Greek verb · G1459
ἐγκαταλείπω
enkataleipoeng-kat-al-i'-po
to leave behind; to abandon, desert, forsake
10 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: enkataleípō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1459is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 27New Testament books
- 9spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1459
to leave behind in some place, i.e. (in a good sense) let remain over, or (in a bad sense) to desert
The King James renders it: forsake, leave.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
enkataleipo is rendered "to leave behind; to abandon, desert, forsake". It stands 10 times in the Greek text, across seven books.
- Two of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to leave behind".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 27:46About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
- The Greek text spells it nine different ways.
The first use
About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
Matthew 27:46ἐγκατέλιπες;¶
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in seven of the 27 New Testament books.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: to leave behind, and to abandon, desert, forsake.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to leave behindἡμῖν σπέρμα, Rom.9:29 (LXX). | Tagged as
| WhereRomans 9:29It is just as Isaiah foretold: “Unless the Lord of Hosts had left us descendants… |
| to abandon, desert, forsake | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 27:46About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἐγκαλέω | enkaleo | to accuse | Uses7 |
| ἐγκαινίζω | enkainizo | to inaugurate | Uses2 |
| ἐγκαίνια | enkainia | Feast|Festival of Dedication | Uses1 |
| ἐγκάθετος | enkathetos | a spy | Uses1 |
| ἐγκατοικέω | enkatoikeo | to live among | Uses1 |
All 10, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
9 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἐγκατέλιπεν2
- ἐγκαταλειπόμενοι1
- ἐγκαταλείποντες1
- ἐγκαταλείψεις1
- ἐγκαταλίπω1
- ἐγκατελείφθη1
- ἐγκατέλιπές1
- ἐγκατέλιπες;¶1
- ἐγκατέλιπον1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-2AAI-3S
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person singular1V-2AAI-2S
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-2AAI-3P
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person singular1V-2AAS-1S
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person singular1V-AAI-2S
- verb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-API-3S
- verb · future active, indicative · 2nd person singular1V-FAI-2S
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-PAP-NPM
- verb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-PPP-NPM
Matthew
one use
About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
- ἐγκατέλιπες;¶egkatelipesverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: have you forsaken
Mark
one use
At the ninth hour, Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
- ἐγκατέλιπέςegkatelipesverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: have You forsaken
Acts
two uses
because You will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
- ἐγκαταλείψειςegkataleipseisverb · future active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: You will abandon
Foreseeing this, David spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that He was not abandoned to Hades, nor did His body see decay.
- ἐγκατελείφθηegkateleiphtheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was He left behind
Romans
one use
It is just as Isaiah foretold: “Unless the Lord of Hosts had left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.”
- ἐγκατέλιπενegkatelipenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: had left
2 Corinthians
one use
persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed.
- ἐγκαταλειπόμενοιegkataleipomenoiverb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: being forsaken
2 Timothy
two uses
because Demas, in his love of this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.
- ἐγκατέλιπενegkatelipenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has deserted
At my first defense, no one stood with me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be charged against them.
- ἐγκατέλιπονegkateliponverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: deserted
Hebrews
two uses
Let us not neglect meeting together, as some have made a habit, but let us encourage one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
- ἐγκαταλείποντεςegkataleipontesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: forsaking
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”
- ἐγκαταλίπωegkatalipoverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person singulartagged: shall I forsake
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.