STRONGS G1573:
ἐκκακέω, -ῶ; [1 aorist ἐξεκάκησα]; (κακός); to be utterly spiritless, to be wearied out, exhausted; see ἐγκακέω [cf. Winers Grammar, 25].
Related entry:
ἐγ-κακέω,
ῶ [(see below); 1 aor.
ἐνεκάκησα]; (
κακός); [prop. to behave badly in; hence]
to be weary in anything, or
to lose courage, flag, faint: adopted by L T Tr WH in place of R G
ἐκκακέω (which see) in
Luke 18:1;
2 Corinthians 4:1,
16;
Galatians 6:9;
Ephesians 3:13;
2 Thessalonians 3:13 — except that T WH write
ἐνκ. in
Luke 18:1;
Galatians 6:9;
Ephesians 3:13; so WH in
2 Thessalonians 3:13, also see
ἐν, III. 3; [cf. Tdf.’s note on
2 Corinthians 4:1; Meyer ibid., who thinks that
ἐκκ. may have been a colloquial form. See the full exhibition of the usage of the manuscripts given by Dr.
Gregory in his Proleg. to Tdf. ed. 8, p. 78.] (Found a few times in Symmachus [
Genesis 27:46;
Numbers 21:5;
Isaiah 7:16; also
Proverbs 3:11 Theod.]; Clem.
Rom. 2 Cor. 2, 2; in secular writings only in Polybius 4, 19, 10
τὸ πέμπειν τὰς βονθείας ἐνεκάκησαν they culpably neglected to send aid, [add Philo de confus. lingg. § 13 (Mang. 1:412, 36)
οὐκ ἐκκακούμενος ἐκνάμϕθην].)
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