Strong G1590ἐκλύω
to faint
- Transliteration
- ekluō
- Pronunciation
- ek-loo'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἐκ-λύω
[in LXX for רָפָה, etc.;]
1. to loose, release.
2. to unloose, as a bow-string, to relax, enfeeble; pass., to be faint, grow weary: Mat.15:32, Mrk.8:3; of mental weariness, Gal.6:9, Heb.12:3, 5" (LXX).†
(AS)
[in LXX for רָפָה, etc.;]
1. to loose, release.
2. to unloose, as a bow-string, to relax, enfeeble; pass., to be faint, grow weary: Mat.15:32, Mrk.8:3; of mental weariness, Gal.6:9, Heb.12:3, 5" (LXX).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1590 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- faint6
First verses
- Matthew 9:36But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.
- Matthew 15:32Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.
- Mark 8:3And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.
- Galatians 6:9And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
- Hebrews 12:3For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
- Hebrews 12:5And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐκλύω [ῡ,
see at {λύω}], set free, πόνων from labours, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 328)]; release, ὕδατα [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 49.6 (2nd c.BC))]:—passive, to be set free, ἐκλέλυμαι πόθου [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1339; ἐκ δεσμῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 67d)]:—middle, get one set free, release, ἀλλ᾽ ἄγε δή σε κακῶν ἐκλύσομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.286; τοῦ φόβου σ᾽ ἐξελυσάμην 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1003; θανάτου νιν ἐκλύσασθε 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 818; ἐξελυσάμην βροτοὺς τὸ μὴ μολεῖν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 237: with _accusative_ _person_ only, ἐξελύσαντο τοὺς Ἀργείους 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.1.25: _absolutely_, ἐξελυσάμην)] I delivered him from danger, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 531.)]
II unloose, ἐ. τόξα unstring a bow, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.173; ἐ. ἁρμούς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 825)]; σκαιὸν ἐκλύσων στόμα likely to let loose a foolish tongue, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1225.)]
II.2 make an end of, ἐξέλυσας..σκληρᾶς ἀοιδοῦ δασμόν paid it off, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “OT” 35; ἐπίπονον ἁμέραν [prev. author] “Tr.” 654; μόχθον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 695; ἔριν καὶ φιλονικίαν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.14)]; ἐξελύσατε (variant{-λύσασθε}) τὰς παρασκευάς [Refs ([prev. author] 18.26.)]
II.3 relax, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 610a27; τῆς φροντίδος τὸ ἀκριβές 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Dom.” 17)]:— passive, to be faint, fail, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 2.41, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.59, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.224, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.69 W., etc.; πρὸς τὸν πόλεμον 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.150)]; ἐκλυθῆναι τοῖς σώμασι, τῇ ψυχῇ, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta” 144, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 29.17.4)] (so intransitive in active, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 1.33.5))], etc.; of things, to be unserviceable, τὰ τῶν πλοίων ἐκλελυμένα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1320b37)]; ἐκλύεται ὁ ῥοῦς, τὰ ῥεύματα, cease, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.43.9, 4.41.5.)]
II.4 in Medicine texts, ἐ. κοιλίαν relax the bowels, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.169.)]
II.5 pay in full, δάνειον [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Caesar” 12 (_passive_).)]
II.5.b purchase, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 6.91.)]
II.6 resolve a doubt, in passive, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 176.24; also τὰ ὑπ᾽ ἀμφιβολίαν πίπτοντα ἐκλύεται τοῦ ἀμφιβόλου [prev. work] 311.11.)]
II.7 dissolve, τι ὄξει [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 11.106.)]
III intransitive, to break up, depart, [LXX (LXX.2Mac.13.16.)]
see at {λύω}], set free, πόνων from labours, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 328)]; release, ὕδατα [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 49.6 (2nd c.BC))]:—passive, to be set free, ἐκλέλυμαι πόθου [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1339; ἐκ δεσμῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 67d)]:—middle, get one set free, release, ἀλλ᾽ ἄγε δή σε κακῶν ἐκλύσομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.286; τοῦ φόβου σ᾽ ἐξελυσάμην 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1003; θανάτου νιν ἐκλύσασθε 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 818; ἐξελυσάμην βροτοὺς τὸ μὴ μολεῖν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 237: with _accusative_ _person_ only, ἐξελύσαντο τοὺς Ἀργείους 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.1.25: _absolutely_, ἐξελυσάμην)] I delivered him from danger, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 531.)]
II unloose, ἐ. τόξα unstring a bow, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.173; ἐ. ἁρμούς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 825)]; σκαιὸν ἐκλύσων στόμα likely to let loose a foolish tongue, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1225.)]
II.2 make an end of, ἐξέλυσας..σκληρᾶς ἀοιδοῦ δασμόν paid it off, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “OT” 35; ἐπίπονον ἁμέραν [prev. author] “Tr.” 654; μόχθον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 695; ἔριν καὶ φιλονικίαν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.14)]; ἐξελύσατε (variant{-λύσασθε}) τὰς παρασκευάς [Refs ([prev. author] 18.26.)]
II.3 relax, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 610a27; τῆς φροντίδος τὸ ἀκριβές 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Dom.” 17)]:— passive, to be faint, fail, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 2.41, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.59, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.224, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.69 W., etc.; πρὸς τὸν πόλεμον 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.150)]; ἐκλυθῆναι τοῖς σώμασι, τῇ ψυχῇ, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta” 144, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 29.17.4)] (so intransitive in active, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 1.33.5))], etc.; of things, to be unserviceable, τὰ τῶν πλοίων ἐκλελυμένα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1320b37)]; ἐκλύεται ὁ ῥοῦς, τὰ ῥεύματα, cease, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.43.9, 4.41.5.)]
II.4 in Medicine texts, ἐ. κοιλίαν relax the bowels, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.169.)]
II.5 pay in full, δάνειον [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Caesar” 12 (_passive_).)]
II.5.b purchase, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 6.91.)]
II.6 resolve a doubt, in passive, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 176.24; also τὰ ὑπ᾽ ἀμφιβολίαν πίπτοντα ἐκλύεται τοῦ ἀμφιβόλου [prev. work] 311.11.)]
II.7 dissolve, τι ὄξει [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 11.106.)]
III intransitive, to break up, depart, [LXX (LXX.2Mac.13.16.)]