verb
epileipamō
Strong’sG1952
I fail, fall short
stem epileip-once in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ἐπι-λείπω
[in LXX: Ob 5 א1 R (שָׁאַר hi.) *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1952 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
leave behind, ἐπὶ δὲ πλεῖον ἐλέλειπτο Refs 8th c.BC+ codices:—middle, leave behind, of gleanings, variant in LXX:— passive, c.genitive, fall short of, παντὸς ἀριθμοῦ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epinomis” 978b: with dative, τῇ δυνάμει, τῇ οὐσίᾳRefs
2. leave untouched, ὡς οὔτ᾽ ἂν τῶν ἐμῶν ἐπιλίποιμι οὐδὲν οὔτε τῶν φίλων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 310e: c.participle, μυρία ἐ. λέγων Refs
II. of things, fail one, c.accusative person, ἥβην.., ἥ μ᾽ ἐπιλείπει Refs 6th c.BC+; so τῶν ὄμβρων ἐπιλιπόντων αὐτούς (i.e. τοὺς ποταμούς) Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐπειδὰν αὐτοὺς ἐπιλίπωσιν ἐλπίδες 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.103: c.infinitive, [ὁ νόμος] ἐμοὶ μόνῳ ἐπέλιπε μὴ ὠφελῆσαι 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.17; ἐπιλίποι ἂν ἡμᾶς ὁ χρόνος time would fail me, NT; τὸ ὕδωρ ἡμᾶς ἐ. Refs; ἐπιλείψει με λέγονθ᾽ ἡ ἡμέρα 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.296: later, c.dativeRefs 1st c.AD+
II.2. Refs 5th c.BC+ leave their stream unfilled, run dry, Refs 5th c.BC+; without ῥέεθρον, fail, run dry,Refs 4th c.BC+
II.3. generally, fail, be wanting, ἵνα μὴ ἐπιλίπῃ κατεσθιόμενα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.108; σῖτος ἐπιλιπών a deficiency of it, Refs; τὰ ἐπιτήδεια ἐ. Refs; ὥστε τὸν λόγον μηδέποτε ἐ. Refs; opposed to περιγίγνεσθαι, Refs: c.genitive, fall short, σπουδῆς οὐθὲν ἐ. Refs
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| epileipatiἐπιλείψει | will happen · he/she/itfuture active indicative 3rd person singular | fail | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | epileipamō | epileipame | epileipami | epileipama | epileipamē | epileipamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | epileipasō | epileipase | epileipasi | epileipasa | epileipasē | epileipaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | epileipatō | epileipate | epileipati1×ἐπιλείψει | epileipata | epileipatē | epileipatelē |
| we 1st person plural | epileipanō | epileipane | epileipani | epileipana | epileipanē | epileipanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | epileipavō | epileipave | epileipavi | epileipava | epileipavē | epileipavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | epileipalō | epileipale | epileipali | epileipala | epileipalē | epileipalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | epileipameiō | epileipameia | epileipameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | epileipaseiō | epileipaseia | epileipaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | epileipateiō | epileipateia | epileipateiē |
| we 1st person plural | epileipaneiō | epileipaneia | epileipaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | epileipaveiō | epileipaveia | epileipaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | epileipaleiō | epileipaleia | epileipaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | epileipasōr | epileipasar | epileipasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | epileipatōr | epileipatar | epileipatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | epileipavōr | epileipavar | epileipavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | epileipalōr | epileipalar | epileipalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | epileipamoiō | epileipamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | epileipasoiō | epileipasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | epileipatoiō | epileipatoia |
| we 1st person plural | epileipanoiō | epileipanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | epileipavoiō | epileipavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | epileipaloiō | epileipaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | epileiparō | epileipari | epileipara | epileiparē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | epileiparōntos | epileiparintos | epileiparantos | epileiparēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
epileip is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
epileipati“fail”will happen · he/she/itfuture active indicative 3rd person singular1×
Hebrews 11:32“fail”Kai tinem ēti legameiō? epileipati min gar diēgorōnton tos chronos peri …And what more shall I say? Time will not allow me to tell of Gideon, Barak …