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Lexicon :: Strong's G1587 - ekleipō

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ἐκλείπω
Transliteration
ekleipō (Key)
Pronunciation
ek-li'-po
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

ἐκλείπω ekleípō, ek-li'-po; from G1537 and G3007; to omit, i.e. (by implication) cease (die):—fail.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G1587 in the following manner: fail (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G1587 in the following manner: fail (3x).

  1. fail

    1. to leave out, omit, pass by

    2. to leave, quit

  2. to fail

    1. to leave off, cease, stop

    2. of the failing or eclipse of the light of the sun and the moon

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐκλείπω ekleípō, ek-li'-po; from G1537 and G3007; to omit, i.e. (by implication) cease (die):—fail.
STRONGS G1587:
ἐκλείπω; future ἐκλείψω; 2 aorist ἐξέλιπον;
1. transitive,
a. to leave out, omit, pass by.
b. to leave, quit (a place): τὸ ζῆν, τὸν βίον, to die, 2 Macc. 10:13; 3 Macc. 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: τὰ ἔτη, Hebrews 1:12 from Psalm 101:28 (Psalm 102:28) (where for תָּמַם); ἡ πίστις, Luke 22:32; riches, according to the reading ἐκλίπῃ (L text T Tr WH), Luke 16:9 (often so in Greek writings, and the Sept. as Jeremiah 7:28; Jeremiah 28:30 (Jer. 51:30)). as often in classic Greek from Thucydides down, it is used of the failing or eclipse of the light of the sun and the moon: τοῦ ἡλίου ἐκλιπόντος [WH ἐκλειποντος], the sun having failed [or failing], Luke 23:45 Tdf.; on this (without doubt the true) reading [see especially WHs Appendix, at the passage, and] cf., besides Tdf.s note, Keim, iii. 440 [English translation, 6:173] (Sir. 17:31 (26)). to expire, die; so according to R G L marginal reading ἐκλίπητε in Luke 16:9 (Tobit 14:11; Wis. 5:13; Sept. for גָּוַע, Genesis 25:8, etc.; Psalm 103:29 (Ps. 104:29); Lamentations 1:19; for מוּת, Jeremiah 49:17, 22 (Jer. 42:17, 22). Plato, legg. 6, 759 e.; 9,856 e.; Xenophon, Cyril 8, 7, 26).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
25:8
Psalms
102:28; 104:29
Jeremiah
7:28; 42:17; 42:22; 49:17; 49:22; 51:30
Lamentations
1:19
Luke
16:9; 16:9; 22:32; 23:45
Hebrews
1:12

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1587 matches the Greek ἐκλείπω (ekleipō),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:9 - And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends by means of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when it shall fail, they may receive you into the eternal tabernacles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:32

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:32 - but I made supplication for thee, that thy faith fail not; and do thou, when once thou hast turned again, establish thy brethren.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:45

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:45 - the sun’s light failing: and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 1:12 -
And as a mantle shalt thou roll them up,
As a garment, and they shall be changed:
But thou art the same,
And thy years shall not fail.
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