Lexical Definition

‎ἐκλύω‎ eklýō (ek-loo'-o) to faint ^G:V
from ‎ἐκ‎ and ‎λύω‎

faint.

• to relax (literally or figuratively)

Abbott-Smith

ἐκ-λύω [in LXX for רָפָה, etc. ;]
1. to loose, release.
2. to unloose, as a bow-string, to relax, enfeeble; pass., to be faint, grow weary: Mt 15:32, Mk 8:3; of mental weariness, Ga 6:9, He 12:3, 5 (LXX).†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἐκλύω [ῡ,

see at {λύω}], set free, πόνων from labours, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; release, ὕδατα [Refs 2nd c.BC+]:—passive, to be set free, ἐκλέλυμαι πόθου [Refs 6th c.BC+]:—middle, get one set free, release, ἀλλ᾽ ἄγε δή σε κακῶν ἐκλύσομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+] I delivered him from danger, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__II unloose, ἐ. τόξα unstring a bow, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σκαιὸν ἐκλύσων στόμα likely to let loose a foolish tongue, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 make an end of, ἐξέλυσας..σκληρᾶς ἀοιδοῦ δασμόν paid it off, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐξελύσατε (variant{-λύσασθε}) τὰς παρασκευάς [Refs]
__II.3 relax, [Refs 4th c.BC+]:— passive, to be faint, fail, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκλυθῆναι τοῖς σώμασι, τῇ ψυχῇ, [Refs 4th c.BC+] (so intransitive in active, [Refs 1st c.AD+], etc.; of things, to be unserviceable, τὰ τῶν πλοίων ἐκλελυμένα [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐκλύεται ὁ ῥοῦς, τὰ ῥεύματα, cease, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__II.4 in Medicine texts, ἐ. κοιλίαν relax the bowels, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II.5 pay in full, δάνειον [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II.5.b purchase, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II.6 resolve a doubt, in passive, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.7 dissolve, τι ὄξει [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__III intransitive, to break up, depart, [LXX]