Strong's Lexicon
ekleipó: To fail, to cease, to leave out, to come to an end
Original Word:ἐκλείπω
Part of Speech:Verb
Transliteration:ekleipó
Pronunciation:ek-LAY-po
Phonetic Spelling:(ek-li'-po)
Definition:To fail, to cease, to leave out, to come to an end
Meaning:I fail, die out, come to an end, am defunct.
Word Origin:From the Greek preposition "ἐκ" (ek, meaning "out of" or "from") and "λείπω" (leipó, meaning "to leave" or "to fail").
Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries:The concept of failing or ceasing can be related to the Hebrew word "כָּלָה" (kalah, Strong's H3615), which means to be finished, completed, or to come to an end.
Usage:The verb "ekleipó" is used in the New Testament to describe the act of failing, ceasing, or coming to an end. It often conveys the idea of something that was once present or active but has now stopped or disappeared. This can refer to physical phenomena, such as the cessation of light, or metaphorical concepts, such as the failure of faith or strength.
Cultural and Historical Background:In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of things ceasing or failing was often associated with natural phenomena, such as eclipses, which were seen as significant events. The term "ekleipó" would have been understood in this context as a powerful image of something that was once reliable or constant coming to an unexpected halt. In the biblical context, this term can also carry a spiritual or moral dimension, reflecting the transient nature of human strength and the need for reliance on God.
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Originfrom
ek and
leipóDefinitionto leave out, leave off, by impl. to cease
NASB Translationcome to an end (1), fail (1), fails (1), obscured (1).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1587: ἐκλείπωἐκλείπω; future
ἐκλείψω; 2 aorist
ἐξέλιπον;
1. transitive,
a.to leave out, omit, pass by.
b.to leave, quit (a place):τόζῆν,τόνβίον,to die, 2 Macc. 10:13; 3Macc. 2:23;Sophocles Electr. 1131;Polybius 2, 41, 2, others;Dionysius Halicarnassus 1, 24; Luc.Macrobius, 12;Alciphron 3, 28.
2. intransitive,to fail; i. e.to leave off, cease, stop:τάἔτη,Hebrews 1:12 fromPsalm 101: (cii.) 28 (where forתָּמַם);ἡπίστις,Luke 22:32; riches, according to the readingἐκλίπῃ (L textTTrWH),Luke 16:9 (often so in Greek writings, and theSept. asJeremiah 7:28;Jeremiah 28:30 ()). as often in classic Greek fromThucydides down, it is used of the failing or eclipse of the light of the sun and the moon:τοῦἡλίουἐκλιπόντος (WHἐκλειποντος),the sun having failed (orfailing),Luke 23:45Tdf.; on this (without doubt the true) reading (see especiallyWHs Appendix, at the passage, and) cf., besidesTdf.s note,Keim, iii. 440 (English translation, 6:173) (Sir. 17:31 (26)).to expire, die; so according toRGL marginal readingἐκλίπητε inLuke 16:9 (Tobit 14:11; Wis. 5:13; theSept. forגָּוַע,Genesis 25:8, etc.;Psalm 103:29 ();Lamentations 1:19; forמוּת,Jeremiah 49:17 (), 22.Plato, legg. 6, 759 e.; 9,856 e.;Xenophon, Cyril
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
fail.Fromek andleipo; to omit, i.e. (by implication) cease (die) -- fail.
see GREEKek
see GREEKleipo
Forms and Transliterations
εκλείξαι εκλείξει εκλείπει εκλείπειν εκλειπέτω εκλειπέτωσαν εκλείπη εκλείπητε εκλείποι εκλείποιεν εκλείπον εκλείποντα εκλείποντας εκλείποντες εκλειποντος ἐκλείποντος εκλείπουσιν εκλείπω εκλειπών εκλείπων εκλείπωσι εκλείπωσιν εκλείψει εκλείψετε έκλειψιν έκλειψις εκλείψουσι εκλειψουσιν εκλείψουσιν ἐκλείψουσιν εκλείψω εκλελειμμένη εκλελειμμένος εκλελοίπασι εκλελοίπασιν εκλέλοιπε εκλέλοιπεν εκλελοιπότας εκλιπέτω εκλιπέτωσαν εκλιπη εκλίπη ἐκλίπῃ εκλίποι ἐκλιπόντος εκλίπωσί εκλίπωσιν εξέλειξαν εξέλιξε εξέλιπε εξέλιπεν εξελίπομεν εξέλιπον εξελίποσαν ekleipsousin ekleípsousin eklipe eklipē eklípei eklípēi eklipontos eklipóntosLinks
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