Ekkakeo means “faint” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H1573 — gome in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G1573 ἐκκακέω (ekkakeo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. ekkakeo (ek-kak-eh'-o) v. 1. to be (bad or) weak 2. (by implication) to fail (in heart) It has 7 linked Bible usages across 6 books. Visible English usage signals include faint and weary. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
ekkakeo (ek-kak-eh'-o) v. 1. to be (bad or) weak 2. (by implication) to fail (in heart) [from G1537 and G2556] KJV: faint, be weary Root(s): G1537, G2556
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G1573. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to lose heart
Usage: ἐκκακέω, -ῶ, see: ἐνκακέω. ἐν-κακέω, -ῶ (LTr., ἐγκ-; Rec. ἐκκ-; cf. WH, Notes, 157 f.; κακός, cowardly), [in Sm.: Gen.27:46, Num.21:5, Pro.3:11, Isa.7:16 *;] to lose heart : Luk.18:1, 2Co.4:1,16, Gal.6:9, Eph.3:13, 2Th.3:13 (Cremer, 330).† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render ekkakeo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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Strong's G1573 (ἐκκακέω) appears 1 time in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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6 indexed usages in New Testament.
And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
1 indexed usage in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
For the speakers have uttered grievous things, and the diviners have seen false visions, and they have spoken false dreams, they have given vain comfort: therefore have they fallen away like sheep, and been afflicted, because there was no healing.
First 7 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1573.
For the speakers have uttered grievous things, and the diviners have seen false visions, and they have spoken false dreams, they have given vain comfort: therefore have they fallen away like sheep, and been afflicted, because there was no healing.
And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.
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Ekkakeo (Strong's G1573) is a Greek word most simply glossed "faint". ekkakeo (ek-kak-eh'-o) v. 1. to be (bad or) weak 2. (by implication) to fail (in heart)
This page currently indexes 7 linked usages for Strong's G1573 across 6 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1573 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as faint and weary. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 1 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G1573, with linked reader references where each row is available.