ἐκλείπω; future
ἐκλείψω; 2 aorist
ἐξέλιπον;
1. transitive,
a. to leave out, omit, pass by.
b. to leave, quit (a place):
τὸ ζῆν,
τὸν βίον,
to die, 2 Macc. 10:13; 3 Macc. 2:23; Sophocles Electr. 1131; Polybius 2, 41, 2, others; Dionysius Halicarnassus 1, 24; Luc.
Macrobius, 12; Alciphron 3, 28.
2. intransitive,
to fail;
i. e. to leave off, cease, stop:
τὰ ἔτη,
Hebrews 1:12 from
Psalm 101:28 (
Psalm 102:28) (where for
תָּמַם);
ἡ πίστις,
Luke 22:32; riches, according to the reading
ἐκλίπῃ (L text T Tr WH),
Luke 16:9 (often so in Greek writings, and the
Sept. as
Jeremiah 7:28;
Jeremiah 28:30 (
Jer. 51:30)). as often in classic Greek from Thucydides down, it is used of the failing or eclipse of the light of the sun and the moon:
τοῦ ἡλίου ἐκλιπόντος [WH
ἐκλειποντος],
the sun having failed [or
failing],
Luke 23:45 Tdf.; on this (without doubt the true) reading [see especially
WHs Appendix, at the passage, and] cf., besides
Tdf.s note, Keim, iii. 440 [English translation, 6:173] (Sir. 17:31 (26)).
to expire, die; so according to R G L marginal reading
ἐκλίπητε in
Luke 16:9 (Tobit 14:11; Wis. 5:13;
Sept. for
גָּוַע,
Genesis 25:8, etc.;
Psalm 103:29 (
Ps. 104:29);
Lamentations 1:19; for
מוּת,
Jeremiah 49:17, 22 (
Jer. 42:17, 22). Plato, legg. 6, 759 e.; 9,856 e.; Xenophon, Cyril 8, 7, 26).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
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Genesis
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25:8
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Psalms
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102:28; 104:29
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Jeremiah
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7:28; 42:17; 42:22; 49:17; 49:22; 51:30
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Lamentations
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1:19
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Luke
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16:9; 16:9; 22:32; 23:45
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Hebrews
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1:12
