# καταναρκάω/katanarkaō
This word describes a situation or how something is. It is a verb. However, it is not an action. 
* This word means to be a burden to someone.
    * A person is a burden to others when he causes them to worry or to need to work very hard.

See: 2 Corinthians 11:9; 12:13, 14

**Advice to translators**: This type of verb describes a state of being.