Biblica Analytica

ἐγκαταλείπω

egkataleipō (G1459)

to leave behind

10 verses 7 books OT 0 / NT 10
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The Greek word ἐγκαταλείπω (egkataleipō) is defined as "to leave behind." Its primary semantic domain relates to Movement & Travel, indicating that it is often used in contexts of departure, abandonment, or being left unchecked. With 10 occurrences in the Bible, this word has some significant usage in the Greek New Testament. Its usage suggests that the word can refer to both literal and metaphorical leaving behind of things, people, or ideas. The word can indicate physical abandonment or separation, as well as neglecting or failing to attend to something or someone. Its meaning is somewhat nuanced, conveying both a sense of movement away from something and a sense of being left without attention or supervision.

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Matthew 27:46

About the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lima sabachthani?” That is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

Mark 15:34

At the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” which is, being interpreted, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

Acts 2:27

because you will not leave my soul in Hades, neither will you allow your Holy One to see decay.

Acts 2:31

he foreseeing this spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that his soul wasn’t left in Hades, and his flesh didn’t see decay.

Romans 9:29

As Isaiah has said before, “Unless the Lord of Armies had left us a seed, we would have become like Sodom, and would have been made like Gomorrah.”

2 Corinthians 4:9

pursued, yet not forsaken; struck down, yet not destroyed;

2 Timothy 4:10

for Demas left me, having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia; and Titus to Dalmatia.

2 Timothy 4:16

At my first defense, no one came to help me, but all left me. May it not be held against them.

Hebrews 10:25

not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.

Hebrews 13:5

Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”