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verb

Greekλείπω (leipō)
Biblang

leipamō

Strong’sG3007

I lack, am left behind

stem leip-6 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books5 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.

λείπω,

[in LXX: Jb 4:11, Pr 19:1 (4) (פּרד), al.;]

1. trans., to leave, leave behind; pass., to be left behind, to lack seq. prep. (as more usual in cl.), ἐν, Ja 1:4; c. gen. rei, Ja 1:5 2:15.
2. Intrans., to be gone, to be wanting: c. dat. pers., Lk 18:22, Tit 3:13; τὰ λείποντα, Tit 1:5 (cf. ἀπο-, δια-, ἐκ-, ἐπι-, κατα-, ἐν-κατα-, περι-, ὑπο-λείπω).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3007 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidli'-po

to leave, i.e. (intransitively or passively) to fail or be absent

Froma primary verb;

King Jamesbe destitute (wanting), lack.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
λείπω,
imperfect ἔλειπον Refs 8th c.BC+: future λείψω Refsaorist 1 ἔλειψα, participle λείψας Refs 5th c.BC+; uncompounded, Refs 1st c.BC+; also in later Poets, Refs 3rd c.AD+, etc.: but correct writers normally use aorist 2 ἔλῐπον Refs 8th c.BC+, etc.: perfect λέλοιπα Refs 8th c.BC+pluperfect ἐλελοίπειν (Attic dialect -η) Refs 5th c.BC+:—middle, in properly sense chiefly in compounds: aorist 2 ἐλιπόμην Refs 8th c.BC+:—passive, future middle in passive sense λείψομαι Refs 8th c.BC+; also λειφθήσομαι Refs 8th c.BC+: aorist ἐλείφθην, λείφθην Refs 5th c.BC+; Epic dialect 3rd.pers. plural ἔλειφθεν Refs: perfect λέλειμμαι Refs 8th c.BC+: pluperfect ἐλελείμμην Refs 8th c.BC+; Epic dialect λέλειπτο Refs: Epic dialect aorist also ἔλειπτο Refs 3rd c.BC+
1 leave, quit, Ἑλλάδα, δώματα, etc., Refs 8th c.BC+; χερσὶν ὕπο Τρώων λείψειν φάος ἠελίοιο, i.e. die, be killed, Refs 8th c.BC+; λ. βίον, βίοτον, etc., Refs 5th c.BC+
1.b conversely, τὸν δ᾽ ἔλιπε ψυχή Refs 8th c.BC+; ψυχὴ δὲ λέλοιπεν (i.e. ὀστέα) Refs 8th c.BC+; in these two last passages some take it intransitive, is gone, see below Refs
2 leave behind, leave at home, παιδὶ τὸν ἐν μεγάροισιν ἔλειπες Refs 8th c.BC+; especially of dying men, leave (as a legacy), Ἀτρεὺς δὲ θνῄσκων ἔλιπεν πολύαρνι Θυέστῃ [τὸσκῆπτρονRefs 5th c.BC+; λ. ἄρρενας, θυγατέρας, Refs 5th c.BC+:—also in middle, leave behind one (as a memorial to posterity), μνημόσυνον λιπέσθαι Refs 5th c.BC+
2.b leave standing, leave remaining, spare, οἰκίαν οὐδεμίαν Refs 5th c.BC+
3 leave, forsake, Refs 8th c.BC+; τὴν αὑτοῦ φύσιν λ.Refs 5th c.BC+; λ. ἐράνους fail in paying.., Refs 4th c.BC+; λ. δασμόν, φοράν, Refs 5th c.BC+; λ. μαρτυρίαν, ὅρκον, fail in.., Refs 4th c.BC+ allow it to go by default, Refs 4th c.BC+; λοιβὰς.. οὐ λίπε neglected them not, Refs
3.b conversely, λίπον ἰοὶ ἄνακτα they failed him, Refs 8th c.BC+
4 in Mathematics texts, lose or drop something, i.e. have something subtracted from it, τὸ KP λιπὸν τὸ BO the area KP minus the area BO, Refs 3rd c.BC+
II intransitive, to be gone, depart, Refs; see above 1.1b.
