Strong G2577G2577Hκάμνω

be weary/sick: ill

One of the 2 senses of Strong G2577

Transliteration
kamnō
Pronunciation
kam'-no
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

Apparently a primary verb; properly to toil that is (by implication) to tire (figuratively faint sicken): - faint sicken be wearied.

Detailed definition

κάμνω
[in LXX: Job.10:1 (קוּט ni.) Job.17:2, Wis.4:16 15:9, 4Ma.3:8 4Mac 7:13 *;]
1. to work; hence, from the effect of continued work,

2. to be weary: Heb.12:3

3. to be sick: Jas.5:15.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G2577H appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • sick1

First verses

  1. James 5:15
    And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
κάμνω,
future κᾰμοῦμαι, καμῇ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 881, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1215)]; καμεῖται [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.389, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 921e)]; Epic dialect infinitive -έεσθαι[Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.580:)]aorist 2 ἔκᾰμον, Epic dialect κάμον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.187, +others)]; infinitive καμεῖν, Epic dialect subjunctive reduplicate κεκάμω, κεκάμῃσι, κεκάμωσιν, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.168, 17.658, 7.5 (but 3rd-2nd c.BC: Aristarchus Grammaticus read κε κάμω, etc., probably rightly))]: perfect κέκμηκα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.262, etc.)]: pluperfect ἐκεκμήκεσαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.98)]; Epic dialect participle κεκμηώς, κεκμηῶτι, κεκμηῶτα, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.232, 6.261, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.31; κεκμηότας 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.802)]; κεκμηῶτας is variant for{κεκμηκότας} in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.59)]:— middle, aorist 2 ἐκᾰμόμην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.130)], Epic dialect καμ- [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.341.)]
I transitive, work, μίτρη, τὴν Χαλκῆες κάμον ἄνδρες wrought it, [Refs (4.187, 216)]; ἐπεὶ πάνθ᾽ ὅπλα κάμε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (18.614; σκῆπτρον.., τὸ μὲν Ἥφαιστος κάμε τεύχων 2.101, compare 8.195; κ. νῆας 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.126; πέπλον 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.338, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.105; ἵππον 11.523; λέχος 23.189)]; ἄστυ build, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.1322)]: also in aorist middle, ἱρόν [Refs ([prev. author] 2.718.)]
I.2 aorist middle, win by toil, τὰς (i.e. γυναῖκας) αὐτοὶ καμόμεσθα βίηφί τε δουρί τε μακρῷ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.341.)]
I.3 aorist middle, labour, till, οἵ κέ σφιν καὶ νῆσον.. ἐκάμοντο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.130; οἴκους 4th-3rd c.BC: Philetas 8.)]
II intransitive, toil, labour, τινι for one, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.65; ὑπὲρ τῆς πόλεως 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.41)]: then, from the effect of continued work, to be weary, ἀνδρὶ δὲ κεκμηῶτι μένος μέγα οἶνος ἀέξει [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.261, compare 11.802: with _accusative_ of the part, οὐδέ τι γυῖα.. κάμνει)] nor is he weary in limb, [Refs (19.170)], etc.; περὶ δ᾽ ἔγχεϊ Χεῖρα καμεῖται [Refs (2.389; ὁ δ᾽ ἀριστερὸν ὦμον ἔκαμνεν 16.106: frequently with)]participle, κ. πολεμίζων, ἐλαύνοντες, ἐρεθίζων, is weary of fighting, rowing, etc., [Refs (1.168, 7.5, 17.658)], etc.; οὐ μέν θην κάμετον.. ὀλλῦσαι Τρῶας [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8.448; ἔκαμον δέ μοι ὄσσε πάντῃ παπταίνοντι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.232)]; but οὐδέ τι τόξον δὴν ἔκαμον τανύων I did not long strain over stringing the bow, i.e. did it without effort,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (21.426, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.22: later frequently with _negative_, οὔτοι καμοῦμαι.. λέγουσα)] I shall never be tired of saying, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 881; μὴ κάμῃς λέγων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1143; οὐκ ἂν κάμοιμι τὰς κακὰς κτείνων [prev. author] “Or.” 1590; οὔποτε κάμοιμ᾽ ἂν ὀρχουμένη 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 541 (Lyric poetry))]; κ. εὐεργετῶν, ἐπαινῶν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 470c, “Lg.” 921e: with _dative_, κ. δαπάναις)] to grow tired in spending, spare expense, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.90.)]
II.2 to be hard-pressed, worsted, in battle or contest, [Refs ([prev. work] 1.78, 80)]; τὸ κάμνον στρατοῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 709.)]
II.3 to be sick or suffering, τί πάσχει; τί κάμνει; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 708)]; οἱ κάμνοντες the sick, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.197, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 282, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.64, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 407c, NT.Jam.5.15, etc.)]; of a doctor's patients, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης ὀξέων” 1, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.243, “SIG” 943.10 (from Cos))]; καμοῦσα ἀπέθανε having fallen sick, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.120: with _accusative_ _cognate_, κάμνειν νόσον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 990, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 408e)]; [τὴν ποδάγραν] variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 604a23; τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.111)]; τὰ σώματα to be ill or distempered in body, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 478a; ὠσίν τε κὤμμασιν 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 3.32; πάθᾳ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 8.48; νοσήμασι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 603a30; ἀπὸ τοῦ τραύματος 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tox.” 60; ὑπὸ νόσου 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 3.14.2.)]
II.4 generally, to be distressed, meet with disaster, στρατοῦ καμόντος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 670; τῷ πεποιημένῳ κ. μεγάλως 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.118, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 482 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1138, “HF” 293)]; οὐ καμῇ τοὐμὸν μέρος wilt not have to complain.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1215; κ. ἔν τινι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 306, “IA” 966)]; of a ship, νεὼς καμούσης ποντίῳ πρὸς κύματι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 210: with _accusative_ _cognate_, οὐκ ἴσον καμὼν ἐμοὶ λύπης)] not having borne an equal share of grief, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 532.)]
II.5 in aorist participle, of the dead, i. e. either outworn, or those whose work is done, or those who have met with disaster, οἳ ὑπένερθε καμόντας ἀνθρώπους τίνυσθον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.278, compare 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 17.49; βροτῶν εἴδωλα καμόντων 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.476)]; εἴδωλα κ[Refs 8th c.BC+ (. 24.14, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.72, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 231, etc.)]: also in perfect participle in Trag. and Prose, κεκμηκότες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 284, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 756, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.59, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 718a, 927b, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1101a35)]; ἱερὰ τῶν κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 96)]; also in the finite Verb, ὅπη ἄνθρωπος ἔκαμε [Refs (“Berl.Sitzb.” 1927.158 (from Cyrene))].--The perfect is always intransitive (Cf. Sanskrit śamnīte 'work hard', 'serve zealously', śamitár- 'sacrificing priest', Gr. εἰρο-κόμος, κομέω, κομίζω.)