Quick Definition
I leave, leave behind, desert, am reserved
Strong's Definition
to leave behind (passively, remain); by implication, to forsake
Derivation: from G575 (ἀπό) and G3007 (λείπω);
KJV Usage: leave, remain
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀπολείπω: (imperfect ἀπελειπον, WH text in 2Ti_4:13; 2Ti_4:20; Tit_1:5); 2 aorist ἀπέλιπον; (from Homer down);
1. to leave, leave behind: one in some place, Tit_1:5 L T Tr WH; 2Ti_4:18; 2Ti_4:20. Passive ἀπολείπεται it remains, is reserved: Heb_4:9; Heb_10:26; followed by the accusative and an infinitive, Heb_4:6.
2. to desert, forsake: a place, Jud_1:6.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀπολείπω apoleipō 7x
to leave, leave behind; pass. to be left, remain, 2Ti_4:13 ; 2Ti_4:20 ; Heb_4:6 ; Heb_4:9 ; Heb_10:26 ; to relinquish, forsake, desert, Tit_1:5 ; Jud_1:6
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀπο -λείπω ,
[in LXX for H2308, H3498 , etc.;]
1. to leave, leave behind (in Papyri a term. techn. in wills; v. MM , s.v. ): 2Ti_4:13 ; 2Ti_4:20 , Tit_1:5 ; pass ., to be reserved, remain: Heb_4:6 ; Heb_4:9 ; Heb_10:26 .
2. to desert, abandon: Jud_1:6 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀπολείπω [page 66]
P Par 22 .6 (ii/B.C.) ἡ γὰρ δηλουμένη Νέφορις ἀπολιποῦσα τὸν πατέρα ἡμῶν συνῴκησε Φιλίππῳ τινί . The word is apparently a term. techn. in wills, etc., e.g. P Oxy I. 105 .3, .4 (A.D. 117 37) κληρόνομον ἀπολείπω τὴν θυγατέρα [ν ] μου . . . τὰ δὲ ὑπ᾽ ἐμοῦ ἀπολειφθησόμενα σκεύη κτλ ., P Catt iv. 9 (ii/A.D.) (= Chrest. II. p. 421), BGU IV. 1098 .49 ( c. B.C. 18), ib. 1148 .22 (B.C. 13), ib. 1164 .18 (B.C. 15 1), and Michel 1001 ii. 4 ( c. B.C. 200 the Will of Epicteta). In BGU IV. 1138 .17 (B.C. 19 18) (= Chrest. II. p. 123) ἀπόλε̣ι̣π̣ε̣ μο̣ι τὸν Παπία ( i.e. αν ) ἐκ τῆ (ς ) φυ̣λ̣α̣κ̣η̣̑ (ς ), a jailor reports what the offending party said to him, asking him to leave the imprisoned debtor to him. The verb occurs in a Phrygian tombstone of A.D. 114, C. and B. 590 (ii. p. 656) ὑοὺς ὑπὲρ γῆς ἀπολιποῦσ [α ] τέσσαρας καὶ θυγατέρα . It is MGr.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἀπολείπω "to leave over or behind", of meats not wholly eaten, Od. :—Mid. "to leave behind one", after death, Hdt. "to leave hold of, lose", βίον Soph. ; also, βίοτος ἀπολείπει τινά id=Soph. "to leave behind", as in the race, "to distance", and generally "to surpass", Xen. ; v. infr. "to leave quite, forsake, abandon", of places one ought to defend, Il. , Hdt. , etc.: "to leave" one "in the lurch", Hdt. , Ar. of things, "to leave alone, leave undone or unsaid", Hdt. , attic "to leave open, leave a space", Hdt. , Xen. intr. "to fail, to be wanting", Od. ; of rivers, "to fall, sink", Hdt. ; of flowers, "to begin to wither", Xen. ;—also, like ἀπειπεῖν, "to fail, flag, lose heart", Hdt. , Xen. "to be wanting of or in" a thing, c. gen., Thuc. ; of measures, ἀπὸ τεσσέρων πήχεων ἀπ. τρεῖς δακτύλους "wanting" 3 fingers "of" 4 cubits, Hdt. : c. inf., ὀλίγον ἀπέλιπον ἀπικέσθαι "wanted" but little of coming, id=Hdt. c. part. "to leave off" doing, Plat. "to depart from", ἐκ τῶν Συρακουσῶν Thuc. , Plat. Pass. "to be left behind, stay behind", Thuc. , Xen. "to be distanced by, inferior to", τινος Dem. "to be parted from, be absent or far from", c. gen., Hdt. : "to be deprived of", τάφου Soph. ; φρενῶν Eur. "to be wanting in, fall short of", παιδείας Dem. ; ἀπολειφθεὶς ἡμῶν "without" our "cognisance", id=Dem. ; ἀπ. φρενῶν "to be bereft of", Eur.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἀπο-λείπω
[in LXX for H2308 יָתַר, etc. ;]
__1. to leave, leave behind (in π. a term. techn. in wills; see MM, see word): 2Ti.4:13 4:20, Tit.1:5; pass., to be reserved, remain: Heb.4:6, 9 10:26.
