Quick Definition
I cease, give over, give up
Strong's Definition
to leave off in the middle, i.e. intermit
Derivation: from G1223 (διά) and G3007 (λείπω);
KJV Usage: cease
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
διαλείπω: (2 aorist διέλιπον); to interpose a delay, to intermit, leave off for a time something already begun: οὐ διέλιπε (T WH mrg, διελειπεν) καταφιλοῦσά (on the participle cf. Winers Grammar, § 45, 4 a.; (Buttmann, 300 (257))), she has not ceased kissing, has continually kissed, Luk_7:45. (Isa_5:14; Jer_17:8; often in Greek writings from Herodotus down.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
διαλείπω dialeipō 1x
to leave an interval; to intermit, cease, Luk_7:45
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
δια -λείπω ,
[in LXX for H3176 (as 1Sa_10:8 ), etc.;]
to intermit, leave off for a time: Luk_7:45 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
διαλείπω [page 150]
For διαλείπω with the participle, as Luk_7:45 , cf. P Par 27 .22 (ii/B.C.) καθότι οὐ διαλείπεις ἡμῶν ἀντιλαμβανόμενος (same formula in P Leid E .24 ), P Tor I. 1 ii. 18 (B.C. 116) ἐκκλίνοντες οὐ διαλείπουσιν , P Oxy II. 281 .16 (complaint against a husband A.D. 20 50) οὐ διέλειπεν κακουχῶν με . Other examples are BGU III. 747 i. 7 (A.D. 139), P Giss I. 14 .4 , 85 .8 (ii/A.D.), P Flor III. 380 .5, .15 (A.D. 203 4).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
διαλείπω fut. ψω aor2 -έλι^πον "to leave an interval between":— Pass., διελέλειπτο "a gap had been left", Hdt. of Time, διαλιπὼν ἡμέρην "having left an interval of" a day, Hdt.; ἀκαρῆ διαλιπών "having waited" an instant, Ar.; διαλιπών absol. "after a time", Thuc. intr. "to stand at intervals", δύο πλέθρα ἀπ᾽ ἀλλήλων δ. Thuc. c. part. "to cease" doing a thing, Xen. of Time, διαλιπόντων ἐτῶν τριῶν "after an interval" of three years, Thuc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
δια-λείπω
[in LXX for יחל (as 1Ki.10:8), etc. ;]
to intermit, leave off for a time: Luk.7:45.†
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