verb
enkakamō
Strong’sG1573
I am faint, am weary
stem enkak-6 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books4 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ἐγκακέω, v.s. ἐνκ-.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1573 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
to be faint-hearted, lose heart, grow weary, variant for{ἐγκ-}, NT
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| enkakanōἐγκακοῦμεν | happening now · wepresent active indicative 1st person plural | lose heart | 2× |
| enkakaneiōἐγκακῶμεν | happening now · wepresent active subjunctive 1st person plural | grow weary | 1× |
| enkakaveiaἐγκακήσητε | happened · yeaorist active subjunctive 2nd person plural | grow weary | 1× |
| enkakarōἐγκακεῖν | happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive | lose heart | 2× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 2 occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | enkakamō | enkakame | enkakami | enkakama | enkakamē | enkakamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | enkakasō | enkakase | enkakasi | enkakasa | enkakasē | enkakaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | enkakatō | enkakate | enkakati | enkakata | enkakatē | enkakatelē |
| we 1st person plural | enkakanō2×ἐγκακοῦμεν | enkakane | enkakani | enkakana | enkakanē | enkakanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | enkakavō | enkakave | enkakavi | enkakava | enkakavē | enkakavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | enkakalō | enkakale | enkakali | enkakala | enkakalē | enkakalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, 2 occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | enkakameiō | enkakameia | enkakameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | enkakaseiō | enkakaseia | enkakaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | enkakateiō | enkakateia | enkakateiē |
| we 1st person plural | enkakaneiō1×ἐγκακῶμεν | enkakaneia | enkakaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | enkakaveiō | enkakaveia1×ἐγκακήσητε | enkakaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | enkakaleiō | enkakaleia | enkakaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | enkakasōr | enkakasar | enkakasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | enkakatōr | enkakatar | enkakatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | enkakavōr | enkakavar | enkakavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | enkakalōr | enkakalar | enkakalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | enkakamoiō | enkakamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | enkakasoiō | enkakasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | enkakatoiō | enkakatoia |
| we 1st person plural | enkakanoiō | enkakanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | enkakavoiō | enkakavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | enkakaloiō | enkakaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, 2 occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | enkakarō2×ἐγκακεῖν | enkakari | enkakara | enkakarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | enkakarōntos | enkakarintos | enkakarantos | enkakarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
enkak is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
6 occurrences, every one of them listed
enkakanō“lose heart”happening now · wepresent active indicative 1st person plural2×
2 Corinthians 4:1… tan diakonian houtan kathōs elēina, ouk enkakanō,… us this ministry, we do not lose heart.
2 Corinthians 4:16Dio ouk enkakanō, alla ei kai tos exō nu …Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting …
enkakaneiō“grow weary”happening now · wepresent active subjunctive 1st person plural1×
Galatians 6:9tem de kalem poiarōntois mē enkakaneiō, kairo gar idio therizani mē ekluorōntois.Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time …
enkakaveia“grow weary”happened · yeaorist active subjunctive 2nd person plural1×
2 Thessalonians 3:13vis de, adelfoir, mē enkakaveia kalopoiarōntois.… as for you, brothers, do not grow weary in well-doing.
enkakarō“lose heart”happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive2×
Luke 18:1… darō pantote proseuchorō autoin kai mē enkakarō,… pray at all times and not lose heart:
Ephesians 3:13“lose heart”dio aitomō mē enkakarō en tai thlipsiai mu huper vu, …So I ask you not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are …