To leave
ἀπολείπωStrong’s G0620apoleipō
Appears in 9 verses of the New Testament
In short
Apoleipō is the Greek word usually translated “left”, “divorced” and “separated her”. It appears in 9 verses of the New Testament.
“For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:”
Meaning
Usually translated “left”, “divorced” and “separated her”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- i left 3
- divorced 1
- separated her 1
- it remains 1
- there remains 1
- remains 1
- having left 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Hebrews 3
- 2 Timothy 2
- Matthew 1
- Luke 1
- Titus 1
- Jude 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Jude 1:6In contextAnd the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
- Matthew 5:32But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
- Luke 16:18Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.
- 2 Timothy 4:13The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee, and the books, but especially the parchments.
- 2 Timothy 4:20Erastus abode at Corinth: but Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick.
- Hebrews 4:6Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief:
Greek dictionary
ἀπολείπω apoleipō · to leave
ἀπο-λείπω [in LXX for H2308 יָתַר, etc. ;] 1. to leave, leave behind (in π. a term. techn. in wills; see MM, see word): 2Ti.4:13 4:20, Tit.1:5; pass., to be reserved, remain: Heb.4:6, 9 10:26. 2. to desert, abandon: Ju 6.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “left” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
LEFT, adjective
[Latin lavus; Gr. probably from the root of leave, Gr. and properly weak, deficient. Applied to the hand or arm, it denotes the weak arm, as opposed to the right, the strong or dextrous. Hence the ancient idea of sinister, unfortunate, attached to the left arm or side.]
- Denoting the part opposed to the right of the body; as the left hand, arm or side.
- The left bank of a river, is that which is on the left hand of a person whose face is towards the mouth of the river.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.