G1952: ἐπιλείπω (epileípō)

G1952 ἐπιλείπω (epileípō)

Greek

Quick Definition

ἐπιλείπω v. I fail, fall short

Strong's Definition

from 1909 and 3007; to leave upon, i.e. (figuratively) to be insufficient for

KJV Usage: fail

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἐπιλείπω (G1952)

verb | λείπω

13.41 · Be, Become, Exist, Happen · State

to begin to come to the end, to fail, to run out to begin to cease In some languages this reference to time in HEB 11:32 must be shifted to one of space, for example, ‘there is not space enough for me to write about Gideon.’

HEB 11:32

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἐπι-λείπω : fut. ἐπιλείψω : to fail, not to suffice for (any purpose, for the attainment of an end): τινὰ ὁ χρόνος, time fails one, Heb. xi. 82 and many like exx. in Grk. writ. fr. Dem. down; see Bleek, Brief an d. Hebr. ii. 2 p- 818.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἐπιλείπω epileipō 1x

to be insufficient, to run short, to fail, Heb. 11:32*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἐπι-λείπω

[in LXX: Ob 5 א1 R (שָׁאַר hi.) * ;]

to fail: c. acc pers., He 11:32.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἐπιλείπω. Michel 332° (ii/B.c.) σπουδῆς οὐθὲν ἐπιλείπων ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς ἀξιουμένοις. On the verb c. acc., asin Heb 11%, see Schmidt de Flavit Josephi elocutione, p. 385, and on the literary character of the phrase in Heb ἐς. Wendland | > ᾿ | ἐπιμέλεια. Urchristlichen Literaturformen, p. 307 πὶ. ᾿Εἰπιλείπομαι = “fail,” ‘*come short in,’’ is found with the dat. in the recently recovered Constitution of Athens (ed. Sandys) xx. 2 6 δὲ Ισαγόρας ἐπιλειπόμενος τῇ δυνάμει, xxvii. 4 πρὸς δὴ ταύτην τὴν χορηγίαν ἐπιλειπόμενος ὁ Τ]ερικλῆς τῇ οὐσίᾳ. See also (Ὁ ii. (1908), p. 209. > (4 εἐπίιμελεια of divorce taking place between two contracting parties, Sisois (the father-in-law) is to receive ‘‘the remainder ”— τὸ ἐπίλοιπον---οἱ the dowry, after the claims of the bridegroom have been met. The γεωζο of the papyrus letter P Tebt I. 58°86 (B.c. 111) ends τἀπίλοιπα ὀπείσωι ‘‘ the Greek equivalent of our ‘ P.T.O.’ ” (Edd.).

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἐπιλείπω (epileipō) — be insufficient. ἐπιλείπω, leave behind, ἐπὶ δὲ πλεῖον ἐλέλειπτο [Refs 8th c.BC+] codices:—middle, leave behind, of gleanings, variant in [LXX]:— passive, c.genitive, fall short of, παντὸς ἀριθμοῦ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epinomis” 978b: with dative, τῇ δυνάμει, τῇ οὐσίᾳ[Refs]

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]

II. of things, fail one, c.accusative person, ἥβην.., ἥ μ᾽ ἐπιλείπει [Refs 6th c.BC+]; so τῶν ὄμβρων ἐπιλιπόντων αὐτούς (i.e. τοὺς ποταμούς) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; 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]; τὸ ὕδωρ ἡμᾶς ἐ. [Refs]; ἐπιλείψει με λέγονθ᾽ ἡ ἡμέρα 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.296: later, c.dative[Refs 1st c.AD+]

II.2. [Refs 5th c.BC+] leave their stream unfilled, run dry, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; without ῥέεθρον, fail, run dry,[Refs 4th c.BC+]

II.3. generally, fail, be wanting, ἵνα μὴ ἐπιλίπῃ κατεσθιόμενα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.108; σῖτος ἐπιλιπών a deficiency of it, [Refs]; τὰ ἐπιτήδεια ἐ. [Refs]; ὥστε τὸν λόγον μηδέποτε ἐ. [Refs]; opposed to περιγίγνεσθαι, [Refs]: c.genitive, fall short, σπουδῆς οὐθὲν ἐ. [Refs]