ἐκλύω
eklyō · faint, grow weary
Greek word · Strong’s number G1590 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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eklyō (ἐκλύω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “faint, grow weary”.
Faint, lose strength; lose heart.
How to say it
e·kly·ō
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Collapse from exhaustion; become discouraged.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- lose heart ×2
- give up ×1
- they faint ×1
- they will faint ×1
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Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Matthew 15:32
And Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion on the crowd, because they have been staying with me three days already and they do not have anything to eat; and I do not want to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way.”
- Mark 8:3
and if I send them away hungry to their homes, they will faint on the way; and some of them have come from far away.”
- Galatians 6:9
And let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.
- Hebrews 12:3
For consider the one who endured such opposition from sinners against themselves, so that you do not grow weary and lose heart in your souls.
- Hebrews 12:5
and you have forgotten the encouragement that addresses you as sons: My son, do not think lightly of the discipline of the Lord, nor lose heart when you are rebuked by him;