2577. kamnó
Berean Strong's Lexicon
kamnó: To be weary, to be sick

Original Word: κάμνω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: kamnó
Pronunciation: kam'-no
Phonetic Spelling: (kam'-no)
Definition: To be weary, to be sick
Meaning: I work, am weary, am sick.

Word Origin: A primary verb

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "kamnó," the concept of weariness is expressed in Hebrew by words like יָגַע (yaga, Strong's H3021), which means to toil or grow weary.

Usage: The Greek verb "kamnó" primarily conveys the sense of being weary or fatigued, often due to labor or exertion. It can also imply a state of being sick or suffering. In the New Testament, it is used metaphorically to describe spiritual or emotional weariness.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, physical labor was a common part of daily life, and the concept of weariness was well understood. The term "kamnó" would resonate with an audience familiar with the toil of agricultural work, travel, and other strenuous activities. Additionally, the idea of spiritual or emotional fatigue would be relevant to early Christians facing persecution and trials.

HELPS Word-studies

2577 kámnō – properly, become weary (this was a common meaning for this term from 900 bc on, J. Thayer); weary to the point of sickness; "spent," ready to collapse (especially from over-work).

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from a prim. root kam-
Definition
to be weary
NASB Translation
grow weary (1), sick (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2577: κάμνω

κάμνω; 2 aorist ἔκαμον; perfect κέκμηκα;

1. to grow weary, be weary (so from Homer down): Revelation 2:3 Rec.; Hebrews 12:3.

2. to be sick: James 5:15 (Sophocles (Herodotus), Aristophanes, Euripides, Xenophon, Plato, Aristotle, Diodorus, Lucian, others).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
faint, sick, be wearied.

Apparently a primary verb; properly, to toil, i.e. (by implication) to tire (figuratively, faint, sicken) -- faint, sick, be wearied.

Forms and Transliterations
καμητε κάμητε καμνοντα κάμνοντα κάμνων κάμπη καμπής κάμπης kamete kamēte kámete kámēte kamnonta kámnonta
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Englishman's Concordance
Hebrews 12:3 V-ASA-2P
GRK: ἵνα μὴ κάμητε ταῖς ψυχαῖς
NAS: so that you will not grow weary and lose
KJV: lest ye be wearied and faint
INT: that not you be wearied in the souls

James 5:15 V-PPA-AMS
GRK: σώσει τὸν κάμνοντα καὶ ἐγερεῖ
NAS: will restore the one who is sick, and the Lord
KJV: shall save the sick, and
INT: will save the one being sick and will raise up

Strong's Greek 2577
2 Occurrences


κάμητε — 1 Occ.
κάμνοντα — 1 Occ.

















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