Strong G1459ἐγκαταλείπω
to leave behind
- Transliteration
- egkataleipō
- Pronunciation
- eng-kat-al-i'-po
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἐγκαταλείπω,
[in LXX chiefly for עזב;]
1. to leave behind: ἡμῖν σπέρμα, Rom.9:29 (LXX).
2. to abandon, desert, forsake: with accusative of person(s), Mat.27:46 (LXX), Mrk.15:34 (ib.), Act.2:27 (LXX) (WH, ἐνκ-), 2Ti.4:10, 16 Heb.13:5" (LXX); τ. ἐπισυναγωγήν (cf. MM, Exp., xi), Heb.10:25. Pass., Act.2:31 (WH, ἐνκ-), 2Co.4:9.
† (AS)
[in LXX chiefly for עזב;]
1. to leave behind: ἡμῖν σπέρμα, Rom.9:29 (LXX).
2. to abandon, desert, forsake: with accusative of person(s), Mat.27:46 (LXX), Mrk.15:34 (ib.), Act.2:27 (LXX) (WH, ἐνκ-), 2Ti.4:10, 16 Heb.13:5" (LXX); τ. ἐπισυναγωγήν (cf. MM, Exp., xi), Heb.10:25. Pass., Act.2:31 (WH, ἐνκ-), 2Co.4:9.
† (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1459 appears in 9 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- forsaken4
- forsake3
- leave2
- wilt1
First verses
- Matthew 27:46And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
- Mark 15:34And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
- Acts 2:27Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
- Romans 9:29And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.
- 2 Corinthians 4:9Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
- 2 Timothy 4:10For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.
- 2 Timothy 4:16At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.
- Hebrews 10:25Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
- Hebrews 13:5Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐγκατα-λείπω,
leave behind, παῖδα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 378; ἐ. φρουρὰν ἐν τῇ νήσῳ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.51; πλεῖον ἐ. ἐξιόντες ἐκ τῆς ὠνῆς “PRev.Laws” 53.12)]; ἐ. τὸ κέντρον, of a bee, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 91c)]: hence of Pericles, τὸ κέντρον ἐγκατέλιπε τοῖς ἀκροωμένοις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 94.7; ἐ. τὴν μάχαιραν ἐν τῇ σφαγῇ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.69.)]
2 leave in the lurch, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 179a, 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 2, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 57.58, NT.Matt.27.46, “Lyrica Alexandrina Adespota” 4.22, etc.)]; abandon, νεκροὺς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.44; ἀκρόπολιν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.4.13.)]
3 leave out, omit, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.119.)]
4 leave traces behind, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Nat.Herc.” 1420.)]
II passive, to be left behind in a race, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.59.)]
II.2 leave residual symptoms or sequelae, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 6.2.6, 6.7.7.)]
leave behind, παῖδα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 378; ἐ. φρουρὰν ἐν τῇ νήσῳ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.51; πλεῖον ἐ. ἐξιόντες ἐκ τῆς ὠνῆς “PRev.Laws” 53.12)]; ἐ. τὸ κέντρον, of a bee, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 91c)]: hence of Pericles, τὸ κέντρον ἐγκατέλιπε τοῖς ἀκροωμένοις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 94.7; ἐ. τὴν μάχαιραν ἐν τῇ σφαγῇ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.69.)]
2 leave in the lurch, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 179a, 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 2, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 57.58, NT.Matt.27.46, “Lyrica Alexandrina Adespota” 4.22, etc.)]; abandon, νεκροὺς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.44; ἀκρόπολιν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.4.13.)]
3 leave out, omit, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.119.)]
4 leave traces behind, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Nat.Herc.” 1420.)]
II passive, to be left behind in a race, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.59.)]
II.2 leave residual symptoms or sequelae, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 6.2.6, 6.7.7.)]