ἘΓΚΑΤΑΛΕΙΠΩ, ἐγκαταλειπω
EGKATALEIPŌ, egkataleipō
Sounds Like: eng-ka-ta-LEI-po
Translations: abandon, forsake, leave behind, desert, neglect
From the root: ἘΓΚΑΤΑΛΕΙΠΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the prefix 'ἐν' (en, meaning 'in' or 'among'), 'κατά' (kata, meaning 'down' or 'against'), and 'λείπω' (leipo, meaning 'to leave'). It means to abandon, forsake, or leave someone or something behind, often implying a sense of desertion or neglect. It can be used in various contexts, such as leaving a place, abandoning a person, or neglecting a duty.
Inflection: Present, Active, Indicative, First Person Singular
Strong’s number: G1459 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 28:15
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Hebrews — 13:5
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΓΚΑΤΑΛΕΙΠΩ.
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.
- ἘΓΚΑΤΑΛΕΙΠΟΜΕΝΟΙ — forsaken, abandoned, left behind, deserted
- ἘΓΚΑΤΑΛΕΙΠΟΝΤΑ — abandoning, forsaking, leaving behind, deserting, giving up
- ἘΓΚΑΤΑΛΕΙΦΘΕΝ — abandoned, forsaken, left behind, deserted
- ἘΓΚΑΤΑΛΕΙΨΩ — I will abandon, I will forsake, I will leave behind, I will desert
- ἘΓΚΑΤΑΛΗΦΘΕΝ — left behind, abandoned, forsaken, deserted
- ἘΓΚΑΤΑΛΙΠΟΝ — forsaking, abandoning, leaving behind
- ἘΝΚΑΤΑΛΕΙΨΕΙ — will abandon, will forsake, will leave behind, will desert
- ἘΝΚΑΤΑΛΕΛΕΙΜΜΕΝΟΝ — abandoned, forsaken, left behind, an abandoned thing
- ἘΝΚΑΤΑΛΕΛΕΙΠΤΑΙ — has been left behind, has been forsaken, has been abandoned
- ἘΝΚΑΤΑΛΕΛΟΙΠΑ — I have left behind, I have forsaken, I have abandoned, I have deserted
- ἘΝΚΑΤΑΛΙΠΕ — abandon, forsake, leave behind, desert, neglect
- ἘΝΚΑΤΑΛΙΠΕΙΝ — to abandon, to forsake, to leave behind, to desert
- ἘΝΚΑΤΑΛΙΠΗΤΕ — you may forsake, you may abandon, you may leave behind, you may desert
- ἘΝΚΑΤΕΛΙΠΟΝ — I forsook, they forsook, I abandoned, they abandoned, I left behind, they left behind
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