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Strong's #5080 - τήκω

Transliteration
tḗkō
Phonetics
tay'-ko
Origin
apparently a primary verb
Parts of Speech
verb
TDNT
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Definition   
Thayer's
  1. to make liquid
  2. to become liquid, to melt
  3. to perish or become destroyed by melting
Hebrew Equivalent Words:
Strong #: 1234 ‑ בָּקַע (baw‑kah');  1671 ‑ דְּאָבוֹן (deh‑aw‑bone');  2215 ‑ זָרַב (zaw‑rab');  3615 ‑ כָּלָה (kaw‑law');  4127 ‑ מוּג (moog);  4198 ‑ מָזֶה (maw‑zeh');  4529 ‑ מָסָה (maw‑saw');  4549 ‑ מָסַס (maw‑sas');  4743 ‑ מָקַק (maw‑kak');  5140 ‑ נָזַל (naw‑zal');  5413 ‑ נָתַךְ (naw‑thak');  7817 ‑ שָׁחַח (shaw‑khakh');  8552 ‑ תָּמַם (taw‑mam');  
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Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

τήκω,

A. Fr. 300.5, etc., Dor. τάκω [] S. El. 123 (lyr.), Theoc. 2.28: fut. τήξω AP 5.277 (Agath.), (συν-) E. IA 398 (troch.); Dor. 2 sg. ταξεῖς (κατα-) Theoc. Ephesians 6:1 : aor. ἔτηξα Hdt. 3.96, (κατ-) Od. 19.206, etc.: pf. τέτηκα, in intr. sense, Il. 3.176, etc.; Dor. τέτᾱκα E. Supp. 1141 (lyr.), (προς-) S. Tr. 836 (lyr.): plpf. ἐτετήκειν X. An. 4.5.15: Med., fut. τήξομαι (but in pass. sense) Hp. Flat. 12: aor. ἐτηξάμην Nic. Al. 63, 164, 350: Pass., fut. τᾰκήσομαι LXX Leviticus 26:39, al., Anacreont. 10.16, (συν-) Plu. 2.752e: aor. ἐτάκην [ ] E. Hel. 3, Pl. Phdr. 251b, Ti. 83a; freq. in compds. ἐξ-, ἐν-, συν-; rarely ἐτήχθην, Hp. Morb. 4.57, Pl. Ti. 61b, once in Trag., συντηχθείς E. Supp. 1029 (lyr.): pf. τέτηγμαι Plu. 2.106d, AP 5.272 (Agath.); but in early Gr. the pf. and plpf. Pass. are supplied by the intr. Act. pf. and plpf. τέτηκα, ἐτετήκειν (v. supr.).

I Act., melt, melt down (trans.), of metals, Hdt. 3.96, etc.; τ. πετραίαν χιόνα A.l.c.; bring clouds down in rain, Hdt. 2.25; dissolve, Pl. Ti. 60e, 84d, Gal. 13.523, etc.

2. metaph., dissolve, cause to waste or pine away, μὴ θυμὸν τῆκε let it not melt or pine away, Od. 19.264; τίν' αεὶ τάκεις ὧδ' ἀκόρετον οἰμωγὰν τὸν Ἀγαμέμνονα; (i.e. τί ὧδε τήκει οἰμώζουσα τὸν Ἀγ.;) S. El. 123 (lyr.); τ. βιοτάν E. Med. 141 (anap.); σῶμα Pl. R. 609c; τ. καὶ λείβει [τὸ θυμοειδές ] ib. 411b; τ. ἧπαρ Call. Aet.Oxy. 2079.8; διαφορεῖν καὶ τ. [σάρκα ] carry off and reduce superfluous flesh, Gal. 6.96, cf. Vict. Att. 1; ἡ ταχεῖα κίνησις τὴν θερμασίαν ἐπὶ πλέον αὐξάνουσα τήκει τὸ σῶμα Id. 15.191; ἔρωτες τήξουσιν κραδίην AP 5.277 (Agath.).

