to fail

Greek Verb

ἐκ-λείπω [in LXX for כָּלָה, כָּרַת ni, תָּמַם, etc, 47 different words in all;] 1) trans, to leave out, pass over. 2) Intrans, to leave off, cease, fail: μαμωνᾶς, Luk.16:9; πίστις, Luk.22:32; ἔτη, Heb.1:12 (LXX); of the sun in an eclipse, Luk.23:45. (AS)

to fail

Greek Verb

ἐκλείπ-ω, leave out, pass over, πολλὰ δ᾽ ἐκλείπω λέγων [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐ. Ἄνδρον leave out, pass over Andros, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, ὄνειδος οὐκ ἐκλείπεται fails not to appear, [Refs 4th c.BC+] 2) forsake, desert, abandon, τὰς πατρίδας, τὴν ξυμμαχίην, etc, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; abandon, quit, τὴν τάξιν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; give up, τὴν τυραννίδα [Refs 5th c.BC+] 3) frequently in elliptic phrases, ἐκλείπειν τὴν πόλιν εἰς τὰ ἄκρα abandon the city and go to the heights, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 4) εἴ τις ἐξέλιπε τὸν ἀριθμόν (of the Persian immortals) if any one left the number incomplete, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 5) fail one, ἐκλελοίπασιν ὑμᾶς αἱ προφάσεις [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) intransitive, of the Sun or Moon, suffer eclipse, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.2) die, οἱ ἐκλιπόντες the deceased, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of trees, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; more frequently in full, ἐ. βίον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑφ᾽ ὧν ἥκιστα ἐχρῆν τὸν βίον ἐκλιπών (=ἀποθανών) [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.3) faint, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.4) generally, leave off, cease, τῇ μοι [ὁ λόγος] ἐξέλιπε [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκλέλοιπεν εὐφρόνη, i.e. it is day, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; [αἱ ἐργασίαι] ἐκλελοίπασιν [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with participle, leave off doing, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.5) fail, be wanting, ῥώμη γὰρ ἐκλέλοιπεν ἣν πρὶν εἴχομεν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; περὶ ὧν ἐ. [ὁ νόμος] [Refs 4th c.BC+]: Grammars, of words in a sentence, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of grammatical forms,[Refs] II.6) remain, be left, [LXX] II.7) depart, [Refs 4th c.BC+] II.8) ἐκλείπων σφυγμός remittent pulse, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

Greek

Verb

to omit, i.e. (by implication) cease (die); fail; from g1537 (ἐκ) and g3007 (λείπω)