King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1257
Transliteration: dialeipō
Phonetic Spelling: (dee-al-i'-po)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to leave off
Meaning: to leave off
διαλείπω: (2 aorist διέλιπον); to interpose a delay, to intermit, leave off for a time something already begun: οὐ διέλιπε (T WH mrg, διελειπεν) καταφιλοῦσά (on the participle cf. Winers Grammar, § 45, 4 a.; (Buttmann, 300 (257))), she has not ceased kissing, has continually kissed, Luke 7:45. (Isaiah 5:14; Jeremiah 17:8; often in Greek writings from Herodotus down.)
Word Summary
dialeipō: to leave off
Original Word: διαλείπωTransliteration: dialeipō
Phonetic Spelling: (dee-al-i'-po)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to leave off
Meaning: to leave off
Strong's Concordance
cease. From dia and leipo; to leave off in the middle, i.e. Intermit -- cease.
see GREEK dia
see GREEK leipo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1257: διαλείπωδιαλείπω: (2 aorist διέλιπον); to interpose a delay, to intermit, leave off for a time something already begun: οὐ διέλιπε (T WH mrg, διελειπεν) καταφιλοῦσά (on the participle cf. Winers Grammar, § 45, 4 a.; (Buttmann, 300 (257))), she has not ceased kissing, has continually kissed, Luke 7:45. (Isaiah 5:14; Jeremiah 17:8; often in Greek writings from Herodotus down.)