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ἐκλιπής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐκλιπής ἐκλιπές

Structure: ἐκλιπη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: from e)klipei=n aor2 inf. of e)klei/pw

Sense

  1. failing, deficient
  2. omitted, overlooked

Examples

  • οὐ γὰρ μὴ ἐκλίπῃ ἐνδεὴσ ἀπὸ τῆσ γῆσ σου. διὰ τοῦτο ἐγώ σοι ἐντέλλομαι ποιεῖν τὸ ρῆμα τοῦτο λέγων. ἀνοίγων ἀνοίξεισ τὰσ χεῖράσ σου τῷ ἀδελφῷ σου τῷ πένητι καὶ τῷ ἐπιδεομένῳ τῷ ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ σου. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 15:11)
  • καὶ νῦν ἐπικατάρατοί ἐστε. οὐ μὴ ἐκλίπῃ ἐξ ὑμῶν δοῦλοσ οὐδὲ ξυλοκόποσ οὐδὲ ὑδροφόροσ ἐμοὶ καὶ τῷ Θεῷ μου. (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 9:28)
  • καὶ εἶπε πρὸσ αὐτὴν Ὀλοφέρνησ. ἐὰν δὲ ἐκλίπῃ τὰ ὄντα μετὰ σοῦ, πόθεν ἐξοίσομέν σοι δοῦναι ὅμοια αὐτοῖσ̣ οὐ γάρ ἐστι μεθ̓ ἡμῶν ἐκ τοῦ ἔθνουσ σου. (Septuagint, Liber Iudith 12:3)
  • αἱ δὲ ἡμέραι αὗται τῶν Φρουραὶ ἀχθήσονται εἰσ τὸν ἅπαντα χρόνον, καὶ τὸ μνημόσυνον αὐτῶν οὐ μὴ ἐκλίπῃ ἐκ τῶν γενεῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Esther 9:28)
  • ἔστι γὰρ δένδρῳ ἐλπίσ. ἐὰν γὰρ ἐκκοπῇ, ἔτι ἐπανθήσει, καὶ ὁ ράδαμνοσ αὐτοῦ οὐ μὴ ἐκλίπῃ. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 14:7)

Synonyms

  1. omitted

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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