Lexical Summary enkataleipō: to leave behind, (in a good sense) let remain over or (in a bad sense) desert Original Word: ἐγκαταλείπωTransliteration: enkataleipō Phonetic Spelling: (eng-kat-al-i'-po) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to leave behind, (in a good sense) let remain over or (in a bad sense) desert Meaning: to leave behind, (in a good sense) let remain over or (in a bad sense) desert Strong's Concordance forsake, leave. From en and kataleipo; to leave behind in some place, i.e. (in a good sense) let remain over, or (in a bad sense) to desert -- forsake, leave. see GREEK en see GREEK kataleipo Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1459: ἐγκαταλείπωἐγκαταλείπω (Acts 2:27, 31, T WH ἐνκαταλείπω.; T also in Romans 9:29, see his note and cf. ἐν, III. 3); (imperfect ἐγκατελειπον (WH text in 2 Timothy 4:10, 16)); future ἐγκαταλείψω; 2 aorist ἐγκατέλιπον; passive (present ἐγκαταλείπομαι) 1 aorist ἐγκατελειφθην; the Sept. for עָזַב; 1. to abandon, desert (ἐν equivalent to ἐν τίνι, in some place or condition), i. e. to leave in straits, leave helpless, (colloquial, leave in the lurch): τινα, Matthew 27:46 and Mark 15:34 from Psalm 21:2 2. to leave behind among, to leave surviving: ἡμῖν σπέρμα, Romans 9:29 from Isaiah 1:9. (Hesiod, Works, 376; Thucydides, and following.) |