Greek verb · G1573
ἐκκακέω
ekkakeoek-kak-eh'-o
to lose heart
6 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ekkakéō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1573is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1573
to be (bad or) weak, i.e. (by implication) to fail (in heart)
The King James renders it: faint, be weary.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
ekkakeo is rendered "to lose heart". It stands 6 times in the Greek text, across five books.
- Two of the uses stand in 2 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Luke 18:1Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart:
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart:
Luke 18:1ἐγκακεῖν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's six uses are in 2 Corinthians.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- to lose heart2
- we lose heart2
- may grow weary1
- we may grow weary1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἐγκακεῖν2
- ἐγκακοῦμεν2
- ἐγκακήσητε1
- ἐγκακῶμεν1
The grammar of each form
- verb · present active, indicative · 1st person plural2V-PAI-1P
- verb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)2V-PAN
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person plural1V-AAS-2P
- verb · present active, subjunctive · 1st person plural1V-PAS-1P
Luke
one use
Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart:
- ἐγκακεῖνegkakeinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to lose heart
2 Corinthians
two uses
Therefore, since God in His mercy has given us this ministry, we do not lose heart.
- ἐγκακοῦμενegkakoumenverb · present active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we lose heart
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.
- ἐγκακοῦμενegkakoumenverb · present active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we lose heart
Galatians
one use
Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
- ἐγκακῶμενegkakomenverb · present active, subjunctive · 1st person pluraltagged: we may grow weary
Ephesians
one use
So I ask you not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory.
- ἐγκακεῖνegkakeinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to lose heart
2 Thessalonians
one use
But as for you, brothers, do not grow weary in well-doing.
- ἐγκακήσητεegkakeseteverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person pluraltagged: may grow weary
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.