__2. to desert, abandon: Ju 6.†
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📖 In-Depth Word Study
Remains (620) apoleipo
Remains (620) (apoleipo from apo = from + leipo = lack, leave, forsake) means literally to leave behind. Paul uses it in the active voice to describe leaving behind of his cloak (2Ti 4:13-note cp the two other uses of the active voice - 2 Ti 4:20-note; Titus 1:5-note)
The passive voice as used here in Hebrews means to be reserved or to remain, to be left over.
Apoleipo in the present verse conveys the idea that the promise of rest remains over from past times. The present tense indicates that it continually remains. In other words, even though the promise of rest had not been appropriated (by faith) by most of Israel in the wilderness, the promise of rest still holds good. Apoleipo is apparently a technical term in wills in ancient Greek writings.
A T Robertson says...
This left-over promise is not repealed, though not utilized by the Israelites under Moses
Vincent adds that...
The promise has not been appropriated. It must be appropriated in accordance with God’s provision. The rest was not provided for nothing. God’s provision of a rest implies and involves that some enter into it. But the appropriation is yet in the future. It remains that some enter in. (Vincent, M. R. Word Studies in the New Testament 4:423)
Apoleipo is used 14 times in the Septuagint (LXX) (Ex 5:19; 12:10; Lev. 22:30; Jdg. 9:9, 11, 13; 2 Ki. 10:21; 2 Chr. 16:5; Job 11:20; Prov. 2:17; 9:6, 12; 19:27; Isa. 55:7) and 7 times in the NT...
2 Timothy 4:13 (note) When you come bring the cloak which I left at Troas with Carpus, and the books, especially the parchments.
2 Timothy 4:20 (note) Erastus remained at Corinth, but Trophimus I left sick at Miletus.
Titus 1:5 (note) For this reason I left you in Crete, that you might set in order what remains, and appoint elders in every city as I directed you,
Hebrews 4:6 (note) Since therefore it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly had good news preached to them failed to enter because of disobedience,
Hebrews 4:9 (note) There remains therefore a Sabbath rest for the people of God.
Hebrews 10:26 (note) For if we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,
Jude 1:6 And angels who did not keep their own domain, but abandoned their proper abode, He has kept in eternal bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day.
It remains - The rest still remains. It is still to be realized. God had provided a rest (remember in He 4:3 He calls it "My rest") and it was still available for some to enter.
For some to enter - We see God's desire for some to enter implied even in the parable of the man giving a big dinner (Lk 14:16-24) where...
the master said to the slave, 'Go out into the highways and along the hedges, and compel them to come in, so that my house may be filled. (Luke 14:23)
John MacArthur explains that...
When man lost God's rest, God immediately began a recovery process. Through His Son, Jesus Christ, some would be brought back in. He created man for fellowship with Himself, and His plan would not be thwarted, either by a rebellious archangel or by disbelieving mankind. By divine decree, therefore, there has always been a remnant of believers, even among mostly disbelieving Israel. "In the same way then, there has also come to be at the present time a remnant according to God's gracious choice" (Ro 11:5). The way of God's rest has always been narrow, and only a few, relative to all of mankind, have ever found it. But some must enter into it, because God's purpose must be fulfilled. By sovereign decree He designed a rest for mankind and some, therefore, are going to enter it.
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