Katanysso means “prick” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H2660 — chepher (“Hepher”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G2660 κατανύσσω (katanusso) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. katanusso (kat-an-oos'-so) v. 1. to pierce thoroughly 2. (figuratively) to agitate violently ("sting to the quick") It has 20 linked Bible usages across 10 books. Visible English usage signals include pricked. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
katanusso (kat-an-oos'-so) v. 1. to pierce thoroughly 2. (figuratively) to agitate violently ("sting to the quick") [from G2596 and G3572] KJV: prick Root(s): G2596, G3572
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2660. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to pierce
Usage: κατα-νύσσω [in LXX: Gen.34:7 (עָצַב hith.), Lev.10:3, Psa.4:4, Psa 29:12, al. (דָּמַם), Dan LXX TH Sus 1:10 (רָדַם ni.), Sir.12:12 14:1, al. ;] __1. to strike or prick violently. __2. to stun. __3. Of strong emotion, pass., to be smitten: τὴν καρδίαν, Act.2:37 (see: κατάνυξις).† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render katanusso, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G2660 (κατανύσσω) appears 18 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
1 indexed usage in New Testament.
Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
13 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And Esau said to his father, Hast thou only one blessing, father? Bless, I pray thee, me also, father. And Isaac being troubled, Esau cried aloud and wept.
And the sons of Jacob came from the plain; and when they heard, the men were deeply pained, and it was very grievous to them, because the man wrought folly in Israel, having lain with the daughter of Jacob, and so it must not be.
And Moses said to Aaron, This is the thing which the Lord spoke, saying, I will be sanctified among them that draw nigh to me, and I will be glorified in the whole congregation; and Aaron was pricked in his heart.
6 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
Set him not by thee, Lest, when he hath overthrown thee, he stand up in thy place; Neither let him sit at thy right hand, Lest he seek to take thy seat, And thou at the last remember my words, And be pricked therewith.
Blessed is the man that hath not slipped with his mouth, And is not pricked with the multitude of sins.
There is that is hindered from sinning through want: And when he taketh rest, he shall not be troubled.
First 20 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2660.
And Esau said to his father, Hast thou only one blessing, father? Bless, I pray thee, me also, father. And Isaac being troubled, Esau cried aloud and wept.
And the sons of Jacob came from the plain; and when they heard, the men were deeply pained, and it was very grievous to them, because the man wrought folly in Israel, having lain with the daughter of Jacob, and so it must not be.
And Moses said to Aaron, This is the thing which the Lord spoke, saying, I will be sanctified among them that draw nigh to me, and I will be glorified in the whole congregation; and Aaron was pricked in his heart.
And because of the word, Ahab was pierced with sorrow before the Lord, and he both went weeping, and rent his garment, and girded sackcloth upon his body, and fasted; he put on sackcloth also in the day that he smote Naboth the Jezreelite, and went his way.
Hast thou seen how Ahab has been pricked to the heart before me? I will not bring on the evil in his days, but in his son’s days will I bring on the evil.
Be ye angry, and sin not; Feel compunction upon your beds For what ye say in your hearts. Pause.
That my glory may sing praise to thee, and I may not be pierced with sorrow. O Lord my God, I will give thanks to thee forever.
Yet they rejoiced against me, And plagues were plentifully brought against me, and I knew it not: They were scattered, but repented not.
Because he remembered not to show mercy, But persecuted the needy and poor man, And that to slay him that was pricked in the heart.
And I said, Woe is me, for I am pricked to the heart; for being a man, and having unclean lips, I dwell in the midst of a people having unclean lips; and I have seen with mine eyes the King, the Lord of hosts.
Sit thou down pierced with woe, go into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: thou shalt no more be called the strength of a kingdom.
Yet I heard the voice of his words: and when I heard him I was pricked in the heart, and I fell with my face to the earth.
And when he had spoken with me according to these words, I turned my face to the ground, and was pricked in the heart.
Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
Set him not by thee, Lest, when he hath overthrown thee, he stand up in thy place; Neither let him sit at thy right hand, Lest he seek to take thy seat, And thou at the last remember my words, And be pricked therewith.
Blessed is the man that hath not slipped with his mouth, And is not pricked with the multitude of sins.
There is that is hindered from sinning through want: And when he taketh rest, he shall not be troubled.
Thou didst stain thy honor, And pollute thy seed: So that thou broughtest wrath upon thy children, And wast grieved for thy folly.
And the chief of the eunuchs said to Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who has appointed your meat and your drink, lest he see your countenances gloomy in comparison of the young men your equals; so shall ye endanger my head to the king.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2660, grouped by book.
Katanysso (Strong's G2660) is a Greek word most simply glossed "prick". katanusso (kat-an-oos'-so) v. 1. to pierce thoroughly 2. (figuratively) to agitate violently ("sting to the quick")
This page currently indexes 20 linked usages for Strong's G2660 across 10 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2660 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as pricked. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 13 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 6 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2660, with linked reader references where each row is available.