Dictionary entry

ἀπαλγέω

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

* ἀπ-αλγέω, -ῶ,

1. prop., to cease to feel pain for (Thuc., ii, 61).

2. In late Gk.

(a) to despair (Polyb., i, 35, 5);

(b) to become callous, reckless (Polyb., xvi, 12, 7; MM, VGT, s.v.): Eph 4:19.†