ἘΛΛΕΙΠΕΙΝ, ἐλλειπειν
ELLEIPEIN, elleipein
Sounds Like: el-LI-peen
Translations: to lack, to fail, to be wanting, to fall short, to be deficient
From the root: ἘΛΛΕΙΠΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from the preposition 'ἐν' (in) and the verb 'λείπω' (to leave, to lack). It means to be lacking in something, to fail, or to fall short of a standard or expectation. It describes a state of deficiency or absence.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G1633 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Barnabus
- Letter of Barnabas — 4:9
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΛΛΕΙΠΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΛΛΕΙΠΟΝΤΑ — lacking, failing, deficient, missing, what is lacking, things lacking
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