R.1.119 K.
II passive, become thick, π. πρὸς τὸν ἥλιον, of the skull, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.12)]; of humours, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 19)]; of excrements, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Prog.” 11, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 735a36, +others)]; distinguished from πήγνυσθαι, [Refs ([prev. author] “Mete.” 383a11, b18)]; of fruit juices, become concentrated, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 6.16.2)]; of oil, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “de gymnastica” 52.)]
II.2 to be dulled, of the sun's light, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Dionysius Periegeta 35.)]
perfect passive πεπάχυσμαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 394a28, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “de gymnastica” 52, but πεπάχυμμαι 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.678, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Hermes Trismegistus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 1.49.68)]:—fatten, τὰ σώματα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 518c; βοῦν [prev. author] “R.” 343b; ἴππον 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 12.20)]:—passive, grow fat, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 5.44, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 791; δαιτὶ παχυνόμενος “Anthologia Graeca” 7.207 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus); παχυνθῇ ἡ ἀκρίς LXX.Eccl.12.5.)]
b thicken, strengthen, δεσμόν [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Abstinentia - Porphyrii Opuscula” 1.38.)]
2 metaphorically, cause to wax fat, increase, κότον π. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 618)]:—passive, ὄλβος ἄγαν παχυνθείς [Refs ([prev. author] “Th.” 771 (Lyric poetry).)]
2.b metaphorically, make gross or dull, τὰς ψυχὰς ὑπὸ πλης μονῆς π. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.995d)]; βρώσεις τὸν νοῦν π. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista)]“V A” 1.8:— passive, [LXX+2nd c.AD+ (LXX.Isa.6.10; πεπαχυσμένος 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 1.21.1)]; to be coarsened, [ψυχὴ] παρὰ τὴν ἰδίαν φύσιν πεπαχυμμένη [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Hermes Trismegistus [prev. cited]; περιβλήματα.. παχυνόμενα ὑπὸ τῆς γηίνης φύσεως 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus)]in R.1.119 K.
II passive, become thick, π. πρὸς τὸν ἥλιον, of the skull, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.12)]; of humours, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 19)]; of excrements, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Prog.” 11, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 735a36, +others)]; distinguished from πήγνυσθαι, [Refs ([prev. author] “Mete.” 383a11, b18)]; of fruit juices, become concentrated, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 6.16.2)]; of oil, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “de gymnastica” 52.)]
II.2 to be dulled, of the sun's light, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Dionysius Periegeta 35.)]