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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 lived in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:4 - An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.” So he left them and departed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:5 - and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast 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 - And leaving them, he went out of the city to Bethany and lodged there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:7 - ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife,[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:19 - “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife, but leaves no child, the man[fn] must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:21 - And the second took her, and died, leaving no offspring. And the third likewise.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:52 - but he left the linen cloth and ran away naked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:28 - And leaving everything, he rose and followed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:40

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:40 - But Martha was distracted with much serving. And she went up to him and said, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:4 - “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:31 - and the third took her, and likewise all seven left no children and died.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:9 - But when they heard it, they went away one by one, beginning with the older ones, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:2 - And the twelve summoned the full number of the disciples and said, “It is not right that we should give up preaching the word of God to serve tables.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:19 - And they came to Ephesus, and he left them there, but he himself went into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:3 - When we had come in sight of Cyprus, leaving it on the left we sailed to Syria and landed at Tyre, for there the ship was to unload its cargo.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:27 - When two years had elapsed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus. And desiring to do the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul in prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:14 - And as they stayed there many days, Festus laid Paul’s case before the king, saying, “There is a man left prisoner by Felix,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:4 - But what is God’s reply 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 - “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 3:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 3:1 - Therefore when we could bear it no longer, we were willing to be left behind at Athens alone,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:1 - Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us fear lest any of you should seem to have failed to reach it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:27 - By faith he left Egypt, not being afraid of the anger of the king, for he endured as seeing him who is invisible.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 2:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:15 - Forsaking the right way, they have gone astray. They have followed the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved gain from wrongdoing,
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