Lexicon adialeiptos: incessant Original Word: ἀδιάλειπτος, ονPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: adialeiptos Phonetic Spelling: (ad-ee-al'-ipe-tos) Short Definition: unceasing, unremitting Definition: unceasing, unremitting. HELPS word-Studies Cognate: 88 adiáleiptos (an adjective, derived from 1 /A "no" and 1257 /dialeípō, "an interval") – properly, no unnecessary gaps in space or time, i.e. "as often as required" (as frequent as is necessary). See 89 (adialeiptōs). 88 /adiáleiptos ("without unjustified interval") refers to what happens regularly, without implying "always" or "uninterruptedly." [88 (adiáleiptos) occurs in the papyri meaning "regularly, yet intermittent" – like a persistent cough (see Moulton-Milligan).] NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom alpha (as a neg. prefix) and dialeipóDefinitionincessant NASB Translationconstantly (1), unceasing (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 88: ἀδιάλειπτοςἀδιάλειπτος ( διαλείπω to intermit, leave off), unintermitted, unceasing: Romans 9:2; 2 Timothy 1:3. (Tim. Locr. 98 e.)
Strong's without ceasing, continual. From a (as a negative particle) and a derivative of a compound of dia and leipo; unintermitted, i.e. Permanent -- without ceasing, continual. see GREEK a see GREEK dia see GREEK leipo |
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