apoleipō · leave behind, remain

What it means

apoleipō (ἀπολείπω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “leave behind, remain”.

Leave behind; desert, abandon; in the passive, be left, remain.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Leave someone or something behind.
2. For something still to be waiting, not yet fulfilled.
3. Desert one's own place, go off from it.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• I left ×3
• remains ×3
• abandoned ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• 2 Timothy×2
• Titus×1
• Hebrews×3
• Jude×1

• 2 Timothy 4:13

  When you come, bring the cloak that I left in Troas with Carpus, and the books, especially the parchments.

• 2 Timothy 4:20

  Erastus remained in Corinth, and Trophimus I left in Miletus sick.

• Titus 1:5

  For this reason I left you in Crete, so that you might set right what remained and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you,

• Hebrews 4:6

  Since then it remains for some to enter into it, and those who formerly had the good news announced to them did not enter because of disobedience,

• Hebrews 4:9

  So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God.

• Hebrews 10:26

  For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,

• Jude 1:6

  And angels who did not keep their own dignity but abandoned their own dwelling he has kept in eternal chains under gloom for the judgment of the great day.