Strong G4035περιλείπομαι

to remain

Transliteration
perileipō
Pronunciation
per-ee-li'-po
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G4012 and G3007; to leave all around that is (passively) survive: - remain.

Detailed definition

περι-λείπομαι depon. mid, and pass.,
[in LXX: 2Ch.34:21 A (שָׁאַר ni.), 2Ma.1:31 2Mac 8:14, 4Ma.12:6 4Mac 13:18 *;]
to be left remaining, remain over, survive: 1Th.4:15 4:17†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G4035 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • remain2

First verses

  1. 1 Thessalonians 4:15
    For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
  2. 1 Thessalonians 4:17
    Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
περιλείπομαι,
middle and passive, remain over, survive, ὅσσοι δ᾽ ἂν πολέμοιο περὶ στυγεροῖο λίπωνται [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.230; τὸν περιλειφθέντα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.82; ὑπὸ τῶν κόρεων εἴ μού τι περιλειφθήσεται 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 725; τοὺς περιλελειμμένους φίλων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 426, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 23c (_passive_), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Oeconomica” 1350a29, etc.)]