II Pass., with intr. pf. Act. τέτηκα, melt, be dissolved, melt away, of snow, thaw, χιὼν τηκομένη Od. 19.207; ῥέειν ἀπὸ τηκομένης χιόνος Hdt. 2.22; λευκῆς τακείσης χιόνος E. Hel. 3; ἡνίκ' ἂν τακῇ χιών Id. Fr. 228.4; τὴν χιόνα τετηκέναι X. An. 4.5.15; of metals, ἐτήκετο κασσίτερος ὥς Hes. Th. 862; σίδηρος.. πυρὶ κηλέῳ τήκεται ib. 866; also τετηκότα (sc. κρέα) sodden flesh, E. Cyc. 246; ἄλφιτα πυρὶ τ. is consumed, Theoc. 2.18; τήκεται κοιλίη, merely, is relaxed, Hp. Aër. 7; of putrefying flesh, fall away, Pl. Ti. 82e; of a corpse, κατθανὼν ἐτήκετο S. Ant. 906; κηκὶς μηρίων ἐτήκετο ib. 1008; πυρὸς τετακότας σποδῷ E. Supp. 1141 (lyr.); εἰς τοῦτο τετηκυῖα resolved into.., Pl. Ti. 85d; στοιχεῖα καυσούμενα τήκεται 2 Peter 3:12; of fat, τακείσης πιμελῆς Gal. 6.192, cf. 18(2).140; of food in the digestive organs, τήκεται μὲν ἡ πρότερον ῥηθεῖσα [πτισάνη], ἡ δ' ἑτέρα δύστηκτός ἐστι Id. 6.784.

2. metaph., melt or waste away, pine, κλαίουσα τέτηκα Il. 3.176; τήκετο χρώς Od. 19.204; τήκετο καλὰ παρήϊα δάκρυ χεούσης ib. 208; ἐν νούσῳ.. δηρὸν τηκόμενος 5.396; τ. νούσῳ Hdt. 3.99, cf. Theoc. 1.66, 82, etc.; Ὀδυσσεὺς τήκετο was moved to tears, Od. 8.522; κλαίω, τέτηκα S. El. 283; μὴ λίαν τάκου E. Med. 159 (lyr.); ψυχὴν ἐτήκου Id. Heracl. 645, cf. El. 208 (lyr.); ἐτάκευ βασκαίνων Theoc. 5.12; τὸ κάλλος ἐτάκετο Id. 2.83; come to naught, δόξαι.. τακόμεναι κατὰ γᾶν μινύθουσιν A. Eu. 374 (lyr.); ἐπί τινι τακείς consumed for love of.., AP 7.31 (Diosc.), cf. Luc. DMeretr. 12.1; βλέμμα τηκόμενον a languishing look, Plu. Ant. 53. (Cf. Lat. τᾱβες, O E. pawian 'thaw', Slav. tajati 'melt'.)

Thayer's Expanded Definition

τήκω: from Homer down; to make liquid; passive, to become liquid, to melt; to perish or be destroyed by melting: 2 Peter 3:12, where for the present 3 person singular τήκεται Lachmann gives the future τακήσεται (see WH on the passage and in their Appendix, p. 171), cf. Isaiah 34:4 τακήσονται πᾶσαι αἱ δυνάμεις τῶν οὐρανῶν. (Cf. Veitch, under the word.)


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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

τήκω ,

[in LXX for H4549 ni., H4743 ni., H4127 ni., etc.;]

trans.,

to melt, melt down; pass., to melt, melt away: 2 Peter 3:12.†


Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
Vocabulary of the Greek NT

";strike,"; is not so common as we might have expected, but see P Lond 44.22 (B.C. 161) (= I. p. 34, UPZ i. p. 140) ἀνῶσαί τε καὶ οὐ μετρίως σκῦλαι ὑβρίζοντας καὶ τύπτοντας, P Ryl II. 77.39 (A.D. 192) πάσης τῆς ἐν ̣εστώσης ἔτυψέ με ὁ Ἀχιλλεύς, ib. .40 οὔτε ἔτυψα αὐτὸν οὔτε ὕβρισα, and P Grenf II. 78.19 (A.D. 307) ἐπι [τυχόντ ]ος τοῦ βοηθοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐμ [οὶ ὑ ]π᾽ αὐτῶν αἰκιζο [μένῳ ] καὶ τυπτομένῳ. For the vulgar form τυπτέω, see Radermacher Gr. p. 84.

 


The Vocabulary of the Greek New Testament.
Copyright © 1914, 1929, 1930 by James Hope Moulton and George Milligan. Hodder and Stoughton, London.
Derivative Copyright © 2015 by Allan Loder.
List of Word Forms
ετάκη ετάκην ετάκησαν ετήκετο τακείς τακείσα τακή τακήσεται τακήσονται τήκει τηκεται τήκεται τηκόμεθα τηκομένη τηκομένην τηκόμενοι τηκόμενος τήκω τηλαυγές τηλαύγημα τηλαυγής τηλαυγήσεως τήξει teketai tēketai tḗketai
 
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