To faint
ἐκλύωStrong’s G1590ekluō
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Ekluō is the Greek word usually translated “may faint”, “faint” and “giving up”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“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.”
Meaning
Usually translated “may faint”, “faint” and “giving up”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- they may faint 1
- they will faint 1
- giving up 1
- fainting 1
- do faint 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Hebrews 2
- Matthew 1
- Mark 1
- Galatians 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Mark 8:3And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.
- Galatians 6:9And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
- Hebrews 12:3For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
- Hebrews 12:5And 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:
Greek dictionary
ἐκλύω ekluō · to faint
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)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “faint” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FAINT, adjective
[Latin vanus, whence to vanish. Eng. to wane.]
- weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as, to be rendered faint by excessive evacuations.
- Weak; feeble; languid; exhausted; as faint with fatigue, hunger or thirst.
- Weak, as color; not bright or vivid; not strong; as a faint color; a faint red or blue; a faint light.
- Feeble; weak, as sound; not loud; as a faint sound; a faint voice.
All definitions and other forms of “faint”
- Imperfect; feeble; not striking; as a faint resemblance or image.
- Cowardly; timorous.
- Feeble; not vigorous; not active; as a faint resistance; a faint exertion.
- Dejected; depressed; dispirited.“My heart is faint” Lamentations 1:22
FAINT, verb intransitive
- To lose the animal functions; to lose strength and color, and become senseless and motionless; to swoon; sometimes with away. he fainted for loss of blood.
- To become feeble; to decline or fail in strength and vigor; to be weak.“If I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way” Mark 8:3
- To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit.“Let not your hearts faint” Deuteronomy 20:3“If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small” Proverbs 24:10
- To decay; to disappear; to vanish.
FAINT, verb transitive
To deject; to depress; to weaken. [Unusual.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.