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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 153 times in 141 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 8:13–Psa 64:6)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:11 - Abraham and Sarah were both very old by this time, and Sarah was long past the age of having children.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:15 - When the water was gone, she put the boy in the shade of a bush.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:8 - and he died at a ripe old age, having lived a long and satisfying life. He breathed his last and joined his ancestors in death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:17 - Ishmael lived for 137 years. Then he breathed his last and joined his ancestors in death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:29 - One day when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau arrived home from the wilderness exhausted and hungry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:30 - Esau said to Jacob, “I’m starved! Give me some of that red stew!” (This is how Esau got his other name, Edom, which means “red.”)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:29 - Then he breathed his last and died at a ripe old age, joining his ancestors in death. And his sons, Esau and Jacob, buried him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:13 - Meanwhile, the famine became so severe that all the food was used up, and people were starving throughout the lands of Egypt and Canaan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:15 - When the people of Egypt and Canaan ran out of money, all the Egyptians came to Joseph. “Our money is gone!” they cried. “But please give us food, or we will die before your very eyes!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:16 - Joseph replied, “Since your money is gone, bring me your livestock. I will give you food in exchange for your livestock.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:18 - But that year ended, and the next year they came again and said, “We cannot hide the truth from you, my lord. Our money is gone, and all our livestock and cattle are yours. We have nothing left to give but our bodies and our land.

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nor the ruler’s staff from his descendants,[fn]
until the coming of the one to whom it belongs,[fn]
the one whom all nations will honor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:33 - When Jacob had finished this charge to his sons, he drew his feet into the bed, breathed his last, and joined his ancestors in death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:22 - And the LORD did not remove the pillar of cloud or pillar of fire from its place in front of the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:65 - There among those nations you will find no peace or place to rest. And the LORD will cause your heart to tremble, your eyesight to fail, and your soul to despair.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:36 - “Indeed, the LORD will give justice to his people,
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when he sees their strength is gone
and no one is left, slave or free.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:23 - May you be cursed! From now on you will always be servants who cut wood and carry water for the house of my God.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:6 - “In the days of Shamgar son of Anath,
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and travelers stayed on winding pathways.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:33 - Those who survive will live in sadness and grief, and their children will die a violent death.[fn]

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“There is still the youngest,” Jesse replied. “But he’s out in the fields watching the sheep and goats.”
“Send for him at once,” Samuel said. “We will not sit down to eat until he arrives.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:18 - Then she continued, “There used to be a saying, ‘If you want to settle an argument, ask advice at the town of Abel.’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:14 - For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: There will always be flour and olive oil left in your containers until the time when the LORD sends rain and the crops grow again!”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:16 - There was always enough flour and olive oil left in the containers, just as the LORD had promised through Elijah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:13 - One of his officers replied, “We had better send out scouts to check into this. Let them take five of the remaining horses. If something happens to them, it will be no worse than if they stay here and die with the rest of us.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:28 - These days would be remembered and kept from generation to generation and celebrated by every family throughout the provinces and cities of the empire. This Festival of Purim would never cease to be celebrated among the Jews, nor would the memory of what happened ever die out among their descendants.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:15 - My brothers, you have proved as unreliable as a seasonal brook
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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:19 - Who can argue with me over this?
And if you prove me wrong, I will remain silent and die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:7 - “Even a tree has more hope!
If it is cut down, it will sprout again
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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:19 - “‘Well,’ you say, ‘at least God will punish their children!’
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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:26 - “Have I looked at the sun shining in the skies,
or the moon walking down its silver pathway,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:6 - The enemy is finished, in endless ruins;
the cities you uprooted are now forgotten.

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Help, O LORD, for the godly are fast disappearing!
The faithful have vanished from the earth!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:37 - I chased my enemies and caught them;
I did not stop until they were conquered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:10 - I am dying from grief;
my years are shortened by sadness.
Sin has drained my strength;
I am wasting away from within.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:20 - But the wicked will die.
The LORD’s enemies are like flowers in a field—
they will disappear like smoke.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:10 - But please stop striking me!
I am exhausted by the blows from your hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:11 - Everything is falling apart;
threats and cheating are rampant in the streets.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:6 - As they plot their crimes, they say,
“We have devised the perfect plan!”
Yes, the human heart and mind are cunning.

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