kataleipō · leave, abandon

What it means

kataleipō (καταλείπω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “leave, abandon”.

Leave, leave behind; abandon.

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. To go away from a place or person without taking it along.
2. To give something up completely, for something greater.
3. To keep something back for someone.

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

How it is translated

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

• left ×9
• leaving ×5
• will leave ×3
• Forsaking ×1
• I have kept ×1
• leave ×1
• leaves behind ×1
• neglect ×1
• remains ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Matthew×4
• Mark×4
• Luke×4
• Acts×5
• Romans×1
• Ephesians×1
• 1 Thessalonians×1
• Hebrews×2
• 2 Peter×1

• Matthew 4:13

  And leaving Nazareth, he came and settled in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali,

• Matthew 16:4

  A wicked and adulterous generation seeks a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.” And leaving them, he went away.

• Matthew 19:5

  and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and his mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?

• Matthew 21:17

  And leaving them, he went out of the city to Bethany, and spent the night there.

• Mark 10:7

  ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife,

• Mark 12:19

  “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves behind a wife and does not leave a child, his brother should take the wife and raise up offspring for his brother.

• Mark 12:21

  and the second took her, and died, leaving no offspring; and the third likewise;

• Mark 14:52

  but he left the linen cloth and fled naked.

• Luke 5:28

  And leaving behind everything, he got up and began following him.

• Luke 10:40

  But Martha was distracted with much serving; and coming up, she said, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me.”

• Luke 15:4

  “What man among you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the lost one until he finds it?

• Luke 20:31

  and the third took her; and likewise also the seven left no children and died.

• Acts 6:2

  So the twelve summoned the multitude of the disciples and said, “It is not desirable for us to neglect the word of God in order to serve tables.

• Acts 18:19

  And they arrived at Ephesus, and he left them there, but he himself went into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews.

• Acts 21:3

  And when we had sighted Cyprus and left it on the left, we sailed to Syria and landed at Tyre, for there the ship was unloading its cargo.

• Acts 24:27

  And when two years had passed, Felix received as successor Porcius Festus; and wanting to grant a favor to the Jews, Felix left Paul in chains.

• Acts 25:14

  And as they were staying there several days, Festus laid Paul’s case before the king, saying, “There is a certain man left by Felix as a prisoner,

• Romans 11:4

  But what does the divine answer say to him? I have kept for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.

• Ephesians 5:31

  For this reason a man will leave his father and his mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.

• 1 Thessalonians 3:1

  Therefore, when we could no longer bear it, we thought it good to be left behind in Athens alone,

• Hebrews 4:1

  Let us fear, then, that, while a promise remains of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to have fallen short.

• Hebrews 11:27

  By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the anger of the king; for he held firm as seeing the one who is invisible.

• 2 Peter 2:15

  Forsaking the straight way, they have gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness,