Lexical Definition

‎ἀπολείπω‎ apoleípō (ap-ol-ipe'-o) to leave ^G:V
from ‎ἀπό‎ and ‎λείπω‎

leave, remain.

• to leave behind (passively, remain)
• by implication, to forsake

Abbott-Smith

ἀπο-λείπω, [in LXX for חדל יתר, etc.;]
1. 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.
2. to desert, abandon: Ju 6.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἀπολείπω-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[ἀπολείπωλιπὼν θάνοι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 720 (Lyric poetry): conversely, ἐμὲ μὲν ἀπολείπωλέλοιπεν ἤδη βίοτος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 185 (Lyric poetry). 3">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᾽ ἀπολείπωλείπουσιν 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᾽ ἀπολείπωλείψω σου λειπόμενος[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ξεῖνον πατρώϊον ἀ. leave him in the lurch, [ἀπολείπωλιπὼν οἴχεται 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.48, compare 5.103, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 83 ">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 ἀπολείπωλείπω [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᾽ ἀπολείπωλείπει[Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to γίνεται, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of rivers, fall, sink, [ἀπολείπωλειπούσης, τὰ δ᾽ ἐπιούσης 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 353a22 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; of swallows, δι᾽ ἔτεος ἐόντες οὐκ ἀπολείπωλείπουσι[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, [ἀπολείπωλείπων 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 489: with ">Refs 8th c.BC+]infinitive, ὀλίγον ἀπέλιπον ἐς Ἀθήνας ἀπικέσθαι wanted but little of coming, [ἀπολείπωλείπετε οὕτω πολεμεῖν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.40; ἡ πόλις μικρὸν ἀπέλιπεν ἔρημος εἶναι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Tim.” I. ">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 ἀπολείπωλείψεται· ἐάσεται, [Refs 5th c.AD+]
__C passive, to be left behind, stay behind, [ἀπολείπωλελειμμένος 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.3">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 ἀπολείπωλελειμμένοι[Refs 5th c.BC+]; to be deprived of, τοῦ σοῦ.. μὴ ἀπολείπωλείπεσθαι τάφου[ἀπολείπωλειφθεὶς φρενῶν [prev. author] “Or.” 216. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__C.II.2 to be wanting in, fall short of, ὅτι τοῦ σκώπτειν ἀπελείφθη[Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῖς ἀπολείπωλειφθεῖσι (i.e. τῆς παιδείας[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπολείπωλειφθεὶς ἠμῶν without our cognizance, [ἀπολείπωλειφθῆναι τῶν πραγμάτων ">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, [ἀπολείπωλείπεται λέγειν, διδάσκειν, 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 7.85, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 7.1.">Refs 2nd c.BC+]