Quick Definition
I leave behind
Strong's Definition
to leave all around, i.e. (passively) survive
Derivation: from G4012 (περί) and G3007 (λείπω);
KJV Usage: remain
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
περιλείπω: present passive participle περιλειπόμενος (cf. περί, III. 2); to leave over; passive, to remain over, to survive: 1Th_4:15; 1Th_4:17. (Aristophanes, Plato, Euripides, Polybius, Herodian; 2Ma_1:31.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
περιλείπομαι perileipomai 2x
to leave remaining; pass. to remain, survive, 1Th_4:15 ; 1Th_4:17
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
περι -λείπομαι ,
depon . mid , and pass .,
[in LXX : 2Ch_34:21 A ( H7604 ni .), 2Ma_1:31 ; 2Ma_8:14 , 4Ma_12:6 ; 4Ma_13:18 * ;]
to be left remaining, remain over, survive: 1Th_4:15 ; 1Th_4:17†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
περιλείπομαι (~ περιλείπω ) [page 506]
am left over ( 1Th_4:15 ; 1Th_4:17 , with Milligan s note) cf. PSI IV. 409 .12 (iii/B.C.) λοιποὶ περιελείφθησαν εἰς τὰς θυσίας , ib. VI. 571 .14 (iii/B.C.) οὐθέν μοι περιλείπεται , P Par 63 .138 (B.C. 164) (= P Petr III. p. 32) βραχεῖα ( sc. γῆ ), παντελῶς ἀγεώργητος περιλειφθήσεται , a very small portion of the land will be left uncultivated (Mahaffy), and BGU IV. 1132 .12 (B.C. 13) τὸ περιλελιμμένον αὐτῶι μέρος .
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
περι-λείπομαι depon. mid, and pass.,
[in LXX: 2Ch.34:21 A (שָׁאַר ni.), 2Ma.1:31 2Mac 8:14, 4Ma.12:6 4Mac 13:18 * ;]
to be left remaining, remain over, survive: 1Th.4:15 4:17†
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