Strong's Greek Concordance

G1952: ἐπιλείπω

epileípō · “be insufficient”

Definition

to leave upon, i.e. (figuratively) to be insufficient for

KJV translates it as: fail

Word origin: from G1909 (ἐπί) and G3007 (λείπω);

Extended definition

ἐπι-λείπω
[in LXX: Ob 5 א1 R (שָׁאַר hi.) * ;]
to fail: with accusative of person(s), Heb.11:32.†
(AS)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).

How G1952 is translated

  • will fail ×1

Bible verses with G1952 (epileípō)

Epileípō appears in 1 verse.

  • Hebrews 11:32

    And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets: