G2577: κάμνω (kámnō)

Quick Definition

κάμνω v. I am weary, ill

Strong's Definition

apparently a primary verb; properly, to toil, i.e. (by implication) to tire (figuratively, faint, sicken)

KJV Usage: faint, sick, be wearied

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

κάμνω (G2577)

verb | aor.subj.2pl. κάμητε

23.142 · Physiological Processes and States · Sickness, Disease, Weakness

to be sick, to be very sick to be ill, with a possible implication of being worn-out or wasting away As in the case of expressions for health and vigor, it may also be necessary in some languages to specify more precisely the nature of the illness, disease, or weakness. Often the context provides a clue, but in some instances this is not possible, in which case it is important to try to employ a term for sickness or illness which will be the most generalized.

JAS 5:15

25.291 · Attitudes and Emotions · Discouragement

Collocation: κάμνω τῇ ψυχῇ

to become discouraged, to become tired of (an idiom, literally: to become tired in spirit) to gradually lose one’s motivation to accomplish some goal

HEB 12:3 · JAS 5:15

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

κάμνω; 2 aor. ἔκαμον ; pf. κέκμηκα; 1. to grow weary, be weary, (so fr. Hom. down): Rev. ii. 3 Rec. ; Heb. xii. 3. 2. to be sick: Jas. v.15 (Soph., [Hadt.], Arstph., Eur., Xen., Plat., Aristot., Diod., Leian. al.).* [κἀμοί, see Kiya. |

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

κάμνω kamnō 2x

to tire with exertion, labor to weariness; to be wearied, tired out, exhausted, be discouraged, Heb. 12:3; to labor under disease, be sick, Jas. 5:15*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

κάμνω,

[in LXX: Jb 10:1 (קוּט ni.) 17:2, Wi 4:16 15:9, IV Mac 3:8 7:13*;]

to work; hence, from the effect of continued work,

to be weary: He 12:3.

to be sick: Ja 5:15.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

κάμνω. P Giss I. 478 (time of Hadrian) ὡς μὴ κάμνειν τὸν φοροῦντα αὐτόν, BGU III. 884-0 (ii/iii A.D.) καὶ ph λίαν οὕτωι κάμω, P Flor IIT. 382° (a.p, 222-3) τοῖς ἑβδομήκοντα ἔτη βεβιω]κόσιν καὶ ἐν tails λει]του[ργ]αις κεκμηκόσιν ai προτε[τα]γμέναι θεῖαι διατάξεις, P Oxy XII. 1414537 (A.D. 270-5) κάμε ἄξια τοῦ ἐπάνω χρόνου, ‘labour in a manner worthy of the past” (Ε44.). Note the compound in PSI I. 47? (vi/A.D. ?) ἀπέκαμον τὸ λοιπὸν κεκτημένων ἐν TH ὑμῶν πεδιάδει. The subst. occurs in P Tebt II. 3145 (ii/A.D.) ὅσον κάμ[α]τον ἤνεγκα, ‘how much trouble I had,” P Fay 106! (c. A.D. 140) ὅπίως δυ]νηθῶ ἐμαυτὸν ἀνακτήσασθαι ἀ]πὸ τῶν καμάτων, ‘‘so that I may be able to recover from the effects of my labours” (Edd.), OGZS 71714 (building of a temple—a.D. 261-268) ταῦτα πάντα ἐκ τῶν ἐμῶν καμάτων εὐχαριστήσας τῷ Σαράπιδι τῶ Μινιεῖ. For the derived sense ‘‘am ill,” as in Jas 515, cf. Musonius p. 20° θεραπείαν oA , ΞΕ eR , , Pree το τῶν καμνόντων. In MGr κάμνω, κάμω, κάνω, -- make, **do,” generally with the added idea of ‘‘ toil.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

κάμνω (kamnō) — be weary/sick: weak. κάμνω, future κᾰμοῦμαι, καμῇ, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καμεῖται [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Epic dialect infinitive -έεσθαι[Refs 3rd c.BC+]aorist 2 ἔκᾰμον, Epic dialect κάμον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; infinitive καμεῖν, Epic dialect subjunctive reduplicate κεκάμω, κεκάμῃσι, κεκάμωσιν, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect κέκμηκα [Refs 8th c.BC+]: pluperfect ἐκεκμήκεσαν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect participle κεκμηώς, κεκμηῶτι, κεκμηῶτα, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κεκμηῶτας is variant for{κεκμηκότας} in [Refs 5th c.BC+]:— middle, aorist 2 ἐκᾰμόμην [Refs 8th c.BC+], Epic dialect καμ- [Refs 8th c.BC+]

I. transitive, work, μίτρη, τὴν Χαλκῆες κάμον ἄνδρες wrought it, [Refs]; ἐπεὶ πάνθ᾽ ὅπλα κάμε [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἄστυ build, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: also in aorist middle, ἱρόν [Refs]

I.2. aorist middle, win by toil, τὰς (i.e. γυναῖκας) αὐτοὶ καμόμεσθα βίηφί τε δουρί τε μακρῷ [Refs 8th c.BC+]

I.3. aorist middle, labour, till, οἵ κέ σφιν καὶ νῆσον.. ἐκάμοντο [Refs 8th c.BC+]

II. intransitive, toil, labour, τινι for one, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: then, from the effect of continued work, to be weary, ἀνδρὶ δὲ κεκμηῶτι μένος μέγα οἶνος ἀέξει [Refs 8th c.BC+] nor is he weary in limb, [Refs], etc.; περὶ δ᾽ ἔγχεϊ Χεῖρα καμεῖται [Refs]participle, κ. πολεμίζων, ἐλαύνοντες, ἐρεθίζων, is weary of fighting, rowing, etc., [Refs], etc.; οὐ μέν θην κάμετον.. ὀλλῦσαι Τρῶας [Refs 8th c.BC+]; but οὐδέ τι τόξον δὴν ἔκαμον τανύων I did not long strain over stringing the bow, i.e. did it without effort,[Refs 8th c.BC+] I shall never be tired of saying, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. εὐεργετῶν, ἐπαινῶν, [Refs 5th c.BC+] to grow tired in spending, spare expense, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.2. to be hard-pressed, worsted, in battle or contest, [Refs]; τὸ κάμνον στρατοῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.3. to be sick or suffering, τί πάσχει; τί κάμνει; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ κάμνοντες the sick, [NT+5th c.BC+]; of a doctor's patients, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καμοῦσα ἀπέθανε having fallen sick, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; [τὴν ποδάγραν] variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ σώματα to be ill or distempered in body, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.4. generally, to be distressed, meet with disaster, στρατοῦ καμόντος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐ καμῇ τοὐμὸν μέρος wilt not have to complain.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a ship, νεὼς καμούσης ποντίῳ πρὸς κύματι [Refs 4th c.BC+] not having borne an equal share of grief, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.5. in aorist participle, of the dead, i. e. either outworn, or those whose work is done, or those who have met with disaster, οἳ ὑπένερθε καμόντας ἀνθρώπους τίνυσθον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; εἴδωλα κ[Refs 8th c.BC+]: also in perfect participle in Trag. and Prose, κεκμηκότες [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἱερὰ τῶν κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also in the finite Verb, ὅπη ἄνθρωπος ἔκαμε [Refs].--The perfect is always intransitive (Cf. Sanskrit śamnīte 'work hard', 'serve zealously', śamitár- 'sacrificing priest', Gr. εἰρο-κόμος, κομέω, κομίζω.)

κάμνω (kamnō) — be weary/sick: ill. κάμνω, future κᾰμοῦμαι, καμῇ, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καμεῖται [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Epic dialect infinitive -έεσθαι[Refs 3rd c.BC+]aorist 2 ἔκᾰμον, Epic dialect κάμον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; infinitive καμεῖν, Epic dialect subjunctive reduplicate κεκάμω, κεκάμῃσι, κεκάμωσιν, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect κέκμηκα [Refs 8th c.BC+]: pluperfect ἐκεκμήκεσαν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect participle κεκμηώς, κεκμηῶτι, κεκμηῶτα, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κεκμηῶτας is variant for{κεκμηκότας} in [Refs 5th c.BC+]:— middle, aorist 2 ἐκᾰμόμην [Refs 8th c.BC+], Epic dialect καμ- [Refs 8th c.BC+]