Lexical Summary ekleipō: to leave out, leave off, by implication to cease Original Word: ἐκλείπωTransliteration: ekleipō Phonetic Spelling: (ek-li'-po) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to leave out, leave off, by implication to cease Meaning: to leave out, leave off, by implication to cease Strong's Concordance fail. From ek and leipo; to omit, i.e. (by implication) cease (die) -- fail. see GREEK ek see GREEK leipo Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1587: ἐκλείπωἐκλείπω; future ἐκλείψω; 2 aorist ἐξέλιπον; 1. transitive, a. to leave out, omit, pass by. b. to leave, quit (a place): τό ζῆν, τόν βίον, to die, 2 Macc. 10:13; 3Macc. 2:23; Sophocles Electr. 1131; Polybius 2, 41, 2, others; Dionysius Halicarnassus 1, 24; Luc. Macrobius, 12; Alciphron 3, 28. 2. intransitive, to fail; i. e. to leave off, cease, stop: τά ἔτη, Hebrews 1:12 from Psalm 101: (cii.) 28 (where for תָּמַם); ἡ πίστις, Luke 22:32; riches, according to the reading ἐκλίπῃ (L text T Tr WH), Luke 16:9 (often so in Greek writings, and the Sept. as Jeremiah 7:28; Jeremiah 28:30 |
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