ἐπιλείπω: future ἐπιλειψω; to fail, not to suffice for (any purpose, for the attainment of an end): τινα ὁ χρόνος, time fails one, Heb_11:32 and many like examples in Greek writings from Demosthenes down; see Bleek, Brief an d. Heb_2:2, p. 818. STRONGS NT 1952a: ἐπιλείχωἐπιλείχω: imperfect ἐπέλειχον; to lick the surface of, lick over ((cf. ἐπί, D. 1); German belecken): with the accusative of a thing, Luk_16:21 L T Tr WH; (in Long. past. 1, 24 (11) a variant for ἐπιτρέχω).

ἐπιλείπω epileipō 1x to be insufficient, to run short, to fail, Heb_11:32 ἐπιλείχω epileichō 1x to lick, Luk_16:21

ἐπι -λείπω , [in LXX : Oba_1:5 ΰ 1 R ( H7604 hi .) * ;] to fail: c . acc pers ., Heb_11:32 .†

ἐπιλείπω [page 241] Michel 332 .9 (ii/B.C.) σπουδῆς οὐθὲν ἐπιλείπων ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς ἀξιουμένοις . On the verb c. acc., as in Heb_11:32 , see Schmidt de Flavii Josephi elocutione , p. 385, and on the literary character of the phrase in Heb l.c. Wendland Urchristlichen Literaturformen , p. 307 n .4 . Ἐπιλείπομαι = fail, come short in, is found with the dat. in the recently recovered Constitution of Athens (ed. Sandys) xx. 2 ὁ δὲ Ἰσαγόρας ἐπιλειπόμενος τῇ δυνάμει , xxvii. 4 πρὸς δὴ ταύτην τὴν χορηγίαν ἐπιλειπόμενος ὁ Περικλῆς τῇ οὐσίᾳ . See also CQ ii. (1908), p. 209.

ἐπιλείπω fut. ψω "to leave behind", Od. , Xen. "to leave untouched", Plat. of things, "to fail" one, Lat. deficere, c. acc. pers., ὕδωρ μιν ἐπέλιπε the water "failed" him, Hdt. ; ἐπιλείψει με λέγοντα ἡ ἡμέρα Dem. in Hdt. , often of rivers, ἐπ. τὸ ῥέεθρον "to leave" their stream "empty, run dry", Hdt. ; and so without ῥέεθρον, "to fail, run dry", id=Hdt. generally, "to fail, be wanting", id=Hdt. , Xen. , etc.

ἐπι-λείπω [in LXX: Ob 5 א1 R (שָׁאַר hi.) * ;] to fail: with accusative of person(s), Heb.11:32.† (AS)