II.2 to be wanting or missing, οὔ τί πω ἔλιπεν ἐκ τοῦδ᾽ οἴκου.. αἰκία Refs 5th c.BC+; λείπουσιν αἱ ἐκ τῆς κεφαλῆς [τρίχες] NT+4th c.BC+; τί λείπει τῶν ἐπιτηδείων αὐταῖ; Refs 2nd c.BC+; τί γάρ σοι λείπε; Refs 2nd c.AD+; [εἰς τὴν προκειμένην πραγματείαν] τὸ ὑφ᾽ οὗ γίνεται.. μὴ ῥηθὲν οὐ λείπει is not needed, Refs 2nd c.AD+infinitive, λείπει μὲν οὐδ᾽ ἃ πρόσθεν ἤδεμεν τὸ μὴ οὐ βαρύστον᾽ εἶναι nihil absunt quin.., Refs 5th c.BC+; πρότασις τῆς προειρημένης λείπουσα ὑποθέσει a proposition containing less in the hypothesis than that aforesaid, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸ λεῖπον what is lacking, Refs 2nd c.BC+; esp. Grammars, to be incomplete, of a phrase, λειπούσης τῆς φράσεως Refs 2nd c.AD+; to be wanting, omitted, λείποντος τοῦ καί Refs
II.2.b of the moon, to be invisible (compare λειψιφαής), Refs 3rd c.AD+
II.2.c λείποντα εἴδη, in Algebra, ={λείψεις}, negative terms, Refs 3rd c.AD+
B passive, to be left, left behind, ἄλοχος Φυλάκῃ ἐλέλειπτο Refs 8th c.BC+; also ὀπίσσω, μετόπισθε, κατόπισθε λ., Refs 8th c.BC+; παῖδες.. μετόπισθε λελειμμένοι left behind in Troy, Refs 8th c.BC+; τὸ λειπόμενον βίου (variant{βιοτᾶς}) Refs 4th c.BC+
B.b in Mathematics texts, to be subtracted: τὸ ἀπὸ τῆς ΔΦ λειφθὲν ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀπὸ τῆς ΔΑ ποιεῖ.., the square on ΔΦ subtracted from the square on ΔΑ gives.., Refs 1st c.BC+
B.2 remain, remain over and above, τριτάτη δ᾽ ἔτι μοῖρα λέλειπται Refs 8th c.BC+ it remains, Refs 5th c.BC+: c.accusative et infinitive, πεπληρῶσθαί με Refs
B.3 remain alive, πολλοὶ δὲ λίποντο Refs 8th c.BC+
B.II with genitive,
B.II.1 to be left without, to be forsaken of, κτεάνων λειφθεὶς καὶ φίλων Refs 5th c.BC+; but στρατὸν λελειμμένον δορός which has been left by the spear, i.e. not slain, Refs 4th c.BC+
B.II.2 to be left behind in a race, Refs 8th c.BC+; λελειμμένος οἰῶν lingering behind the sheep, Refs; λείπετ᾽.. Μενελάου δουρὸς ἐρωήν he was left a spear's throw behind Menelaus, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἐς δίσκουρα λέλειπτο he had been left behind as much as a quoit's throw,Refs 5th c.BC+; τοῦ κήρυκος μὴ λείπεσθαι not to lag behind the herald, Refs 5th c.BC+; but ἀπό τινος to be left behind by one, Refs 8th c.BC+; λ. βασιλέος or ἀπὸ βασιλέος by the king, Refs 5th c.BC+; λείπεσθαι τοῦ καιροῦ to be behind time, Refs 5th c.BC+; but, λείπου μηδὲ σύ, παρθέν᾽, ἀπ᾽ οἴκων fail not [to come] from the house, i.e. follow us, uncertain in Refs 5th c.BC+: absolutely, to be left behind, be absent, Refs 5th c.BC+
B.II.3 come short of, be inferior to, τινος, like{ἐλαττοῦσθαι, ἡττᾶσθαι, ὑστερεῖσθαί τινος}, because the Verb has a comparative sense, Refs; οὐκ ἔσθ᾽ ὁποίας λείπεται τόδ᾽ ἡδονῆς falls short of.., Refs 5th c.BC+; λείπεσθαί τινος ἔς τι or ἔν τινι, Refs 5th c.BC+; οὐδ᾽ ἔτι θηρὸς ἐλείπετο δερκομένοισιν, i.e. resembled.., Epic.in Refs 5th c.BC+ the inscribed figure falls short of the circumscribed by less than.., Refs 4th c.BC+: with participle, οὐδὲν ἐμοῦ λείπει γιγνώσκων Refs 5th c.BC+; λέλειψαι τῶν ἐμῶν βουλευμάτων you come short of, understand not my plans, Refs 5th c.BC+: absolutely, to be defeated, Refs 2nd c.BC+; λείπεσθαι ἐν [τῇ ἀγορανομίᾳ], Latin repulsam ferre, Refs 1st c.AD+participle, ἄνδρας λελειμμένους inferior men, Refs 4th c.BC+the poor, Refs
B.II.4 to be wanting or lacking in a thing, fail of or in, with genitive, ὀδυρμάτων ἐλείπετ᾽ οὐδέν Refs 5th c.BC+; λελ. λόγου failing to heed my word, Refs 5th c.BC+; μῆνας ἓξ.. λειπόμενος (i.e. τῶν εἴκοσι ἐτῶν) Refs; also, λ. ἐν τῷ μὴ δύνασθαι μηδ᾽ ὁρᾶν Refs 5th c.BC+
B.II.5 to be in need of, τῆς σῆς βοηθείας Refs 5th c.BC+ leiq[uglide]-, cf. Latin li-n-quo, Sanskrit ric-, present 3rd.pers. singular ri-ṇa-k-ti 'leaves', etc.)

