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Lexicon :: Strong's G2641 - kataleipō

Aa
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
216x 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 BoxMat 4:13 - And going away from Nazareth, he came and made his living-place in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the country of Zebulun and Naphtali:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:4 - An evil and false generation is searching after a sign; and no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah. And he went away from them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:5 - For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother, and be joined to his wife; and the two will become one flesh?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:17 - And he went away from them, and went out of the town to Bethany, and was there for the night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:7 - For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother, and be joined to his wife;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:19 - Master, in the law Moses says, If a man's brother comes to his end, and has a wife still living and no child, it is right for his brother to take his wife, and get a family for his brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:21 - And the second took her, and at his death there were no offspring; and the third the same:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:52 - But he got away unclothed, without the linen cloth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:28 - And giving up his business, he got up and went after him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:40

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:40 - But Martha had her hands full of the work of the house, and she came to him and said, Lord, is it nothing to you that my sister has let me do all the work? Say to her that she is to give me some help.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:4 - What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if one of them gets loose and goes away, will not let the ninety-nine be in the waste land by themselves, and go after the wandering one, till he sees where it is?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:31 - And the third took her; and in the same way, all the seven, without having any children, came to their end.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:9 - And when his words came to their ears, they went out one by one, starting with the oldest even to the last, because they were conscious of what was in their hearts: and Jesus was there by himself with the woman before him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:2 - And the Apostles sent for all the disciples and said, It is not right for us to give up preaching the word of God in order to make distribution of food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:19 - And they came down to Ephesus and he left them there: and he himself went into the Synagogue and had a discussion with the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:3 - And when we had come in view of Cyprus, going past it on our left, we went on to Syria, and came to land at Tyre: for there the goods which were in the ship had to be taken out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:27 - But after two years Porcius Festus took the place of Felix, who, desiring to have the approval of the Jews, kept Paul in chains.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:14 - And as they were there for some days, Festus gave them Paul's story, saying, There is a certain man here who was put in prison by Felix:

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:4 - But what answer does God make to him? I have still seven thousand men whose knees have not been bent to Baal.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:31 - For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 3:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 3:1 - At last our desire to have news of you was so strong that, while we ourselves were waiting at Athens,

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:1 - Let us then, though we still have God's word that we may come into his rest, go in fear that some of you may be unable to do so.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:27 - By faith he went out of Egypt, not being turned from his purpose by fear of the wrath of the king; for he kept on his way, as seeing him who is unseen.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:15 - Turning out of the true way, they have gone wandering in error, after the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who was pleased to take payment for wrongdoing;
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