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Lexicon :: Strong's G1590 - eklyō

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ἐκλύω
Transliteration
eklyō (Key)
Pronunciation
ek-loo'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

ἐκλύω eklýō, ek-loo'-o; from G1537 and G3089; to relax (literally or figuratively):—faint.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G1590 in the following manner: faint (5x), faint (with G2258) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's G1590 in the following manner: faint (5x), faint (with G2258) (1x).

  1. to loose, unloose, to set free

  2. to dissolve, metaph., to weaken, relax, exhaust

    1. to have one's strength relaxed, to be enfeebled through exhaustion, to grow weak, grow weary, be tired out

    2. to despond, become faint hearted

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐκλύω eklýō, ek-loo'-o; from G1537 and G3089; to relax (literally or figuratively):—faint.
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. 610a, 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.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Deuteronomy
20:3
Joshua
10:6
1 Samuel
14:28
2 Samuel
4:1; 17:29
Proverbs
3:11
Jeremiah
38:4; 45:4
Matthew
9:36; 15:32
Mark
8:3
Galatians
6:9
Hebrews
12:3; 12:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1590 matches the Greek ἐκλύω (eklyō),
which occurs 34 times in 34 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:40

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:40 - You will live by the sword and you will serve your brother. But when you grow restless, you will throw his yoke from off your neck.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:24 - But his bow remained steady, his strong arms stayed[fn] limber, because of the hand of the Mighty One of Jacob, because of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:3 - He shall say: “Hear, Israel: Today you are going into battle against your enemies. Do not be fainthearted or afraid; do not panic or be terrified by them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:6 - The Gibeonites then sent word to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal: “Do not abandon your servants. Come up to us quickly and save us! Help us, because all the Amorite kings from the hill country have joined forces against us.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:3 - So Joshua said to the Israelites: “How long will you wait before you begin to take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your ancestors, has given you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:15 - Then Gideon came and said to the men of Sukkoth, “Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you taunted me by saying, ‘Do you already have the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna in your possession? Why should we give bread to your exhausted men?’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:28 - Then one of the soldiers told him, “Your father bound the army under a strict oath, saying, ‘Cursed be anyone who eats food today!’ That is why the men are faint.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:21 - Then David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow him and who were left behind at the Besor Valley. They came out to meet David and the men with him. As David and his men approached, he asked them how they were.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:1 - When Ish-Bosheth son of Saul heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he lost courage, and all Israel became alarmed.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:2 - The king asked Ziba, “Why have you brought these?” Ziba answered, “The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride on, the bread and fruit are for the men to eat, and the wine is to refresh those who become exhausted in the wilderness.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:14 - The king and all the people with him arrived at their destination exhausted. And there he refreshed himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:2 - I would attack him while he is weary and weak. I would strike him with terror, and then all the people with him will flee. I would strike down only the king

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:29 - honey and curds, sheep, and cheese from cows’ milk for David and his people to eat. For they said, “The people have become exhausted and hungry and thirsty in the wilderness.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:11 - When David was told what Aiah’s daughter Rizpah, Saul’s concubine, had done,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:15 - Once again there was a battle between the Philistines and Israel. David went down with his men to fight against the Philistines, and he became exhausted.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:43 - Sullen and angry, the king of Israel went to his palace in Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:7 - But as for you, be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:4 - Then the peoples around them set out to discourage the people of Judah and make them afraid to go on building.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:9 - They were all trying to frighten us, thinking, “Their hands will get too weak for the work, and it will not be completed.” But I prayed, “Now strengthen my hands.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:25 - I know that my redeemer[fn] lives, and that in the end he will stand on the earth.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:11 - My son, do not despise the LORD’s discipline, and do not resent his rebuke,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:3 - So do this, my son, to free yourself, since you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands: Go—to the point of exhaustion—[fn] and give your neighbor no rest!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:7 - Because of this, all hands will go limp, every heart will melt with fear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:9 - Be stunned and amazed, blind yourselves and be sightless; be drunk, but not from wine, stagger, but not from beer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:2 - They stoop and bow down together; unable to rescue the burden, they themselves go off into captivity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:20 - Your children have fainted; they lie at every street corner, like antelope caught in a net. They are filled with the wrath of the LORD, with the rebuke of your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:31 - I hear a cry as of a woman in labor, a groan as of one bearing her first child— the cry of Daughter Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands and saying, “Alas! I am fainting; my life is given over to murderers.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:5 - “If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble[fn] in safe country, how will you manage in the thickets by[fn] the Jordan?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:4 - Then the officials said to the king, “This man should be put to death. He is discouraging the soldiers who are left in this city, as well as all the people, by the things he is saying to them. This man is not seeking the good of these people but their ruin.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:24 - Damascus has become feeble, she has turned to flee and panic has gripped her; anguish and pain have seized her, pain like that of a woman in labor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:12 - They say to their mothers, “Where is bread and wine?” as they faint like the wounded in the streets of the city, as their lives ebb away in their mothers’ arms.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:19 - Arise, cry out in the night, as the watches of the night begin; pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to him for the lives of your children, who faint from hunger at every street corner.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:17 - Every hand will go limp; every leg will be wet with urine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:15 - “ ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: On the day it was brought down to the realm of the dead I covered the deep springs with mourning for it; I held back its streams, and its abundant waters were restrained. Because of it I clothed Lebanon with gloom, and all the trees of the field withered away.
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