Lexical Definition

‎λείπω‎ leípō (li'-po) to lack ^G:V
a primary verb

be destitute (wanting), lack.

• to leave, i.e. (intransitively or passively) to fail or be absent

Abbott-Smith

λείπω, [in LXX: Jb 4:11, Pr 19:1 (4) (פּרד), al.;]
1. trans., to leave, leave behind; pass., to be left behind, to lack seq. prep. (as more usual in cl.), ἐν, Ja 1:4; c. gen. rei, Ja 1:5 2:15.
2. Intrans., to be gone, to be wanting: c. dat. pers., Lk 18:22, Tit 3:13; τὰ λείποντα, Tit 1:5 (cf. ἀπο-, δια-, ἐκ-, ἐπι-, κατα-, ἐν-κατα-, περι-, ὑπο-λείπω).†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

λείπω,

imperfect ἔλειπον [Refs 8th c.BC+]: future λείψω [Refs]aorist 1 ἔλειψα, participle λείψας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; uncompounded, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; also in later Poets, [Refs 3rd c.AD+], etc.: but correct writers normally use aorist 2 ἔλῐπον [Refs 8th c.BC+], etc.: perfect λέλοιπα [Refs 8th c.BC+]pluperfect ἐλελοίπειν (Attic dialect -η) [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, in properly sense chiefly in compounds: aorist 2 ἐλιπόμην [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—passive, future middle in passive sense λείψομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; also λειφθήσομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]: aorist ἐλείφθην, λείφθην [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect 3rd.pers. plural ἔλειφθεν [Refs]: perfect λέλειμμαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]: pluperfect ἐλελείμμην [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Epic dialect λέλειπτο [Refs]: Epic dialect aorist also ἔλειπτο [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

