To leave behind
καταλείπωStrong’s G2641kataleipō
Appears in 24 verses of the New Testament
In short
Kataleipō is the Greek word usually translated “having left”, “leave” and “left”. It appears in 24 verses of the New Testament.
“Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;”
Meaning
Usually translated “having left”, “leave” and “left”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- having left 6
- will leave 3
- left 3
- he may leave behind 1
- having left behind 1
- has left 1
- leaves 1
- did leave 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 5
- Matthew 4
- Mark 4
- Luke 4
- Hebrews 2
- John 1
10 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 4:13And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:
- Matthew 16:4A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.
- Matthew 19:5And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
- Matthew 21:17And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there.
- Mark 10:7For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;
- Mark 12:19Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man’s brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
Greek dictionary
καταλείπω kataleipō · to leave behind
κατα-λείπω [in LXX chiefly far שָׁאַר, ni., hi., also for עָזַב, יָתַר, etc. ;] 1 1, to leave behind, leave: with accusative of person(s) (of thing(s)), Mat.4:13, Mrk.12:19, 21, Luk.20:31, Act.24:27 25:14, Heb.11:27; of sailing by a place, Act.21:3; ptcp., καταλιπών, redundant (Dalman, Words, 21 f.), Mat.16:4 21:17; pass., Jhn.8:9, 1Th.3:1; metaphorically, εὐθεῖαν ὁδόν, 2Pe.2:15. 2. to forsake, abandon: Mat.19:5, Mrk.10:7" (LXX) Mrk.14:52, Luk.5:28 15:4, Act.6:2, Eph.5:31" (LXX) . …
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.