καταλείπωkataleípō
to leave down, i.e. behind; by implication, to abandon, have remaining
Greek (New Testament) · G2641
Meanings
1 to leave behind, leave: with accusative of person (rei), Matthew 4:13, Mark 12:19, Mark 12:21, Luke 20:31, Acts 24:27, Acts 25:14, Hebrews 11:27; of sailing by a place, Acts 21:3; participle, καταλιπών, redundant, Matthew 16:4, Matthew 21:17; passive, John 8:9, 1 Thessalonians 3:1; metaphorically, εὐθεῖαν ὁδόν, 2 Peter 2:15.
2. to forsake, abandon: Matthew 19:5, Mark 10:7(LXX) Mark 14:52, Luke 5:28, Luke 15:4, Acts 6:2, Ephesians 5:31(LXX).
3. to leave remaining, reserve: with accusative et infinitive, Luke 10:40; ἐμαυτῷ, Romans 11:4(LXX); passive, Hebrews 4:1 (cf. ἐν-κατα-λείπω).
Same root
- κατάkatá · G2596(prepositionally) down (in place or time), in varied relations (according to the case (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined)
- λείπωleípō · G3007to leave, i.e. (intransitively or passively) to fail or be absent
- ἐγκαταλείπωenkataleípō · G1459to leave behind in some place, i.e. (in a good sense) let remain over, or (in a bad sense) to desert
- κατάλειμμαkatáleimma · G2640a remainder, i.e. (by implication) a few
Where it appears
Appears 23 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 4:13 He went first to Nazareth, then left there and moved to Capernaum, beside the Sea of Galilee, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali.
- Matthew 16:4 Only an evil, adulterous generation would demand a miraculous sign, but the only sign I will give them is the sign of the prophet Jonah.” Then Jesus left them and went away.
- Matthew 19:5 And he said, “‘This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.’
- Matthew 21:17 Then he returned to Bethany, where he stayed overnight.
- Mark 10:7 ‘This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife,
- Mark 12:19 “Teacher, Moses gave us a law that if a man dies, leaving a wife without children, his brother should marry the widow and have a child who will carry on the brother’s name.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.