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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');  
Frequency Lists
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KJV (1)
2 Peter 1
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2 Peter 1
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.
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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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