STRONGS NUMBER G1459

Original Word: ἐγκαταλείπω
Transliteration: enkataleipō
Phonetic Spelling: (eng-kat-al-i'-po)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to leave behind, (in a good sense) let remain over or (in a bad sense) desert
Meaning: to leave behind, (in a good sense) let remain over or (in a bad sense) desertforsake, leave.

From en and kataleipo; to leave behind in some place, i.e. (in a good sense) let remain over, or (in a bad sense) to desert -- forsake, leave.

see GREEK en

see GREEK kataleipo

STRONGS NT 1459: ἐγκαταλείπω

ἐγκαταλείπω (Acts 2:27, 31, T WH ἐνκαταλείπω.; T also in Romans 9:29, see his note and cf. ἐν, III. 3); (imperfect ἐγκατελειπον (WH text in 2 Timothy 4:10, 16)); future ἐγκαταλείψω; 2 aorist ἐγκατέλιπον; passive (present ἐγκαταλείπομαι) 1 aorist ἐγκατελειφθην; the Sept. for עָזַב;

1. to abandon, desert (ἐν equivalent to ἐν τίνι, in some place or condition), i. e. to leave in straits, leave helpless, (colloquial, leave in the lurch): τινα, Matthew 27:46 and Mark 15:34 from Psalm 21:2 (); Hebrews 13:5; passive 2 Corinthians 4:9; after the Hebrew עָזַב with לְ, τινα εἰς ᾅδου (or ᾅδην), by forsaking one to let hlm go into Hades, abandon unto Hades, Acts 2:27, 31 (not R). to desert, forsake: τινα, 2 Timothy 4:10, 16; τήν ἐπισυναγωγήν, Hebrews 10:25.

2. to leave behind among, to leave surviving: ἡμῖν σπέρμα, Romans 9:29 from Isaiah 1:9. (Hesiod, Works, 376; Thucydides, and following.)