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.

lack2×lacking2×lacks1×what remained1×

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 itWhat it isUsuallyTimes
leipatōλείπειhappening now · he/she/itpresent active indicative 3rd person singularlack1×
leipotōλείπεταιhappening now · he/she/itpresent middle or passive indicative 3rd person singularlacks1×
leipateiōλείπῃhappening now · he/she/itpresent active subjunctive 3rd person singularlack1×
leiparōnteimλείπονταhappening now · objectpresent active participle direct plural neuterwhat remained1×
leiporōntoisλειπόμενοιhappening now · subjectpresent middle or passive participle nominative plural masculinelacking2×

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 140, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 2 occurrences

the subject acts active voice

Who personhappening now presentwas happening imperfectwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfecthad happened pluperfect
I 1st person singularleipamōleipameleipamileipamaleipamēleipamelē
you 2nd person singularleipasōleipaseleipasileipasaleipasēleipaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singularleipatō1×λείπειleipateleipatileipataleipatēleipatelē
we 1st person pluralleipanōleipaneleipanileipanaleipanēleipanelē
ye 2nd person pluralleipavōleipaveleipavileipavaleipavēleipavelē
they 3rd person pluralleipalōleipaleleipalileipalaleipalēleipalelē

acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice

Who personhappening now presentwas happening imperfecthas happened perfecthad happened pluperfect
I 1st person singularleipomōleipomeleipomēleipomelē
you 2nd person singularleiposōleiposeleiposēleiposelē
he/she/it 3rd person singularleipotō1×λείπεταιleipoteleipotēleipotelē
we 1st person pluralleiponōleiponeleiponēleiponelē
ye 2nd person pluralleipovōleipoveleipovēleipovelē
they 3rd person pluralleipolōleipoleleipolēleipolelē
May, might — subjunctive mood, 1 occurrence

