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G5275 ὑπολείπω (hypoleípō)
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ὑπολείπω v. I leave behind

Strong's Definition

from 5295 and 3007; to leave under (behind), i.e. (passively) to remain (survive)

KJV Usage: be left

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

verb | λείπω

85.66 · Existence in Space · Leave in a Place

to be left behind, to be left, to remain to be left behind, with the implication of continuing to exist

ROM 11:3

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ὑπο-λείπω: 1 aor. pass. ὑπελείφθην ; fr. Hom. down; Sept. for Nw and nin; to leave behind [see ὑπό, 1Π. 1]; pass. to be left behind, left remaining, Sept. for Nw) and 3j3: used of a survivor, Ro. xi. 3.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ὑπολείπω hypoleipō 1x

to leave remaining, leave behind; pass. to be left surviving, Rom. 11:3*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ὑπο-λείπω

[in LXX chiefly (pass.) for יָתַר ni., שָׁאַר ni. ;]

to leave remaining (Hom., Thuc., al.): pass., of survivors, Ro 11:3.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ὑπολείπω, “leave behind,” ‘‘leave remaining’’: P Petr II. 11(1)® (i/B.C.) (= Selections, Ὁ. 8) ἀπὸ τούτου τὸ μὲν ἥμυσυ εἰς τὰ δέοντα ὑπελιπόμην, “half of this I have kept by me P Hib I. 4518 (B.c. 257) ὅπως μηθὲν ὑπολείψεσθε ἐν αὐτῶι, ‘in order that you shall not have anything owing from him,” 24. 504 (c. B.c. 257) σὺ [o]iv ὑπολιπόμενος σαυτῶι ταύτην τὴν ὄλυραν, ‘do you therefore leave this olyra for yourself” (Edd.), P Cairo Zen III. 59327°% (B.C. 249) ὑπολιποῦ τόπον, ‘‘leave a space,” P Tebt If. 288!4 (A.p. 226) μηδεμιᾶς προφάσεως ὑμεῖν ὑπολειπομένης, ‘no pretext being left to you,” P Oxy VI. 88679 (ili/A.D.) (= SelectZons, p. 112) τὸ δὲ ὑπολιπό[μἼενον ἔσχατον ἀνάγνωτι, ‘read that which is left at the last,” and PSII. 768 (A.p. 574-8) ἡ ὑπολειφθεῖσά μοι ἀκίνητος οὐσία. For the adj. ὑπόλοιπος, see P Oxy VI. 9028 (c. A.D. 465) τὸ ὑπόλοιπον τῶν ἐμῶν ζῴων, “the remainder of my kine,” Preisigke 52098° (Byz.) τὸ ὑπόλοιπον τῶν χωρίων αὐτῆς. for necessaries,

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ὑπολείπω (hupoleipō) — to leave. ὑπολείπω, also ὑπολειπ-λιμπάνω (which see), leave remaining, ἅ ῥα τῇ προτέρῃ ὑπέλειπον ἔδοντες [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὐδεμίαν ὑπερβολὴν ὑ. τινί leave him no possibility of exceeding, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. of things, fail one, ὑπολείψει ὑμᾶς ἡ μισθοφορά [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑ. τινὰ ὁ λόγος [Refs 5th c.BC+]

3. intransitive, fail, fall short, θεοὶ.. ὑπέλιπον οὐ πώποκα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑ. τὸ μέλι[Refs]had ceased, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: also, fail in what is expected of one, come short, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. passive, with future middle, to be left remaining, ἐν μεγάρῳ ὑπελείπετο he was left behind.., [Refs 8th c.BC+]

II.2. of things, πέμπτον δ᾽ ὑπελείπετ᾽ ἄεθλον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μὴ ὑπολείπεσθαι [τοὺς νόμους], εἴ ποτε.. so that they do not remain in force, in case that.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐδὲν ὑπολείπεται ἀλλ᾽ ἢ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.3. with genitive, ὑπολείπεσθαι τοῦ στόλου stay behind the expedition, i. e. not to go upon it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.4. to be left behind in a race, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; lag behind, κατὰ τὴν ὁδὸν πορεύεσθαι -όμενον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of stragglers in an army, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑ. μικρὸν τοῦ στόματος fall behind the front rank, [Refs]; of fixed stars, lie to the East of a point in the celestial sphere, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; of the apparent motion of planets, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II.5. metaphorically, to be inferior, ταῖς ἡλικίαις τῶν πατέρων [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II.6. absolutely, fail, come to an end, ὁπόταν.. νὺξ ὑπολειφθῇ [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III. middle, leave behind one, τὰ πρόβατα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑ. τούτων ὡς χιλίους leaving about [Refs]unburied, [Refs]; ὑπολείπεσθαι αἰτίαν, ὡς.. to leave cause for reproach against oneself, in thinking that.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III.2. retain, [τοῦ ὕδατος] περὶ ἑωυτόν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; reserve, ἑαυτῷ ἑκατὸν ἅρματα [LXX+3rd c.BC+]; τὸν ὑπάρχοντα χόρτον τοῖς προβάτοις [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ὑπολιποῦ τόπον leave a space, [Refs 4th c.BC+]active ὑπέλειπε.. ἑαυτῷ.. ἀναφοράν (left himself a means of escape) is the best reading.

III.3. deduct from a payment, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] —passive [Refs]; ὑπολειπέσθω τῆς τιμῆς τὸ ὀφειλόμενον [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

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