Strong G120ἀθυμέω
be discouraged
- Transliteration
- athumeō
- Pronunciation
- ath-oo-meh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἀθυμέω, -ῶ (ἄ-θυμος, without heart),
[in LXX for חרה, etc.;]
to be disheartened: Col.3:21.†
(AS)
[in LXX for חרה, etc.;]
to be disheartened: Col.3:21.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G120 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- discourage1
First verses
- Colossians 3:21Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
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Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀθῡμ-έω,
to be disheartened, despond, ἐς νόσον πεσὼν ἀθυμεῖς[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 474; οἴμ᾽ ὡς ἀθυμῶ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 587)]; ἀ τινι. at or for a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “El.” 769, etc.; ἐπί τινι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.3; εἴς τι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 264b; πρὸς τὴν παροῦσαν ὄψιν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.88; τὴν τελευτήν [prev. author] 5.91; τοῦτο, ὡς.. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 8.21; ἕνεκά τινος [prev. author] “An.” 5.4.19)]:—to be sore afraid lest, ἀθυμῶ δ᾽ εἰ φανήσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 666; δεινῶς ἀθυμῶ μὴ βλέπων ὁ μάντις ᾖ [prev. author] “OT” 747.)]
to be disheartened, despond, ἐς νόσον πεσὼν ἀθυμεῖς[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 474; οἴμ᾽ ὡς ἀθυμῶ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 587)]; ἀ τινι. at or for a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “El.” 769, etc.; ἐπί τινι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.3; εἴς τι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 264b; πρὸς τὴν παροῦσαν ὄψιν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.88; τὴν τελευτήν [prev. author] 5.91; τοῦτο, ὡς.. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 8.21; ἕνεκά τινος [prev. author] “An.” 5.4.19)]:—to be sore afraid lest, ἀθυμῶ δ᾽ εἰ φανήσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 666; δεινῶς ἀθυμῶ μὴ βλέπων ὁ μάντις ᾖ [prev. author] “OT” 747.)]