__1 leave, quit, Ἑλλάδα, δώματα, etc., [Refs 8th c.BC+]; χερσὶν ὕπο Τρώων λείψειν φάος ἠελίοιο, i.e. die, be killed, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; λ. βίον, βίοτον, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__1.b conversely, τὸν δ᾽ ἔλιπε ψυχή [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ψυχὴ δὲ λέλοιπεν (i.e. ὀστέα) [Refs 8th c.BC+]; in these two last passages some take it intransitive, is gone, see below [Refs]
__2 leave behind, leave at home, παιδὶ τὸν ἐν μεγάροισιν ἔλειπες [Refs 8th c.BC+]; especially of dying men, leave (as a legacy), Ἀτρεὺς δὲ θνῄσκων ἔλιπεν πολύαρνι Θυέστῃ [τὸσκῆπτρον[Refs 5th c.BC+]; λ. ἄρρενας, θυγατέρας, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—also in middle, leave behind one (as a memorial to posterity), μνημόσυνον λιπέσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2.b leave standing, leave remaining, spare, οἰκίαν οὐδεμίαν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 leave, forsake, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὴν αὑτοῦ φύσιν λ.[Refs 5th c.BC+]; λ. ἐράνους fail in paying.., [Refs 4th c.BC+]; λ. δασμόν, φοράν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λ. μαρτυρίαν, ὅρκον, fail in.., [Refs 4th c.BC+] allow it to go by default, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; λοιβὰς.. οὐ λίπε neglected them not, [Refs]
__3.b conversely, λίπον ἰοὶ ἄνακτα they failed him, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__4 in Mathematics texts, lose or drop something, i.e. have something subtracted from it, τὸ KP λιπὸν τὸ BO the area KP minus the area BO, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II intransitive, to be gone, depart, [Refs]; see above 1.1b.
__II.2 to be wanting or missing, οὔ τί πω ἔλιπεν ἐκ τοῦδ᾽ οἴκου.. αἰκία [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λείπουσιν αἱ ἐκ τῆς κεφαλῆς [τρίχες] [NT+4th c.BC+]; τί λείπει τῶν ἐπιτηδείων αὐταῖ; [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; τί γάρ σοι λείπε; [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; [εἰς τὴν προκειμένην πραγματείαν] τὸ ὑφ᾽ οὗ γίνεται.. μὴ ῥηθὲν οὐ λείπει is not needed, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]infinitive, λείπει μὲν οὐδ᾽ ἃ πρόσθεν ἤδεμεν τὸ μὴ οὐ βαρύστον᾽ εἶναι nihil absunt quin.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρότασις τῆς προειρημένης λείπουσα ὑποθέσει a proposition containing less in the hypothesis than that aforesaid, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ λεῖπον what is lacking, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; esp. Grammars, to be incomplete, of a phrase, λειπούσης τῆς φράσεως [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; to be wanting, omitted, λείποντος τοῦ καί [Refs]
__II.2.b of the moon, to be invisible (compare λειψιφαής), [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__II.2.c λείποντα εἴδη, in Algebra, ={λείψεις}, negative terms, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__B passive, to be left, left behind, ἄλοχος Φυλάκῃ ἐλέλειπτο [Refs 8th c.BC+]; also ὀπίσσω, μετόπισθε, κατόπισθε λ., [Refs 8th c.BC+]; παῖδες.. μετόπισθε λελειμμένοι left behind in Troy, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὸ λειπόμενον βίου (variant{βιοτᾶς}) [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B.b in Mathematics texts, to be subtracted: τὸ ἀπὸ τῆς ΔΦ λειφθὲν ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀπὸ τῆς ΔΑ ποιεῖ.., the square on ΔΦ subtracted from the square on ΔΑ gives.., [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__B.2 remain, remain over and above, τριτάτη δ᾽ ἔτι μοῖρα λέλειπται [Refs 8th c.BC+] it remains, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: c.accusative et infinitive, πεπληρῶσθαί με [Refs]
__B.3 remain alive, πολλοὶ δὲ λίποντο [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__B.II with genitive,
__B.II.1 to be left without, to be forsaken of, κτεάνων λειφθεὶς καὶ φίλων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but στρατὸν λελειμμένον δορός which has been left by the spear, i.e. not slain, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B.II.2 to be left behind in a race, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; λελειμμένος οἰῶν lingering behind the sheep, [Refs]; λείπετ᾽.. Μενελάου δουρὸς ἐρωήν he was left a spear's throw behind Menelaus, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐς δίσκουρα λέλειπτο he had been left behind as much as a quoit's throw,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῦ κήρυκος μὴ λείπεσθαι not to lag behind the herald, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but ἀπό τινος to be left behind by one, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; λ. βασιλέος or ἀπὸ βασιλέος by the king, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λείπεσθαι τοῦ καιροῦ to be behind time, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but, λείπου μηδὲ σύ, παρθέν᾽, ἀπ᾽ οἴκων fail not [to come] from the house, i.e. follow us, uncertain in [Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, to be left behind, be absent, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.II.3 come short of, be inferior to, τινος, like{ἐλαττοῦσθαι, ἡττᾶσθαι, ὑστερεῖσθαί τινος}, because the Verb has a comparative sense, [Refs]; οὐκ ἔσθ᾽ ὁποίας λείπεται τόδ᾽ ἡδονῆς falls short of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λείπεσθαί τινος ἔς τι or ἔν τινι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐδ᾽ ἔτι θηρὸς ἐλείπετο δερκομένοισιν, i.e. resembled.., Epic.in [Refs 5th c.BC+] the inscribed figure falls short of the circumscribed by less than.., [Refs 4th c.BC+]: with participle, οὐδὲν ἐμοῦ λείπει γιγνώσκων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λέλειψαι τῶν ἐμῶν βουλευμάτων you come short of, understand not my plans, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, to be defeated, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; λείπεσθαι ἐν [τῇ ἀγορανομίᾳ], Latin repulsam ferre, [Refs 1st c.AD+]participle, ἄνδρας λελειμμένους inferior men, [Refs 4th c.BC+]the poor, [Refs]
__B.II.4 to be wanting or lacking in a thing, fail of or in, with genitive, ὀδυρμάτων ἐλείπετ᾽ οὐδέν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λελ. λόγου failing to heed my word, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μῆνας ἓξ.. λειπόμενος (i.e. τῶν εἴκοσι ἐτῶν) [Refs]; also, λ. ἐν τῷ μὴ δύνασθαι μηδ᾽ ὁρᾶν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.II.5 to be in need of, τῆς σῆς βοηθείας [Refs 5th c.BC+] leiq[uglide]-, cf. Latin li-n-quo, Sanskrit ric-, present 3rd.pers. singular ri-ṇa-k-ti 'leaves', etc.)

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: Luke.18.22}