Strong G1587ἐκλείπω
to fail
- Transliteration
- ekleipō
- Pronunciation
- ek-li'-po
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἐκ-λείπω
[in LXX for כָּלָה, כָּרַת ni., תָּמַם, etc., 47 different words in all;]
1. trans., to leave out, pass over.
2. Intrans., to leave off, cease, fail: μαμωνᾶς, Luk.16:9; πίστις, Luk.22:32; ἔτη, Heb.1:12 (LXX); of the sun in an eclipse, Luk.23:45.†
(AS)
[in LXX for כָּלָה, כָּרַת ni., תָּמַם, etc., 47 different words in all;]
1. trans., to leave out, pass over.
2. Intrans., to leave off, cease, fail: μαμωνᾶς, Luk.16:9; πίστις, Luk.22:32; ἔτη, Heb.1:12 (LXX); of the sun in an eclipse, Luk.23:45.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1587 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- fail3
- shall1
First verses
- Luke 16:9And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.
- Luke 22:32But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
- Hebrews 1:12And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐκλείπ-ω,
leave out, pass over, πολλὰ δ᾽ ἐκλείπω λέγων [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 513; ἐ. ὄχλον λόγων [prev. author] “Pr.” 827, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.47)]; ἐ. Ἄνδρον leave out, pass over Andros, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.33; ἐ. ὁτιοῦν τῆς παρασκευῆς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.48; τὴν στρατιάν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.2.22; εἴ τι ἐξέλιπον, σὸν ἔργον ἀναπληρῶσαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 188e:)] —passive, ὄνειδος οὐκ ἐκλείπεται fails not to appear, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 97.)]
2 forsake, desert, abandon, τὰς πατρίδας, τὴν ξυμμαχίην, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.169, 6.13, etc.; θήρας μόχθον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 52; τὸ ξυνώμοτον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.74; τὸν ὅρκον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 750)]; abandon, quit, τὴν τάξιν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.24, +others; τὴν χώρην [prev. author] 4.105, 118, +others; τὸν πλοῦν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 911, compare 58)]; give up, τὴν τυραννίδα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.123; τὰ ὑπάρχοντα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.144; θρήνους 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1635; see below 11.2.)]
3 frequently in elliptic phrases, ἐκλείπειν τὴν πόλιν εἰς τὰ ἄκρα abandon the city and go to the heights, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.100, compare 8.50, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.4.2; ἐξέλειπον οἴκους πρὸς ἄλλον εὐνάτορα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1040 (Lyric poetry).)]
4 εἴ τις ἐξέλιπε τὸν ἀριθμόν (of the Persian immortals) if any one left the number incomplete, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.83.)]
5 fail one, ἐκλελοίπασιν ὑμᾶς αἱ προφάσεις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 8.16, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 657d.)]
II intransitive, of the Sun or Moon, suffer eclipse, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.28; in full, ὁ ἥλιος ἐκλιπὼν τὴν ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἕδρην 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.37; ἐ. τὰς ὁδούς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nu.” 584.)]
II.2 die, οἱ ἐκλιπόντες the deceased, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 856e; τῶν ἄλλων ἐκλελοιπότων 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 11.10, etc.)]; of trees, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“BGU” 1120.33 (1st c.BC))]; more frequently in full, ἐ. βίον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1131)]; ὑφ᾽ ὧν ἥκιστα ἐχρῆν τὸν βίον ἐκλιπών (=ἀποθανών) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.21; so ἐ. φάος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1186, etc.)]
II.3 faint, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προρρητικόν” 1.71.)]
II.4 generally, leave off, cease, τῇ μοι [ὁ λόγος] ἐξέλιπε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.239; ἐ. πυρετός 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 4.56, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.87)]; ἐκλέλοιπεν εὐφρόνη, i.e. it is day, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 19; ὥστε μὴ 'κλιπεῖν κλέος [prev. work] 985, compare 1149)]; [αἱ ἐργασίαι] ἐκλελοίπασιν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.20)]: with participle, leave off doing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 234b, compare 249b: with _genitive_, θεραπείας 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Marcellus” 17.)]
