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GreekG2641Verb

καταλείπω

kataleipō

24Occurrences
G2641Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to leave down, i.e. behind; by implication, to abandon, have remaining

from G2596 (κατά) and G3007 (λείπω);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1 1, to leave behind, leave: with accusative of person(s) (of thing(s)),; of sailing by a place; ptcp., καταλιπών, redundant (Dalman, Words, 21 f.); pass.; metaphorically, εὐθεῖαν ὁδόν.
2.to forsake, abandon
3.to leave remaining, reserve
LXX: chiefly far שָׁאַר, ni., hi., also for עָזַב, יָתַר, etc.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

G:V

Full Description

Greek Verb

Occurrences

καταλείπω appears 24 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Acts
5
Luke
4
Matthew
4
Mark
4
Hebrews
2
1 Thessalonians
1
2 Peter
1
Ephesians
1

Key Passages

1 Thessalonians 3:1BSB

So when we could bear it no longer, we were willing to be left on our own in Athens.

Acts 24:27BSB

After two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus. And wishing to do the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul in prison.

Hebrews 11:27BSB

By faith Moses left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw Him who is invisible.

Luke 15:4BSB

“What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the pasture and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?

Matthew 19:5BSB

and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.