ΕΛΛΙΠΕΙΝ, ελλιπειν
ELLIPEIN, ellipein
Sounds Like: el-li-PEIN
Translations: to fail, to be lacking, to fall short, to be wanting, to be left behind, to be insufficient
From the root: ΕΛΛΕΙΠΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means to fail, to be lacking, or to fall short. It describes a state where something is missing or insufficient, or an action where one fails to meet a standard or complete a task. It can also imply being left behind or abandoned.
Inflection: Infinitive, Aorist, Active
Strong’s number: G1633 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Epistle 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, ΕΛΛΕΙΠΩ.
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.
- ἘΛΛΕΙΠΗΤΕ — you fail, you lack, you fall short, you omit, you leave out, you are wanting
- ἘΛΛΕΙΠΟΝΤΕΣ — lacking, failing, falling short, being deficient, being wanting
- ἘΛΛΕΙΠΩΝ — lacking, failing, deficient, wanting, missing
- ἘΛΛΕΙΨΕΙΝ — to fail, to be wanting, to be lacking, to fall short, to be insufficient, to be left behind, to be missing
- ἘΛΛΕΛΕΙΜΜΕΝΑ — lacking, deficient, left behind, omitted, defective, things lacking, things left behind
- ἘΛΛΙΠΟΝΤΟΣ — of failing, of lacking, of being left behind, of being deficient, of abandoning
- ἘΛΛΙΠΩΝ — lacking, failing, deficient, falling short, leaving behind
- ἘΝΛΕΙΠΟΝ — lacking, failing, missing, leaving behind, falling short
- ΕΛΛΕΙΠΩ — to fail, to be wanting, to be lacking, to be deficient, to fall short, to leave behind, to omit
- ΕΛΛΕΛΕΙΜΜΕΝΑ — things left behind, things lacking, things omitted, things defective, things wanting
- ΕΛΛΙΠΩΝ — lacking, failing, deficient, leaving behind, abandoning, falling short
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