II.5 fail, be wanting, ῥώμη γὰρ ἐκλέλοιπεν ἣν πρὶν εἴχομεν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 230, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 485d; τῶν ἐπιτηδείων ἐκλειπόντων 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 16.75; ἡ φωνὴ ἐξέλιπε 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nigr.” 35)]; περὶ ὧν ἐ. [ὁ νόμος] [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1286a37)]: Grammars, of words in a sentence, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 11.17)]; of grammatical forms,[Refs ([prev. work] 168.21.)]
II.6 remain, be left, [LXX (LXX.4Ki.7.13.)]
II.7 depart, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 128 (Lyric poetry), “Th.” 219.)]
II.8 ἐκλείπων σφυγμός remittent pulse, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 9.66.)]
leave out, pass over, πολλὰ δ᾽ ἐκλείπω λέγων [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 513; ἐ. ὄχλον λόγων [prev. author] “Pr.” 827, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.47)]; ἐ. Ἄνδρον leave out, pass over Andros, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.33; ἐ. ὁτιοῦν τῆς παρασκευῆς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.48; τὴν στρατιάν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.2.22; εἴ τι ἐξέλιπον, σὸν ἔργον ἀναπληρῶσαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 188e:)] —passive, ὄνειδος οὐκ ἐκλείπεται fails not to appear, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 97.)]
2 forsake, desert, abandon, τὰς πατρίδας, τὴν ξυμμαχίην, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.169, 6.13, etc.; θήρας μόχθον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 52; τὸ ξυνώμοτον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.74; τὸν ὅρκον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 750)]; abandon, quit, τὴν τάξιν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.24, +others; τὴν χώρην [prev. author] 4.105, 118, +others; τὸν πλοῦν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 911, compare 58)]; give up, τὴν τυραννίδα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.123; τὰ ὑπάρχοντα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.144; θρήνους 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1635; see below 11.2.)]
3 frequently in elliptic phrases, ἐκλείπειν τὴν πόλιν εἰς τὰ ἄκρα abandon the city and go to the heights, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.100, compare 8.50, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.4.2; ἐξέλειπον οἴκους πρὸς ἄλλον εὐνάτορα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1040 (Lyric poetry).)]
4 εἴ τις ἐξέλιπε τὸν ἀριθμόν (of the Persian immortals) if any one left the number incomplete, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.83.)]
5 fail one, ἐκλελοίπασιν ὑμᾶς αἱ προφάσεις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 8.16, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 657d.)]
II intransitive, of the Sun or Moon, suffer eclipse, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.28; in full, ὁ ἥλιος ἐκλιπὼν τὴν ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἕδρην 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.37; ἐ. τὰς ὁδούς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nu.” 584.)]
II.2 die, οἱ ἐκλιπόντες the deceased, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 856e; τῶν ἄλλων ἐκλελοιπότων 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 11.10, etc.)]; of trees, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“BGU” 1120.33 (1st c.BC))]; more frequently in full, ἐ. βίον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1131)]; ὑφ᾽ ὧν ἥκιστα ἐχρῆν τὸν βίον ἐκλιπών (=ἀποθανών) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.21; so ἐ. φάος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1186, etc.)]
II.3 faint, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προρρητικόν” 1.71.)]
II.4 generally, leave off, cease, τῇ μοι [ὁ λόγος] ἐξέλιπε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.239; ἐ. πυρετός 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 4.56, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.87)]; ἐκλέλοιπεν εὐφρόνη, i.e. it is day, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 19; ὥστε μὴ 'κλιπεῖν κλέος [prev. work] 985, compare 1149)]; [αἱ ἐργασίαι] ἐκλελοίπασιν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.20)]: with participle, leave off doing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 234b, compare 249b: with _genitive_, θεραπείας 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Marcellus” 17.)]
II.5 fail, be wanting, ῥώμη γὰρ ἐκλέλοιπεν ἣν πρὶν εἴχομεν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 230, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 485d; τῶν ἐπιτηδείων ἐκλειπόντων 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 16.75; ἡ φωνὴ ἐξέλιπε 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nigr.” 35)]; περὶ ὧν ἐ. [ὁ νόμος] [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1286a37)]: Grammars, of words in a sentence, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 11.17)]; of grammatical forms,[Refs ([prev. work] 168.21.)]
II.6 remain, be left, [LXX (LXX.4Ki.7.13.)]
II.7 depart, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 128 (Lyric poetry), “Th.” 219.)]
II.8 ἐκλείπων σφυγμός remittent pulse, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 9.66.)]