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Lexicon :: Strong's G2641 - kataleipō

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καταλείπω
Transliteration
kataleipō (Key)
Pronunciation
kat-al-i'-po
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
24x in 14 unique form(s) TR
25x in 15 unique form(s) LXX
217x in 66 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:194,523

Strong’s Definitions

καταλείπω kataleípō, kat-al-i'-po; from G2596 and G3007; to leave down, i.e. behind; by implication, to abandon, have remaining:—forsake, leave, reserve.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x

The KJV translates Strong's G2641 in the following manner: leave (22x), forsake (2x), reserve (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x
The KJV translates Strong's G2641 in the following manner: leave (22x), forsake (2x), reserve (1x).

  1. to leave behind

    1. to depart from, leave

      1. to be left

    2. to bid (one) to remain

    3. to forsake, leave to one's self a person or thing by ceasing to care for it, to abandon, leave in the lurch

      1. to be abandoned, forsaken

    4. to cause to be left over, to reserve, to leave remaining

    5. like our "leave behind", it is used of one who on being called away cannot take another with him

      1. especially of the dying (to leave behind)

    6. like our "leave", leave alone, disregard

      1. of those who sail past a place without stopping

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
καταλείπω kataleípō, kat-al-i'-po; from G2596 and G3007; to leave down, i.e. behind; by implication, to abandon, have remaining:—forsake, leave, reserve.
STRONGS G2641:
καταλείπω; future καταλείψω; 1 aorist κατελειψα (in later authors; cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 713ff; (Veitch, under the word λείπω; WH's Appendix, p. 169f)); 2 aorist κατέλιπον; passive, present καταλείπομαι; perfect participle καταλελειμμένος (WH καταλελιμμενος, see (their Appendix, p. 154b, and) under the word Iota); 1 aorist κατελείφθην; (see κατά, III. 5); the Sept. for הותִיר, הִשְׁאִיר, עָזַב; (from Homer down); to leave behind; with the accusative of place or person;
a. equivalent to to depart from, leave, a person or thing: Matthew 4:13; Matthew 16:4; Matthew 21:17; Hebrews 11:27; metaphorically, εὐθεῖαν ὁδόν, to forsake true religion, 2 Peter 2:15. passive to be left: John 8:9; equivalent to to remain, followed by ἐν with the dative of place, 1 Thessalonians 3:1.
b. equivalent to to bid (one) to remain: τινα in a place, Acts 18:19; Titus 1:5 (R G; others ἀπολείπω).
c. to forsake, leave to oneself a person or thing, by ceasing to care for it, to abandon, leave in the lurch: καταλείψει... τόν πατέρα καί τήν μητέρα, Matthew 19:5; Mark 10:7; Ephesians 5:31, from Genesis 2:24; passive to be abandoned, forsaken: εἰς ᾅδου (or ᾅδην (which see 2)), Acts 2:31 Rec. (see ἐγκαταλείπω, 1); with the accusative of the thing, Mark 14:52; Luke (Luke 5:28); Luke 15:4; τόν λόγον, to neglect the office of instruction, Acts 6:2.
d. to cause to be left over, to reserve, to leave remaining: ἐμαυτῷ, Romans 11:4 (1 Kings 19:18); καταλείπεται, there still remains, ἐπαγγελία, a promise (to be made good by the event), Hebrews 4:1 (μάχη, Xenophon, Cyril 2, 3, 11; σωτηρίας ἐλπίς, Josephus, b. j. 4, 5, 4); τινα with an infinitive (to leave any business to be done by one alone), Luke 10:40.
e. like our leave behind, it is used of one who on being called away cannot take another with him: Acts 24:27; Acts 25:14; specifically, of the dying (to leave behind), Mark 12:19 (Mark 12:21 L marginal reading T Tr WH); Luke 20:31 (Deuteronomy 28:54; Proverbs 20:7; and often in Greek writings from Homer Iliad 24, 726; Odyssey 21, 33 on).
f. like our leave equivalent to leave alone, disregard: of those who sail past a place without stopping, Acts 21:3. (Compare: ἐγκαταλείπω.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
2:24
Deuteronomy
28:54
1 Kings
19:18
Proverbs
20:7
Matthew
4:13; 16:4; 19:5; 21:17
Mark
10:7; 12:19; 12:21; 14:52
Luke
5:28; 10:40; 15:4; 20:31
John
8:9
Acts
2:31; 6:2; 18:19; 21:3; 24:27; 25:14
Romans
11:4
Ephesians
5:31
1 Thessalonians
3:1
Titus
1:5
Hebrews
4:1; 11:27
2 Peter
2:15

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2641 matches the Greek καταλείπω (kataleipō),
which occurs 24 times in 24 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:13 - And leaving Nazareth, He went and settled in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the country of Zebulun and Naphtali.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:4 - “An evil and [morally] unfaithful generation craves a [miraculous] sign; but no sign will be given to it, except the sign of [the prophet] Jonah.” Then He left them and went away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:5 - and said, ‘FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND SHALL BE JOINED INSEPARABLY TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH’?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:17 - Then He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, and spent the night there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:7 - “FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND HIS MOTHER [to establish a home with his wife],

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:19 - “Teacher, Moses wrote for us [a law] that IF A MAN’S BROTHER DIES and leaves a wife BUT LEAVES NO CHILD, HIS BROTHER IS TO [fn]MARRY THE WIDOW AND RAISE UP CHILDREN FOR HIS BROTHER.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:21 - “The second brother married her, and died leaving no children; and the third likewise;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:52

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:52 - But pulling free of the linen sheet, he escaped [from them] naked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:28 - And he left everything behind and got up and began to follow Jesus [as His disciple].

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:40

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:40 - But Martha was very busy and distracted with all of her serving responsibilities; and she approached Him and said, “Lord, is it of no concern to You that my sister has left me to do the serving alone? Tell her to help me and do her part.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:4 - “What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one which is lost, [searching] until he finds it?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:31 - and the third married her, and in the same way all seven died, leaving no children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:9 - They listened [to His reply], and they began to go out one by one, starting with the oldest ones, until He was left alone, with the woman [standing there before Him] in the center of the court.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:2 - So the [fn]Twelve called the disciples together and said, “It is not appropriate for us to neglect [teaching] the word of God in order to serve tables and manage the distribution of food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:19 - Then they arrived in Ephesus, and he left the others there; but he entered the synagogue and reasoned and debated with the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:3 - After we came in sight of Cyprus, leaving it on our left (port side), we sailed on to Syria and put in at Tyre; for there the ship was to unload her cargo.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:27 - But after two years had passed, Felix was succeeded [in office] by [fn]Porcius Festus; and wishing to do the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul imprisoned.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:14 - While they were spending many days there, Festus laid Paul’s case before the king, saying, “There is a man here who was left as a prisoner by Felix.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:4 - But what is God’s response to him? “I HAVE KEPT for Myself SEVEN THOUSAND MEN WHO HAVE NOT BOWED THE KNEE TO BAAL.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 5:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:31 - FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND HIS MOTHER AND SHALL BE JOINED [and be faithfully devoted] TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME [fn]ONE FLESH.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 3:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 3:1 -

Therefore, when we could no longer endure our separation [from you], we thought it best to be left behind, alone at Athens,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:1 -

Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still remains and is freely offered today, let us fear, in case any one of you may seem to come short of reaching it or think he has come too late.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:27 - By faith he left Egypt, being unafraid of the wrath of the king; for he endured [steadfastly], as seeing Him who is unseen.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 2:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:15 - Abandoning the straight road [that is, the right way to live], they have gone astray; they have followed the way of [the false teacher] Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the reward of wickedness;
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