Definition

to leave behind in some place, i.e. (in a good sense) let remain over, or (in a bad sense) to desert

Etymology

from G1722 (ἐν) and G2641 (καταλείπω);

Where the KJV renders it

• forsake
• leave

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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