ἘΚΛΥΕΙΝ, ἐκλυειν
EKLYEIN, eklyein
Sounds Like: ek-LOO-ayn
Translations: to faint, to grow weak, to lose heart, to be exhausted, to be discouraged, to relax, to unloose
From the root: ἘΚΛΥΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the act of becoming weak, faint, or exhausted, either physically or emotionally. It can also mean to lose courage or to be discouraged. In a more literal sense, it can mean to unloose or relax something. It is often used to describe a state of giving up or being overwhelmed.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G1590 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Job — 19:25
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΚΛΥΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΚΛΥΕΙ — to faint, to lose heart, to grow weary, to be exhausted, to be discouraged, to relax, to release
- ἘΚΛΥΟΜΕΝΩΝ — fainting, growing weak, becoming exhausted, becoming weary, becoming faint, of those fainting, of those growing weak, of those becoming exhausted, of those becoming weary, of those becoming faint
- ἘΚΛΥΟΥ — faint, grow weary, lose heart, be exhausted, relax, give up
- ἘΚΛΥΟΥΣΙΝ — they faint, they grow weary, they are exhausted, they lose heart, they are discouraged
- ἘΚΛΥΣΕΙΣ — you will loosen, you will release, you will unbind, you will set free
- ἘΞΕΛΥΘΗΣΑΝ — they were disheartened, they fainted, they grew weak, they were exhausted, they were released, they were loosened
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