ἐκλύω

ἐκλύω — eklýō

ἐκλύω: (passive, present ἐκλύομαι); perfect participle ἐκλελυμένος; 1 aorist ἐξελυθην; 1 future ἐκλυθήσομαι; often in Greek writings from (Homer), Aeschylus down;

1. to loose, unloose (cf. German auslösen), to set free: τινα τίνος and ἐκ τίνος.

2. to dissolve; metaphorically, to weaken, relax, exhaust (the Sept. Jos 10:6; Jer 45:4; Aristotle, h. an. 9, 1 at the end (p. 610a, 27); Josephus, Antiquities 8, 11, 3; 13, 8, 1). Commonly in the passive a. "to have one's strength relaxed, to be enfeebled through exhaustion, to grow weak, grow weary, be tired out" (often so in Greek writings): of the body, Mat 9:36 Rec.;; Mar 8:3; thus for עָיֵף, 1Sa 14:28; 2Sa 17:29; for רָפָה, 2Sa 4:1 etc.; of the mind, Gal 6:9 (μή ἐκλυόμενοι if we faint not, namely, in well-doing). Cf. Grimm on 1Ma 3:17.

b. to despond, become faint-hearted: Heb 12:5 (Deu 20:3; Pro 3:11); with ταῖς ψυχαῖς added, Heb 12:3; τοῖς σωμασι, ταῖς ψυχαῖς, Polybius 20, 4, 7; τῇ ψυχή, 29, 6, 14; 40, 12, 7; cf. Grimm on 1Ma 9:8; 2Ma 3:24.