Quick Definition
περιλείπω v. I leave behind
Strong's Definition
from 4012 and 3007; to leave all around, i.e. (passively) survive
KJV Usage: remain
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
περι-λείπω : pres. pass. ptcp. περιλειπόμενος (cf. περί, III. 2); to leave over; pass. to remain over, to survive: 1 Th. iv. 15, 17. (Arstph., Plat., Eur., Polyb., Hdian. ; 2 Mace. i. 31.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
περιλείπομαι perileipomai 2x
to leave remaining; pass. to remain, survive, 1 Thess. 4:15, 17*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
περι-λείπομαι, depon. mid. and pass.,
[in LXX: II Ch 34:21 A (שׁאר ni.), II Mac 1:31 8:14, IV Mac 12:6 13:18*;]
to be left remaining, remain over, survive: I Th 4:15, 17.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
περιλείπομαι, ‘Cam left over’’ (1 Thess 41517, with Milligan’s note) : cf. PSI IV. 40912 (iii/B.c.) λοιποὶ περιελείφθησαν eis τὰς θυσίας, 25. VI. 57114 (iii/B.c.) οὐθέν μοι περιλείπεται, P Par 63158 (B.c. 164) (= P Petr III. p. 32) βραχεῖα (sc. γῆ) παντελῶς ἀγεώργητος περιλειφθήσεται, ‘a very-small portion of the land will be left uncultivated ’’ (Mahaffy), and BGU IV. 113212 (B.c. 13) TO περιλελιμμένον αὐτῶι μέρος.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
περιλείπομαι (perileipomai) — to remain. περιλείπομαι, middle and passive, remain over, survive, ὅσσοι δ᾽ ἂν πολέμοιο περὶ στυγεροῖο λίπωνται [Refs 8th c.BC+]