ἐγκαταλείπωenkataleípō
to leave behind in some place, i.e. (in a good sense) let remain over, or (in a bad sense) to desert
Greek (New Testament) · G1459
Meanings
1. to leave behind: ἡμῖν σπέρμα, Romans 9:29 (LXX).
2. to abandon, desert, forsake: with accusative of person, Matthew 27:46 (LXX), Mark 15:34 (ib.), Acts 2:27 (LXX), 2 Timothy 4:10, 2 Timothy 4:16, Hebrews 13:5 (LXX); τ. ἐπισυναγωγήν, Hebrews 10:25. Pass., Acts 2:31, 2 Corinthians 4:9.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 10 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 27:46 At about three o’clock, Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means “My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?”
- Mark 15:34 Then at three o’clock Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means “My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?”
- Acts 2:27 For you will not leave my soul among the dead or allow your Holy One to rot in the grave.
- Acts 2:31 David was looking into the future and speaking of the Messiah’s resurrection. He was saying that God would not leave him among the dead or allow his body to rot in the grave.
- Romans 9:29 And Isaiah said the same thing in another place: “If the Lord of Heaven’s Armies had not spared a few of our children, we would have been wiped out like Sodom, destroyed like Gomorrah.”
- 2 Corinthians 4:9 We are hunted down, but never abandoned by God. We get knocked down, but we are not destroyed.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.