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Greek verb · G2641

καταλείπω

kataleipokat-al-i'-po

to forsake, abandon; to leave remaining, reserve

23 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: kataleípō

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2641is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 9 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 12
    spellings
  • 2
    meanings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G2641

to leave down, i.e. behind; by implication, to abandon, have remaining

The King James renders it: forsake, leave, reserve.

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

kataleipo is rendered "to forsake, abandon; to leave remaining, reserve". It stands 23 times in the Greek text, across nine books.

  • Five of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
  • The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to forsake, abandon".
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 4:13Leaving Nazareth, He went and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,
  • The Greek text spells it twelve different ways.

The first use

Leaving Nazareth, He went and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,

Matthew 4:13καταλιπὼν

The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.

Where the word stands

The word stands in nine of the 27 New Testament books.

The other 18 New Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

The word carries two meanings: to forsake, abandon, and to leave remaining, reserve.

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

The English STEP Bible gives each use, word by word, and how many times.
to forsake, abandonMat.19:5, Mrk.10:7" (LXX) Mrk.14:52, Luk.5:28 15:4, Act.6:2, Eph.5:31" (LXX) .Tagged as
  • having left6
  • left3
  • will leave3
  • did leave1
  • having left behind1
  • having neglected1
  • he left1
  • he may leave behind1

and 3 more, 20 uses in all

WhereMatthew 19:5and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife…
to leave remaining, reserveTagged as
  • has left1
  • I have left1
  • while is left remaining1
WhereLuke 10:40But Martha was distracted by all the preparations to be made. She came to Jesus and said, “Lord…

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.

κατάkataaccording toUses468
καταβαίνωkatabainoto come/go downUses81
καταργέωkatargeoto abateUses27
καταλύωkatalyoto destroy/lodgeUses17
καταγγέλλωkatangelloto proclaimUses17
κατακρίνωkatakrinoto condemnUses15
κατανοέωkatanoeoto observeUses14
καταντάωkatantaoto come toUses13
καταρτίζωkatartizoto completeUses13
καταισχύνωkataischynoto dishonorUses13
καταλαμβάνωkatalambanoto graspUses13
κατακαίωkatakaioto burnUses12

and 93 more on the stem.

All 23, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

12 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

  • καταλιπὼν6
  • κατέλιπεν4
  • καταλείψει3
  • κατέλιπον2
  • καταλείπει1
  • καταλειπομένης1
  • καταλείποντες1
  • καταλειφθῆναι1
  • καταλείψαντας1
  • καταλελειμμένος1
  • καταλίπῃ1
  • καταλιπόντες1

The grammar of each form

  • verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular6V-2AAP-NSM
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular4V-2AAI-3S
  • verb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singular3V-FAI-3S
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singular1V-2AAI-1S
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-2AAI-3P
  • verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-2AAP-NPM
  • verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singular1V-2AAS-3S
  • verb · aorist active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine plural1V-AAP-APM
  • verb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)1V-APN
  • verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-PAI-3S
  • verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-PAP-NPM
  • verb · present passive, participle · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular1V-PPP-GSF

Matthew

four uses
  • Leaving Nazareth, He went and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,

    Matthew 4:13

    • καταλιπὼνkataliponverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having left
  • A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.” Then He left them and went away.

    Matthew 16:4

    • καταλιπὼνkataliponverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having left
  • and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?

    Matthew 19:5

    • καταλείψειkataleipseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will leave
  • Then He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where He spent the night.

    Matthew 21:17

    • καταλιπὼνkataliponverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having left

Mark

four uses
  • ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife,

    Mark 10:7

    • καταλείψειkataleipseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will leave
  • “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him.

    Mark 12:19

    • καταλίπῃkatalipeverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: he may leave behind
  • Then the second one married the widow, but he also died and left no children. And the third did likewise.

    Mark 12:21

    • καταλιπὼνkataliponverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having left
  • but he pulled free of the linen cloth and ran away naked.

    Mark 14:52

    • καταλιπὼνkataliponverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having left behind

Luke

four uses
  • and Levi got up, left everything, and followed Him.

    Luke 5:28

    • καταλιπὼνkataliponverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having left
  • But Martha was distracted by all the preparations to be made. She came to Jesus and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her to help me!”

    Luke 10:40

    • κατέλιπενkatelipenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has left
  • “What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the pasture and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?

    Luke 15:4

    • καταλείπειkataleipeiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: leaves
  • and the third married the widow, and in the same way all seven died, leaving no children.

    Luke 20:31

    • κατέλιπονkateliponverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: did leave

Acts

five uses
  • So the Twelve summoned all the disciples and said, “It is unacceptable for us to neglect the word of God in order to wait on tables.

    Acts 6:2

    • καταλείψανταςkataleipsantasverb · aorist active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: having neglected
  • When they reached Ephesus, Paul parted ways with Priscilla and Aquila. He himself went into the synagogue there and reasoned with the Jews.

    Acts 18:19

    • κατέλιπενkatelipenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: left
  • After sighting Cyprus and passing south of it, we sailed on to Syria and landed at Tyre, where the ship was to unload its cargo.

    Acts 21:3

    • καταλιπόντεςkatalipontesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having left
  • After two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus. And wishing to do the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul in prison.

    Acts 24:27

    • κατέλιπενkatelipenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: left
  • Since they were staying several days, Festus laid out Paul’s case before the king: “There is a certain man whom Felix left in prison.

    Acts 25:14

    • καταλελειμμένοςkataleleimmenosverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: left

Romans

one use
  • And what was the divine reply to him? “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”

    Romans 11:4

    • κατέλιπονkateliponverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I have left

Ephesians

one use
  • “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”

    Ephesians 5:31

    • καταλείψειkataleipseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will leave

1 Thessalonians

one use
  • So when we could bear it no longer, we were willing to be left on our own in Athens.

    1 Thessalonians 3:1

    • καταλειφθῆναιkataleiphthenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be left behind

Hebrews

two uses
  • Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be deemed to have fallen short of it.

    Hebrews 4:1

    • καταλειπομένηςkataleipomenesverb · present passive, participle · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: while is left remaining
  • By faith Moses left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw Him who is invisible.

    Hebrews 11:27

    • κατέλιπενkatelipenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he left

2 Peter

one use
  • They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.

    2 Peter 2:15

    • καταλείποντεςkataleipontesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: leaving

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.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESG (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0), the Brief lexicon based on Abbott-Smith (1922).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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