King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1952
Transliteration: epileipō
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ee-li'-po)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to fail
Meaning: to fail
ἐπιλείπω: future ἐπιλειψω; to fail, not to suffice for (any purpose, for the attainment of an end): τινα ὁ χρόνος, time fails one, Hebrews 11:32 and many like examples in Greek writings from Demosthenes down; see Bleek, Brief an d. Hebrews 2:2, p. 818.
Word Summary
epileipō: to fail
Original Word: ἐπιλείπωTransliteration: epileipō
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ee-li'-po)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to fail
Meaning: to fail
Strong's Concordance
fail. From epi and leipo; to leave upon, i.e. (figuratively) to be insufficient for -- fail.
see GREEK epi
see GREEK leipo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1952: ἐπιλείπωἐπιλείπω: future ἐπιλειψω; to fail, not to suffice for (any purpose, for the attainment of an end): τινα ὁ χρόνος, time fails one, Hebrews 11:32 and many like examples in Greek writings from Demosthenes down; see Bleek, Brief an d. Hebrews 2:2, p. 818.
STRONGS NT 1952a: ἐπιλείχωἐπιλείχω: imperfect ἐπέλειχον; to lick the surface of, lick over ((cf. ἐπί, D. 1); German belecken): with the accusative of a thing, Luke 16:21 L T Tr WH; (in Long. past. 1, 24 (11) a variant for ἐπιτρέχω).