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G1257 διαλείπω (dialeípō)
Greek
Verb
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Quick Definition

I cease, give over, give up

Strong's Definition

to leave off in the middle, i.e. intermit

Derivation: from G1223 (διά) and G3007 (λείπω);

KJV Usage: cease

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

διαλείπω: (2 aorist διέλιπον); to interpose a delay, to intermit, leave off for a time something already begun: οὐ διέλιπε (T WH mrg, διελειπεν) καταφιλοῦσά (on the participle cf. Winers Grammar, § 45, 4 a.; (Buttmann, 300 (257))), she has not ceased kissing, has continually kissed, Luk_7:45. (Isa_5:14; Jer_17:8; often in Greek writings from Herodotus down.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

διαλείπω dialeipō 1x to leave an interval; to intermit, cease, Luk_7:45

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

δια -λείπω , [in LXX for H3176 (as 1Sa_10:8 ), etc.;] to intermit, leave off for a time: Luk_7:45 .†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

διαλείπω [page 150] For διαλείπω with the participle, as Luk_7:45 , cf. P Par 27 .22 (ii/B.C.) καθότι οὐ διαλείπεις ἡμῶν ἀντιλαμβανόμενος (same formula in P Leid E .24 ), P Tor I. 1 ii. 18 (B.C. 116) ἐκκλίνοντες οὐ διαλείπουσιν , P Oxy II. 281 .16 (complaint against a husband A.D. 20 50) οὐ διέλειπεν κακουχῶν με . Other examples are BGU III. 747 i. 7 (A.D. 139), P Giss I. 14 .4 , 85 .8 (ii/A.D.), P Flor III. 380 .5, .15 (A.D. 203 4).

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

διαλείπω fut. ψω aor2 -έλι^πον "to leave an interval between":— Pass., διελέλειπτο "a gap had been left", Hdt. of Time, διαλιπὼν ἡμέρην "having left an interval of" a day, Hdt.; ἀκαρῆ διαλιπών "having waited" an instant, Ar.; διαλιπών absol. "after a time", Thuc. intr. "to stand at intervals", δύο πλέθρα ἀπ᾽ ἀλλήλων δ. Thuc. c. part. "to cease" doing a thing, Xen. of Time, διαλιπόντων ἐτῶν τριῶν "after an interval" of three years, Thuc.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

δια-λείπω [in LXX for יחל (as 1Ki.10:8), etc. ;] to intermit, leave off for a time: Luk.7:45.† (AS)

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