Strong’s G5275 · Greek

ὑπολείπω
hypoleípō

Definition

to leave under (behind), i.e. (passively) to remain (survive)

Etymology

from G5295 (ὑποτρέχω) and G3007 (λείπω);

Where the KJV renders it

  • be left

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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