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Strong's G1590 ἐκλύω (eklyo)

Eklyo means “faint” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H1590 — gannab (“thief”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G1590
Language Greek
Linked Usages 48
Books 25

Strong's G1590 Quick Answer

Strong's G1590 ἐκλύω (ekluo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. ekluo (ek-loo'-o) v. 1. to relax {literally or figuratively} It has 48 linked Bible usages across 25 books. Visible English usage signals include faint and fainted. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
ekluo (ek-loo'-o) v. 1. to relax {literally or figuratively}
Usage
48 linked usages
Books
25 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
faint and fainted

Meaning and Definition

ekluo (ek-loo'-o) v. 1. to relax {literally or figuratively} [from G1537 and G3089] KJV: faint Root(s): G1537, G3089

Original Word
ἐκλύω
Transliteration
ekluo
Derivation
Root: λύω R1: 1537 R2: 3089
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G1590. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to faint

Usage: ἐκ-λύω [in LXX for רָפָה, etc. ;] __1. to loose, release. __2. to unloose, as a bow-string, to relax, enfeeble; pass., to be faint, grow weary: Mat.15:32, Mrk.8:3; of mental weariness, Gal.6:9, Heb.12:3, 5" (LXX) .† (AS)

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How Strong's G1590 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render ekluo, 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.

faint Matthew 15:32 fainted Matthew 9:36

How Strong's G1590 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 33 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G1590 (ἐκλύω) appears 42 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G1590 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G1590 in the New Testament

6 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 9:36 KJV

But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.

Matthew 15:32 KJV

Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.

Mark 8:3 KJV

And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.

Strong's G1590 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

33 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 27:40 Septuagint / Brenton

And thou shalt live by thy sword, And shalt serve thy brother; And there shall be a time when thou shalt break And loosen his yoke from off thy neck.

Genesis 49:24 Septuagint / Brenton

But their bow and arrows were mightily consumed, And the sinews of their arms were slackened By the hand of the mighty one of Jacob; Thence is he that strengthened Israel From the God of thy father;

Deuteronomy 20:3 Septuagint / Brenton

Hear, O Israel; ye are going this day to battle against your enemies: let not your heart faint, fear not, neither be confounded, neither turn aside from their face.

Strong's G1590 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

9 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Judith 14:6 Septuagint / Brenton

Then they called Achior out of the house of Uzziah; and when he was come, and saw the head of Holofernes in a man’s hand in the assembly of the people, he fell down on his face, and his spirit failed.

1 Maccabees 3:17 Septuagint / Brenton

who, when they saw the host coming to meet them, said unto Judas, How shall we be able, being so few, to fight against so great a multitude and so strong, seeing we are ready to faint with fasting all this day?

1 Maccabees 9:8 Septuagint / Brenton

Nevertheless unto them that remained he said, Let us arise and go up against our enemies, if peradventure we may be able to fight with them.

Usage Excerpts

First 48 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1590.

