Quick Definition
ἐκλύω v. I am unstrung, become weak, fail
Strong's Definition
from 1537 and 3089; to relax (literally or figuratively)
KJV Usage: faint
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | λύω
23.79 · (ἐκλύομαι[a]) · Physiological Processes and States · Tire, Rest
to become extremely weary, to give out, to faint from exhaustion to become so tired and weary as to give out (possibly even to faint from exhaustion) A number of languages make a clear distinction between (1) fainting as the result of surprise, astonishment, or fear and (2) fainting from physical exhaustion.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐκ-λύω : [Pass., pres. ἐκλύομαι}; pf. ptep. ἐκλελυμένος ; 1 aor. e€eAvOnv; 1 fut. ἐκλυθήσομαι ; often in τὶς. writ. fr. [Hom.]. Aeschyl. down ; 1. to loose, unloose (cf. Germ. auslésen), to set free: τινά τινος and ἔκ τινος. 2. to dissolve; metaph. to weaken, relax, exhaust, (Sept. Josh. x. 6; Jer. xlv. (xxxviii.) 4; Aristot. ἢ. an. 9, 1 sub fin. [p. 610%, 27]; Joseph. antt. 8, 11,3; 13, 8,1). Commonly in the Pass. 8. to have one’s strength relaxed, to be enfeebled through exhaustion, to grow weak, grow weary, be tired out, (often so in Grk. writ.): of the body, Mt. ix. 36 Rec.; xv. 32; Mk. vili. 3; thus for Ay, 1 S. xiv. 28; 2S. xvii. 29; for 797, 2S. iv. 1 ete.; of the mind, Gal. vi. 9 (μὴ ἐκλυόμενοι if we faint not, sc. in well-doing). Cf. Grimm on 1 Mace. iii. 17. b. to despond, become faint-hearted: Heb. xii. 5, (Deut. xx. 3; Prov. ili. 11); with ταῖς ψυχαῖς added, Heb. xii. 3; τοῖς σώμασι, ταῖς ψυχαῖς, Polyb. 20,4, 7; τῇ ψυχῇ, 29, 6, 14; 40, 12, 7; cf. Grimm on 1 Mace. ix. 8; 2 Mace. iii. 24.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐκλύω eklyō 5x
to be weary, exhausted, faint, Mt. 15:32; Mk. 8:3; Gal. 6:9; to lose courage, to faint, Heb. 12:3, 5*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐκ-λύω
[in LXX for רָפָה, etc. ;]
to loose, release.
to unloose, as a bow-string, to relax, enfeeble; pass., to be faint, grow weary: Mt 15:32, Mk 8:3; of mental weariness, Ga 6:9, He 12:3, 5 (LXX).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐκλύω. For this verb in its literal sense cf. P Tebt I. 495 (8.6. 113) Nikwvos . . . ἐγλύοντος τ[ὰ] ἐν τῆι ἑαυτοῦ γῆι ὕδατα, “ἤθη Nicon let out the water on his cwn land,” 26. 5415 (B.C. 86) ἐπὶ τὸν δίια]σαφούμενόν μου κλῆρον ἐγλέλυκαν ε ΄ εκουσιως τὰ ἐκ τῆς γῆς αὐτῶν ὕδατα. The metaph. meaning, which alone is found in the NT, may be illustrated by Vett. Val. Ρ- 1835 πονηρῶν ἀνθρώπων ἀδρανῶν kal ἐκλελυμένων. For the corresponding subst., see 2d. p. 166% ἔκλυσιν ψυχῆς μεγίστην ἕξει. Cf. MGr γλυτώνω, “rescue,”’ “escape,’’ and ξεγλυτώνω, ‘finish a work,” “am freed from work.’
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐκλύω (ekluō) — to faint. ἐκλύω [ῡ, see at {λύω}], set free, πόνων from labours, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; release, ὕδατα [Refs 2nd c.BC+]:—passive, to be set free, ἐκλέλυμαι πόθου [Refs 6th c.BC+]:—middle, get one set free, release, ἀλλ᾽ ἄγε δή σε κακῶν ἐκλύσομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+] I delivered him from danger, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. unloose, ἐ. τόξα unstring a bow, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σκαιὸν ἐκλύσων στόμα likely to let loose a foolish tongue, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. make an end of, ἐξέλυσας..σκληρᾶς ἀοιδοῦ δασμόν paid it off, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐξελύσατε (variant{-λύσασθε}) τὰς παρασκευάς [Refs]
II.3. relax, [Refs 4th c.BC+]:— passive, to be faint, fail, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκλυθῆναι τοῖς σώμασι, τῇ ψυχῇ, [Refs 4th c.BC+] (so intransitive in active, [Refs 1st c.AD+], etc.; of things, to be unserviceable, τὰ τῶν πλοίων ἐκλελυμένα [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐκλύεται ὁ ῥοῦς, τὰ ῥεύματα, cease, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
II.4. in Medicine texts, ἐ. κοιλίαν relax the bowels, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
II.5. pay in full, δάνειον [Refs 1st c.AD+]
II.5. b purchase, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
II.6. resolve a doubt, in passive, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.7. dissolve, τι ὄξει [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
III. intransitive, to break up, depart, [LXX]