The corpus record

ἐγκᾰκέω

egkakeo

behave remissly in

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Where it lives

2 Corinthians 2 · 4.46/10k

What it meant — LSJ

behave remissly in, culpably omitted

behave remissly in a thing, ἐνεκάκησαν τὸ πέμπειν they culpably omitted to send, Plb. 4.19.10, cf. Thd. Pr. 3.11, Sm. Ge. 27.46: c. part., τὸ καλὸν ποιοῦντες μὴ ἐγκακῶμεν Ep.Gal. 6.9: abs., Ev.Luc. 18.1, al., cf. BGU 1043.3 (iii A. D.); cf. ἐκκακέω.

ἐγκακοῦμεν· ὑψοῦμεν, Hsch.

In the wild

ἐγκακοῦμεν · enkakoumen New Testament, 2 Corinthians 4.16 (DIORISIS sentence 66)
ἐγκακοῦμεν · enkakoumen New Testament, 2 Corinthians 4.1 (DIORISIS sentence 55)

Where it came from

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