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Lexicon :: Strong's G3007 - leipō

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λείπω
Transliteration
leipō (Key)
Pronunciation
li'-po
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A root word
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Strong’s Definitions

λείπω leípō, li'-po; a primary verb; to leave, i.e. (intransitively or passively) to fail or be absent:—be destitute (wanting), lack.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G3007 in the following manner: lack (2x), be wanting (2x), want (with G1722) (1x), be destitute (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's G3007 in the following manner: lack (2x), be wanting (2x), want (with G1722) (1x), be destitute (1x).

  1. to leave, leave behind, forsake, to be left behind

    1. to lag, be inferior

    2. to be destitute of, to lack

  2. to be wanting, to fail

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
λείπω leípō, li'-po; a primary verb; to leave, i.e. (intransitively or passively) to fail or be absent:—be destitute (wanting), lack.
STRONGS G3007:
λείπω; (2 aorist subjunctive 3 person singular λιπη, Titus 3:13 T WIt marginal reading; present passive λείπομαι; from Homer down);
1. transitive, to leave, leave behind, forsake; passive to be left behind (properly, by one's rival in a race, hence),
a. to lag, be inferior: ἐν μηδενί, James 1:4 (Herodotus 7, 8, 1); (others associate this example with the two under b.).
b. to be destitute of, to lack: with the genitive of the thing, James 1:5; James 2:15 (Sophocles, Plato, others).
2. intransitive, to be lacking or absent, to fail: λείπει τί τίνι, Luke 18:22; Titus 3:13 (Polybius 10, 18, 8; others); τά λείποντα, the things that remain (so Justin Martyr, Apology 1, 52, cf. 32; but others are lacking), Titus 1:5. (Compare: ἀπολείπω, διαλείπω, ἐκλείπω, ἐπιλείπω, καταλείπω, ἐνκαταλείπω, περιλείπω, ὑπολείπω.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Luke
18:22
Titus
1:5; 3:13; 3:13
James
1:4; 1:5; 2:15

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Strong's Number G3007 matches the Greek λείπω (leipō),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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