Genesis 27:40 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt live by thy sword, And shalt serve thy brother; And there shall be a time when thou shalt break And loosen his yoke from off thy neck.
Genesis 49:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But their bow and arrows were mightily consumed, And the sinews of their arms were slackened By the hand of the mighty one of Jacob; Thence is he that strengthened Israel From the God of thy father;
Deuteronomy 20:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Hear, O Israel; ye are going this day to battle against your enemies: let not your heart faint, fear not, neither be confounded, neither turn aside from their face.
Joshua 10:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the inhabitants of Gibeon sent to Joshua into the camp to Gilgal, saying, Slack not thy hands from thy servants: come up quickly to us, and help us, and rescue us; for all the kings of the Amorites who dwell in the hill country are gathered together against us.
Joshua 18:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joshua said to the sons of Israel, How long will ye be slack to inherit the land, which the Lord our God has given you?
1 Kingdoms 14:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And one of the people answered and said, Thy father solemnly adjured the people, saying, Cursed is the man who shall eat bread today. And the people were very faint,
1 Kingdoms 30:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David comes to the two hundred men who were left behind that they should not follow after David, and he had caused them to remain by the brook of Besor; and they came forth to meet David, and to meet his people with him: and David drew near to the people, and they asked him how he did.
2 Kingdoms 4:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Ish-bosheth the son of Saul heard that Abner the son of Ner had died in Hebron; and his hands were paralyzed, and all the men of Israel grew faint.
2 Kingdoms 16:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king said to Ziba, What meanest thou by these? and Ziba said, The asses are for the household of the king to sit upon, and the loaves and the dates are for the young men to eat, and the wine is for them that are faint in the wilderness to drink.
2 Kingdoms 16:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king, and all the people with him, came away and refreshed themselves there.
2 Kingdoms 17:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and I will come upon him when he is weary and weakhanded, and I will strike him with terror; and all the people with him shall flee, and I will smite the king only of all.
2 Kingdoms 17:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheeses of kine: and they brought them to David and to his people with him to eat; for one said, The people is faint and hungry and thirsty in the wilderness.
2 Kingdoms 21:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah the concubine of Saul had done, and they were faint, and Dan the son of Joa of the offspring of the giants overtook them.
2 Kingdoms 21:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there was yet war between the Philistines and Israel: and David went down and his servants with him, and they fought with the Philistines, and David went.
3 Kingdoms 21:43 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king of Israel departed confounded and discouraged, and came to Samaria.
2 Chronicles 15:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But be ye strong, and let not your hands be weakened: for there is a reward for your work.
Ezra 4:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,
Nehemiah 6:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.
Job 19:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
Proverbs 3:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; Nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
Proverbs 6:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
My son, do what I command thee, and deliver thyself; For on thy friend’s account thou art come into the power of evil men: Faint not, But stir up even thy friend for whom thou art become surety.
Isaiah 13:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore every hand shall become powerless, and every soul of man shall be dismayed.
Isaiah 29:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Faint ye, and be amazed, and be overpowered, not with strong drink nor with wine.
Isaiah 46:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
who will not be able to save themselves from war, but they themselves are led away captive.
Isaiah 51:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thy sons are the perplexed ones, that sleep at the top of every street as a half-boiled beet; they that are full of the anger of the Lord, caused to faint by the Lord God.
Jeremiah 4:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For I have heard thy groaning as the voice of a woman in travail, as of her that brings forth her first child; the voice of the daughter of Zion shall fail through weakness, and she shall lose the strength of her hands, saying, Woe is me! for my soul faints because of the slain.
Jeremiah 12:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thy feet run, and they cause thee to faint; how wilt thou prepare to ride upon horses? and thou hast been confident in the land of thy peace? how wilt thou do in the roaring of Jordan?
Jeremiah 30:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Damascus is utterly weakened, she is put to flight; trembling has seized upon her.
Jeremiah 45:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they said to the king, Let that man, we pray thee, be slain, for he weakens the hands of the fighting men that are left in the city, and the hands of all the people, speaking to them according to these words: for this man does not prophesy peace to this people, but evil.
Lamentations 2:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They said to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? While they fainted like wounded men In the streets of the city, While their souls were poured out Into their mother’s bosom.
Lamentations 2:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Arise, rejoice in the night At the beginning of thy watch: Pour out thy heart as water Before the face of the Lord: Lift up thy hands to him For the life of thine infants, Who faint for hunger At the top of all the streets.
Ezekiel 7:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
All hands shall be completely weakened, and all thighs shall be defiled with moisture.
Ezekiel 31:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord God; In the day wherein he went down to Hades, the deep mourned for him: and I stayed her floods, and restrained her abundance of water: and Lebanon saddened for him, all the trees of the field fainted for him.
Matthew 9:36 New Testament, KJV
But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.
Matthew 15:32 New Testament, KJV
Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.
Mark 8:3 New Testament, KJV
And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.
Galatians 6:9 New Testament, KJV
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Hebrews 12:3 New Testament, KJV
For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
Hebrews 12:5 New Testament, KJV
And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
Judith 14:6 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then they called Achior out of the house of Uzziah; and when he was come, and saw the head of Holofernes in a man’s hand in the assembly of the people, he fell down on his face, and his spirit failed.
1 Maccabees 3:17 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
who, when they saw the host coming to meet them, said unto Judas, How shall we be able, being so few, to fight against so great a multitude and so strong, seeing we are ready to faint with fasting all this day?
1 Maccabees 9:8 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Nevertheless unto them that remained he said, Let us arise and go up against our enemies, if peradventure we may be able to fight with them.
1 Maccabees 10:82 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then brought Simon forth his host, and set them against the footmen (for the horsemen were spent), who were discomfited by him, and fled.
2 Maccabees 12:18 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But as for Timothy, they found him not in the places: for before he had dispatched anything, he departed from thence, having left a very strong garrison in a certain hold.
2 Maccabees 13:16 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And at last they filled the camp with fear and tumult, and departed with good success.
3 Maccabees 6:27 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Loose, loose the unjust bonds; send them to their homes in peace, and deprecate what has been done.
4 Maccabees 15:24 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Although beholding the destruction of seven children, the noble mother, after one embrace, stripped off her feelings through faith in God.
Wisdom of Sirach 43:10 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
At the commandment of the Holy One they will stand in their order, And never faint in their watches.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1590, grouped by book.

Genesis 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezra 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Lamentations 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 2 usages, New Testament
Mark 1 usage, New Testament
Galatians 1 usage, New Testament
Hebrews 2 usages, New Testament
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
3 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G1590 FAQ

What does eklyo (ἐκλύω) mean?

Eklyo (Strong's G1590) is a Greek word most simply glossed "faint". ekluo (ek-loo'-o) v. 1. to relax {literally or figuratively}

How many times is eklyo (ἐκλύω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 48 linked usages for Strong's G1590 across 25 books.

Where can I study eklyo (ἐκλύω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1590 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate eklyo (ἐκλύω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as faint and fainted. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G1590 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 33 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 9 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G1590, with linked reader references where each row is available.