Strong G1952ἐπιλείπω
be insufficient
- Transliteration
- epileipō
- Pronunciation
- ep-ee-li'-po
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἐπι-λείπω
[in LXX: Ob 5 א1 R (שָׁאַר hi.) *;]
to fail: with accusative of person(s), Heb.11:32.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Ob 5 א1 R (שָׁאַר hi.) *;]
to fail: with accusative of person(s), Heb.11:32.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1952 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- fail1
First verses
- Hebrews 11:32And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets:
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐπιλείπω,
leave behind, ἐπὶ δὲ πλεῖον ἐλέλειπτο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.475, cf. X. “An.” 1.8.18)] codices:—middle, leave behind, of gleanings, variant in [LXX (LXX.Obad.1.5)]:— passive, c.genitive, fall short of, παντὸς ἀριθμοῦ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epinomis” 978b: with dative, τῇ δυνάμει, τῇ οὐσίᾳ[Refs (, Arist. “Ath.” 20.2, 27.4.)]
2. leave untouched, ὡς οὔτ᾽ ἂν τῶν ἐμῶν ἐπιλίποιμι οὐδὲν οὔτε τῶν φίλων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 310e: c.participle, μυρία ἐ. λέγων [Refs ([prev. author] “Phlb.” 26b, compare 52d.)]
II. of things, fail one, c.accusative person, ἥβην.., ἥ μ᾽ ἐπιλείπει [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1131; ὕδωρ [μιν] ἐπέλιπε 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.21, compare 2.174)]; so τῶν ὄμβρων ἐπιλιπόντων αὐτούς (i.e. τοὺς ποταμούς) [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 2.25; γλαῦκες ὑμᾶς οὔποτ᾽ ἐπιλείψουσι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1106)]; ἐπειδὰν αὐτοὺς ἐπιλίπωσιν ἐλπίδες 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.103: c.infinitive, [ὁ νόμος] ἐμοὶ μόνῳ ἐπέλιπε μὴ ὠφελῆσαι 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.17; ἐπιλίποι ἂν ἡμᾶς ὁ χρόνος time would fail me, [NT (Isoc. 1.11, cf. Lys. 12.1, NT.Heb.11.32)]; τὸ ὕδωρ ἡμᾶς ἐ. [Refs (Isoc. 15.320)]; ἐπιλείψει με λέγονθ᾽ ἡ ἡμέρα 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.296: later, c.dative[Refs 1st c.AD+ (, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cic.” 42, Ael. “NA” 8.17.)]
II.2. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus, frequently of rivers, ἐ. τὸ ῥέεθρον)] leave their stream unfilled, run dry, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.43, 58, +others)]; without ῥέεθρον, fail, run dry,[Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 127; τὰς κρήνας καὶ τὰ φρέατ᾽ ἐπιλείπειν πέφυκεν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 14.30.)]
II.3. generally, fail, be wanting, ἵνα μὴ ἐπιλίπῃ κατεσθιόμενα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.108; σῖτος ἐπιλιπών a deficiency of it, [Refs (Th. 3.20 codices)]; τὰ ἐπιτήδεια ἐ. [Refs (X. “An.” 4.7.1)]; ὥστε τὸν λόγον μηδέποτε ἐ. [Refs (Pl. “Prt.” 334e)]; opposed to περιγίγνεσθαι, [Refs (Ar. “Pl.” 554)]: c.genitive, fall short, σπουδῆς οὐθὲν ἐ. [Refs (“Michel” 332.9 (from Odessus).)]
leave behind, ἐπὶ δὲ πλεῖον ἐλέλειπτο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.475, cf. X. “An.” 1.8.18)] codices:—middle, leave behind, of gleanings, variant in [LXX (LXX.Obad.1.5)]:— passive, c.genitive, fall short of, παντὸς ἀριθμοῦ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epinomis” 978b: with dative, τῇ δυνάμει, τῇ οὐσίᾳ[Refs (, Arist. “Ath.” 20.2, 27.4.)]
2. leave untouched, ὡς οὔτ᾽ ἂν τῶν ἐμῶν ἐπιλίποιμι οὐδὲν οὔτε τῶν φίλων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 310e: c.participle, μυρία ἐ. λέγων [Refs ([prev. author] “Phlb.” 26b, compare 52d.)]
II. of things, fail one, c.accusative person, ἥβην.., ἥ μ᾽ ἐπιλείπει [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1131; ὕδωρ [μιν] ἐπέλιπε 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.21, compare 2.174)]; so τῶν ὄμβρων ἐπιλιπόντων αὐτούς (i.e. τοὺς ποταμούς) [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 2.25; γλαῦκες ὑμᾶς οὔποτ᾽ ἐπιλείψουσι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1106)]; ἐπειδὰν αὐτοὺς ἐπιλίπωσιν ἐλπίδες 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.103: c.infinitive, [ὁ νόμος] ἐμοὶ μόνῳ ἐπέλιπε μὴ ὠφελῆσαι 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.17; ἐπιλίποι ἂν ἡμᾶς ὁ χρόνος time would fail me, [NT (Isoc. 1.11, cf. Lys. 12.1, NT.Heb.11.32)]; τὸ ὕδωρ ἡμᾶς ἐ. [Refs (Isoc. 15.320)]; ἐπιλείψει με λέγονθ᾽ ἡ ἡμέρα 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.296: later, c.dative[Refs 1st c.AD+ (, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cic.” 42, Ael. “NA” 8.17.)]
II.2. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus, frequently of rivers, ἐ. τὸ ῥέεθρον)] leave their stream unfilled, run dry, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.43, 58, +others)]; without ῥέεθρον, fail, run dry,[Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 127; τὰς κρήνας καὶ τὰ φρέατ᾽ ἐπιλείπειν πέφυκεν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 14.30.)]
II.3. generally, fail, be wanting, ἵνα μὴ ἐπιλίπῃ κατεσθιόμενα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.108; σῖτος ἐπιλιπών a deficiency of it, [Refs (Th. 3.20 codices)]; τὰ ἐπιτήδεια ἐ. [Refs (X. “An.” 4.7.1)]; ὥστε τὸν λόγον μηδέποτε ἐ. [Refs (Pl. “Prt.” 334e)]; opposed to περιγίγνεσθαι, [Refs (Ar. “Pl.” 554)]: c.genitive, fall short, σπουδῆς οὐθὲν ἐ. [Refs (“Michel” 332.9 (from Odessus).)]