STRONGS G1257:
διαλείπω: [2 aorist
διέλιπον];
to interpose a delay, to intermit, leave off for a time something already begun:
οὐ διέλιπε [T WH marginal reading
διέλειπεν]
καταφιλοῦσα (on the participle cf. Winers Grammar, § 45, 4 a.; [Buttmann, 300 (257)]), she has not ceased kissing, has continually kissed,
Luke 7:45. (
Isaiah 5:14;
Jeremiah 17:8; often in Greek writings from Herodotus down.)
Related entry:
[
διαλιμπάνω, (or
-λυμπάνω): imperfect
διελίμπανον;
to intermit, cease:
κλαίων οὐ διελίμπανεν,
Acts 8:24 WH (rejected) marginal reading; cf. Winer's Grammar, 345f. (323f.); Buttman, 300 (257). (Tobit 10:7; Galen in Hippocretes Epid. 1, 3; cf. Bornem on Acts the passage cited; Veitch under the word
λιμπάνω.)]
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