G1587 – ekleipo – ἐκλείπω – fail
- Strong’s ID:
- G1587
- Greek Word:
- ἐκλείπω
- Transliteration:
- ekleipo
- Pronunciation:
- ek-li’-po
- Part of Speech:
- verb
- Usage Count:
- 3
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- Find “ekleipo” in the Bible (New Testament)
Strong’s Greek Lexicon
from G1537 and G3007; to omit, i.e. (by implication) cease (die):—fail.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
1) fail
1a) to leave out, omit, pass by
1b) to leave, quit
2) to fail
2a) to leave off, cease, stop
2b) of the failing or eclipse of the light of the sun and the moon
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.