Quick Definition
ἀπολείπω v. I leave, leave behind, desert, am reserved
Strong's Definition
from 575 and 3007; to leave behind (passively, remain); by implication, to forsake
KJV Usage: leave, remain
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | aor. ἀπέλιπον · ptc. ἀπολιπών | λείπω
85.65 · Existence in Space · Leave in a Place
to leave, to leave behind, to abandon to cause or permit something to remain in a place and to go away (with or without implying purpose)
15.59 · Linear Movement · Leave, Depart, Flee, Escape, Send
to leave, to abandon, to desert to depart from a point definitively, with the possible implication of abandoning or deserting
13.140 · Be, Become, Exist, Happen · Happen
to let, to allow, to leave it to to leave it to someone to do something, with the implication of distancing oneself from the event
13.74 · (ἀπολείπομαι) · Be, Become, Exist, Happen · Exist
to continue, to continue to exist to continue to exist, with the implication of being a part of a larger whole
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀπο-λείπω : [impf. ἀπέλειπον, WH txt. in 2 Tim. iv. 18, 20; Tit. i. 5]; 2 aor. ἀπέλιπον ; (fr. Hom. down]; 1. to leave, leave behind: one in some place, Tit. i. 5 L T Tr WIL; 2 Tim. iv. 18, 20. Pass. ἀπολείπεται it remains, is reserved: Heb. iv. 9; x. 26; foll. by acc. and inf., Heb. iv. 6. 2. to desert, forsake: a place, Jude 6.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀπολείπω apoleipō 7x
to leave, leave behind; pass. to be left, remain, 2 Tim. 4:13, 20; Heb. 4:6, 9; 10:26; to relinquish, forsake, desert, Tit. 1:5; Jude 6*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀπο-λείπω,
[in LXX for חדל יתר, etc.;]
to leave, leave behind (in π. a term. techn. in wills; v. MM, s.v.): II Ti 4:13, 20, Tit 1:5; pass., to be reserved, remain: He 4:6, 9 10:26.
to desert, abandon: Ju 6.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀπολείπω. P Par 225 (ii/B.c.) ἡ γὰρ δηλουμένη Νέφορις ἀπολιποῦσα τὸν πατέρα ἡμῶν συνῴκησε Φιλίππῳ τινί. Vhe word is apparently a ¢erv. techn. in wills, etc., 6. g. P Oxy I. 10554 (A.D. 117-37) κληρόνομον ἀπολείπω τὴν Bvyarépaly] μου . τὰ δὲ ὑπ᾽ ἐμοῦ ἀπολειφθησόμενα σκεύη KTA., P Catt’ 9 (ii/a.D.) (= Chrest. II. p. 421), BGU IV. 1098 (c. B.c. 18), 26. 11487 (B.C. 13), 26. 116418 (B.c. 15-1), and Afichel 1001" 4 (c. B.C. 200—the Will of Epicteta). In BGU IV. 1138'? (B.c. 19-18) (= Chrest. IL. p. 123) ἀπόλευιπέ μοι τὸν Tamia (2. 4. -av) ἐκ τῆ(9) pvAaKi(s), a jailor reports what the offending party said ‘to him, asking him to ‘‘leave” the imprisoned debtor to him. The verb occurs in a Phrygian tombstone of A.D. 114, C. and B. 590 (i. p. 656) bods ὑπὲρ yijs ἀπολιποῦσ[α] τέσσαρας kal θυγατέρα. It is MGr.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀπολείπω (apoleipō) — to leave. ἀπο-λείπω, aorist ἀπέλῐπον (ἀπέλειψα late, [Refs 1st c.AD+]:— __A leave over or behind, οὐδ᾽ ἀπέλειπεν ἔγκατα[Refs 8th c.BC+]; bequeath, Test. Epict.[Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ἀ. κληρονόμον leave as one's heir, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; bequeath to posterity, of writings, [Refs 3rd c.AD+] __A.2 leave hold of, lose, ψυχάν[Refs 5th c.BC+]. leave behind in the race, distance: generally, surpass, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—more frequently in middle and passive, see below 4. leave undisputed: hence, admit, [Refs 4th c.BC+] middle in [Refs]. leave, allow, ὑπερβολὴν οὐδὲ ταῖς ἑταίραις[Refs 4th c.AD+] __A.II desert, abandon, one's post, etc., οὐδ᾽ ἀπολείπουσιν κοῖλον δόμον, of bees, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀ. (i.e. τὴν πολιορκίην) [Refs]; τὴν ξυμμαχίαν, τὴν ξυνωμοσίαν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of persons, καί σ᾽ ἀπολείψω σου λειπόμενος[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ξεῖνον πατρώϊον ἀ. leave him in the lurch, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; of a wife, desert her husband, [Refs 5th c.BC+] (not of the husband, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of sailors, desert, τὴν ναῦν[Refs 4th c.BC+]infinitive, ἀ. τούτους κακῶς γηράσκειν leave them to grow old, [Refs 5th c.BC+]. leave undone or unsaid, ὅσα ἀπέλιπε κτείνων τε καὶ διώκων.. σφέα ἀπετέλεσε[Refs 5th c.BC+]; omit, συχνὰ ἀπολείπω [Refs] __A.III leave open, leave a space, ἀ. μεταίχμιον οὐ μέγα[Refs 5th c.BC+]; μικρὸν ἀ. leaving a small interval, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] __A.IV intransitive, cease, fail, τάων οὔποτε καρπὸς ἀπόλλυται οὐδ᾽ ἀπολείπει[Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to γίνεται, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of rivers, fall, sink, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of swallows, δι᾽ ἔτεος ἐόντες οὐκ ἀπολείπουσι[Refs 5th c.BC+]; of youth, begin to decay, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; fail, flag, lose heart, [Refs]; of the moon, wane, [Refs 4th c.BC+] __A.IV.2 with genitive, to be wanting of or in a thing, προθυμίας οὐδὲν ἀ.[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπὸ τεσσέρων πηχέων ἀ. τρεῖς δακτύλους wanting three fingers of four cubits, [Refs 8th c.BC+]infinitive, ὀλίγον ἀπέλιπον ἐς Ἀθήνας ἀπικέσθαι wanted but little of coming, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __A.IV.3 with participle, leave off doing, ἀ. λέγων[Refs 5th c.BC+] from the point at which.., [Refs 5th c.BC+] __A.IV.4 depart from, ἐκ τῶν Συρακουσῶν[Refs 5th c.BC+] __B middle (aorist ἀπελιπόμην in [Refs 3rd c.BC+]active [Refs], bequeath to posterity, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare ἀπολείψεται· ἐάσεται, [Refs 5th c.AD+] __C passive, to be left behind, stay behind, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; to be unable to follow an argument, be at a loss, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __C.2 to be distanced by, inferior to, ἀ. [ἀπὸ] τῶν ἄλλων θηρίων[Refs]; to be inferior, ἔν τισι[Refs 5th c.BC+] __C.II to be absent or distant from, with genitive, πολὺ τῆς ἀληθηΐης ἀπολελειμμένοι[Refs 5th c.BC+]; to be deprived of, τοῦ σοῦ.. μὴ ἀπολείπεσθαι τάφου[Refs 5th c.BC+] __C.II.2 to be wanting in, fall short of, ὅτι τοῦ σκώπτειν ἀπελείφθη[Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῖς ἀπολειφθεῖσι (i.e. τῆς παιδείας[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπολειφθεὶς ἠμῶν without our cognizance, [Refs 4th c.BC+]to be left in ignorance of.., [Refs]; καιροῦ ἀ. miss the opportunity, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; θεάματος, ἑορτῆς ἀ., [Refs 5th c.BC+] __C.II.3 remain to be done, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]