Quick Definition
διαλείπω v. I cease, give over, give up
Strong's Definition
from 1223 and 3007; to leave off in the middle, i.e. intermit
KJV Usage: cease
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | aor. διέλιπον | λείπω
68.36 · Aspect · Cease, Stop
to cease, to stop, to forsake to cease from an activity which has gone on for some time
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δια-λείπω : [2 aor. διέλιπον] ; to interpose a delay, to intermit, leave off for a time something already begun: ov διέλιπε [T WH mre. διέλειπεν] καταφιλοῦσα (on the ptep. οἵ. W. § 45, 4 a.; [B. 300 (257)]), she has not ceased kissing, has continually kissed, Lk. vii. 45. (Is. v. 14; Jer. xvii. 8; often in Grk. writ. fr. Hdt. down.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
διαλείπω dialeipō 1x
to leave an interval; to intermit, cease, Lk. 7:45*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
δια-λείπω
[in LXX for יחל (as I Ki 10:8), etc. ;]
to intermit, leave off for a time: Lk 7:45.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
διαλείπω. For διαλείπω with the participle, as Lk 7%, οἱ. P Par 27% (1i/B.C.) καθότι οὐ διαλείπεις ἡμῶν ἀντιλαμβανόμενος (same formula in Ρ Leid 1135), P Tor I. 14-38 (Β.6. 116) ἐκκλίνοντες οὐ διαλείπουσιν, P Oxy 11. 28116 (complaint against a husband—a.p. 20-50) od διέλειπεν κακουχῶν pe. 47 Ὁ Ὁ (A.D. 139), P Giss 380% 15 (a. pb. 203-4). Other examples are BGU III. I. 144, 858 (ii/a.p.), P Flor III.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
διαλείπω (dialeipō) — to stop. διαλείπω, aorist διέλῐπον [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect -λέλοιπα[Refs 5th c.BC+]:— leave an interval between, τὸ ὀλίγιστον [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, διελέλειπτο a gap had been left, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. intermit, τὴν ὀχείαν [Refs] having left an interval of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀκαρῆ διαλιπών having waited an instant, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; later in genitive, μιᾶς ἡμέρας δ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; so οὐ πολὺ διαλιπών after a short time, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. intransitive, stand at intervals, δ. δύο πλέθρα ἀπ᾽ ἀλλήλων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ δέρμα ταύτῃ δ. is discontinuous at this point, opposed to συνεχές ἐστι, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὸ -λεῖπον an interval or gap, [Refs 5th c.BC+] there are intervals, of the heavens, opposed to πλήρη ἀστέρων εἶναι, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.2. with participle, mostly with negative, οὐ πώποτε διέλειπον ζητῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐδένα διαλέλοιπα χρόνον διαβαλλόμενος I have never ceased to be slandered, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: without a negative, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.3. of Time, διαλιπόντων ἐτῶν τριῶν, διαλιπούσης ἡμέρας, after an interval of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]the interval of time, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.4. in participle, intermittent, διαλείποντες πνέουσιν οἱ ἄνεμοι [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.5. die, [Refs]