Original Word: παχύνω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: pachunó
Pronunciation: pä-khoo'-no
Phonetic Spelling: (pakh-oo'-no)
KJV: wax gross
NASB: become dull
Word Origin: [from a derivative of G4078 (πήγνυμι - pitched) (meaning thick)]

1. to thicken
2. (by implication) to fatten
3. (figuratively) stupefy or render callous

become dull

From a derivative of pegnumi (meaning thick); to thicken, i.e. (by implication) to fatten (figuratively, stupefy or render callous) -- wax gross.

see GREEK pegnumi

3975 paxýnō (from paxys, "thick") – properly, thick (with excessive fat); (figuratively) having an insensitive heart, i.e. unfeeling (obtuse).

Word Origin
from pachus (thick)
Definition
to thicken, to fatten, fig. to make dull
NASB Translation
become dull (2).

STRONGS NT 3975: παχύνω

παχύνω: 1 aorist passive ἐπαχυνθην; (from παχύς (thick, stout); cf. βραδύνω; ταχύνω); to make thick; to make fat, fatten: τά σώματα, Plato, Gorgias, p. 518 c.; βοῦν, de rep., p. 343 b.; ἵππον, Xenophon, oec. 12, 20. Metaphorically, to make stupid (to render the soul dull or callous): τάς ψυχάς, Plutarch, mor., p. 995 d. (i. e. de esu carn. 1, 6, 3); νοῦν, Philostr. vit. Apoll. 1, 8; παχεῖς τάς διανοίας, Herodian, 2, 9, 15 (11 edition, Bekker); τήν διάνοιαν, Aelian v. h. 13, 15 (Latinpingue ingenium) (cf. Winer's Grammar, 18); ἐπαχύνθη ἡ καρδία (Vulg.incrassatum (A. V. their heart is waxed gross)): Matthew 13:15; Acts 28:27, after Isaiah 6:10 (for לֵב הַשְׁמֵן).

Forms and Transliterations

επάχυνεν επαχυνθη επαχύνθη ἐπαχύνθη επαχύνθησαν επεδήθησαν παχείς παχέος παχύ παχυνθή παχυτέρα παχύτετος πεδήσαντας πεπεδημένοι πεπεδημένους πεπεδημένων epachunthe epachunthē epachynthe epachynthē epachýnthe epachýnthē

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