the subject acts active voice

Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
I 1st person singularleipameiōleipameialeipameiē
you 2nd person singularleipaseiōleipaseialeipaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singularleipateiō1×λείπῃleipateialeipateiē
we 1st person pluralleipaneiōleipaneialeipaneiē
ye 2nd person pluralleipaveiōleipaveialeipaveiē
they 3rd person pluralleipaleiōleipaleialeipaleiē

acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice

Who personhappening now presenthas happened perfect
I 1st person singularleipomeiōleipomeiē
you 2nd person singularleiposeiōleiposeiē
he/she/it 3rd person singularleipoteiōleipoteiē
we 1st person pluralleiponeiōleiponeiē
ye 2nd person pluralleipoveiōleipoveiē
they 3rd person pluralleipoleiōleipoleiē
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

the subject acts active voice

Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
you 2nd person singularleipasōrleipasarleipasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singularleipatōrleipatarleipatēr
ye 2nd person pluralleipavōrleipavarleipavēr
they 3rd person pluralleipalōrleipalarleipalēr

acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice

Who personhappening now presenthas happened perfect
you 2nd person singularleiposōrleiposēr
he/she/it 3rd person singularleipotōrleipotēr
ye 2nd person pluralleipovōrleipovēr
they 3rd person pluralleipolōrleipolēr
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

the subject acts active voice

Who personhappening now presenthappened aorist
I 1st person singularleipamoiōleipamoia
you 2nd person singularleipasoiōleipasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singularleipatoiōleipatoia
we 1st person pluralleipanoiōleipanoia
ye 2nd person pluralleipavoiōleipavoia
they 3rd person pluralleipaloiōleipaloia

acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice

Who personhappening now present
I 1st person singularleipomoiō
you 2nd person singularleiposoiō
he/she/it 3rd person singularleipotoiō
we 1st person pluralleiponoiō
ye 2nd person pluralleipovoiō
they 3rd person pluralleipoloiō
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
the subject acts active voiceleiparōleiparileiparaleiparē
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voiceleiporōleiporē
Used as an adjective — participle, 3 occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
the subject acts active voiceleiparōntos1×leiparintosleiparantosleiparēntos
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voiceleiporōntos2×leiporēntos

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
leipstem+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

leip 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.

6 occurrences, every one of them listed

leipatō“lack”happening now · he/she/itpresent active indicative 3rd person singular1×

Luke 18:22… Iēsus legata auto; Ēti henem si leipatō; panteim hoseim echasō pōlasar kai diadōasar …… this, Jesus told him, “You still lack one thing: Sell everything you own …

leipotō“lacks”happening now · he/she/itpresent middle or passive indicative 3rd person singular1×

James 1:5Ei de tinos vu leipotō sofiau, aitatōr para tou dōarōntou theou …Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who …

leipateiō“lack”happening now · he/she/itpresent active subjunctive 3rd person singular1×

Titus 3:13“lack”… Apollon spoudaiōs propempasar, hina mēdenem autoi leipateiō.… lawyer and Apollos, so that they will have …

leiparōnteim“what remained”happening now · objectpresent active participle direct plural neuter1×

Titus 1:5“what remained”… apolipama sin en Krēta hina teim leiparōnteim epidiortheseia, kai katastēaseia kata polan presbuteroin, …The reason I left you in Crete was that you would set in order what was unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I …

leiporōntois“lacking”happening now · subjectpresent middle or passive participle nominative plural masculine2×

James 1:4… aveiō teleiois kai holoklērois, en mēdene leiporōntois.… may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

James 2:15“lacking”… adelfos ē adelfas gumnois huparchaleiō kai leiporōntois tau efēmerau trofēau,Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food.