ἐκκακέω
ekkakéō · G1573 · Greek · 6 occurrences
Meanings
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to become discouraged, to lose heart, to give up
To lose one’s motivation to accomplish some valid goal
ExamplesLuke 18:1 Now He was telling them a parable to show that at all times they ought to pray and not become discouraged,
2 Corinthians 4:1 Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we received mercy, we do not lose heart,
2 Corinthians 4:16 Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer person is decaying, yet our inner person is being renewed day by day.
How it’s used In 6 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
6 occurrences in 3 groups
- Not stated: we 3
- Not stated (infinitive) 2
- σύyou 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ποιέωto do, to make 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐνin+ θλῖψιςtribulation, affliction 1
With adverbsAdverbs
5 occurrences in 2 groups
- μήnot 4
- οὐnot 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- δεῖmust, to be necessary 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- αἰτέωto ask for, to demand, to plead for 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- ἐκλύω eklýō · G1590 · to become extremely weary, to give out, to faint from exhaustion
- Both the target term and ἐκλύω (“to relax,” literally or figuratively) share the core sense of losing resolve under strain, becoming discouraged or giving up. ἐκλύω additionally carries a sense of physical exhaustion or fainting, a distinguishable extension rather than a different referent.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To become discouraged, to lose heart, to give up25.288
- Used in Luke 18:1, in the introduction to the parable of the persistent widow, told to show that people ought always to pray and not lose heart, and repeated in 2 Corinthians 4:1 and 4:16 of Paul's own resolve not to lose heart in his ministry.
Word family 20 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἐκκάκω; (1 aorist ἐξεκάκησα); (κακός); to be utterly spiritless, to be wearied out,…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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