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To stop

διαλείπωStrong’s G1257

dialeipō

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Dialeipō is the Greek word usually translated “has ceased”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“Thou gavest me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet.”
Luke 7:45 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “has ceased”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • she has ceased 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Luke 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    διαλείπω dialeipō · to stop

    δια-λείπω [in LXX for יחל (as 1Ki.10:8), etc. ;] to intermit, leave off for a time: Luk.7:45.† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “stop” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    STOP, verb transitive

    [G., to stop to check, to pose, to fill, to cram, to stuff, to quilt, to darn, to mend. See Stifle. Latin, tow; to stuff, to crowd; to be stupefied, whence stupid, stupor, [that is, to stop or a stop ]

    The primary sense is either to cease to move, or to stuff, to press, to thrust in, to cram; probably the latter.]

    1. To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop a vent; to stop the ears; to stop wells of water. 2 Kings 3:19
    2. To obstruct; to render impassable; as, to stop a way, road or passage.
    3. To hinder; to impede; to arrest progress; as, to stop a passenger in the road; to stop the course of a stream.
    4. To restrain; to hinder; to suspend; as to stop the execution of a decree.
    All definitions and other forms of “stop”
    1. To repress; to suppress; to restrain; as, to stop the progress of vice.
    2. To hinder; to check; as, to stop the approaches of old age or infirmity.
    3. To hinder from action or practice.
    4. To put an end to any motion or action; to intercept; as, to stop the breath; to stop proceedings.
    5. To regulate the sounds of musical strings; as, to stop a string.
    6. In seamanship, to make fast.
    7. To point; as a written composition. [Not in use.]

    STOP, verb intransitive

    1. To cease to go forward.
    2. To cease from any motion or course of action.

    STOP, noun

    1. Cessation of progressive motion; as, to make a stop
    2. Hindrance of progress; obstruction; act of stopping.
    3. Repression; hindrance of operation or action.
    4. Interruption.
    5. Prohibition of sale; as the stop of wine and salt.
    6. That which obstructs; obstacle; impediment.
    7. The instrument by which the sounds of wind music are regulated; as the stops of a flute or an organ.
    8. Regulation of musical chords by the fingers.
    9. The act of applying the stops in music.
    10. A point or mark in writing, intended to distinguish the sentences, parts of a sentence or clauses, and to show the proper pauses in reading.

    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.