STRONGS G1590:
ἐκλύω: [passive, present
ἐκλύομαι]; perfect participle
ἐκλελυμένος; 1 aorist
ἐξελύθην; 1 future
ἐκλυθήσομαι; often in Greek writings from [Homer], Aeschylus down;
1. to loose, unloose (cf. German
auslösen),
to set free:
τινά τινος and
ἔκ τινος.
2. to dissolve; metaphorically,
to weaken, relax, exhaust (
Sept. Joshua 10:6;
Jeremiah 45:4 (
Jer. 38:4); Aristotle, h. an. 9, 1 at the end [p. 610
a, 27]; Josephus, Antiquities 8, 11, 3; 13, 8, 1). Commonly in the passive
a. to have one's strength relaxed, to be enfeebled through exhaustion, to grow weak, grow weary, be tired out, (often so in Greek writings): of the body,
Matthew 9:36 Rec.;
Matt 15:32;
Mark 8:3; thus for
עָיֵף,
1 Samuel 14:28;
2 Samuel 17:29; for
רָפָה,
2 Samuel 4:1 etc.; of the mind,
Galatians 6:9 (
μὴ ἐκλυόμενοι if we faint not, namely, in well-doing). Cf. Grimm on 1 Macc. 3:17.
b. to despond, become faint-hearted:
Hebrews 12:5, (
Deuteronomy 20:3;
Proverbs 3:11); with
ταῖς ψυχαῖς added,
Hebrews 12:3;
τοῖς σώμασι,
ταῖς ψυχαῖς, Polybius 20, 4, 7;
τῇ ψυχῇ, 29, 6, 14; 40, 12, 7; cf. Grimm on 1 Macc. 9:8; 2 Macc. 3:24.
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