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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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ἐπιλείπω

Strong’s: G1952

Associated OET lemmas: ἐπιλείπω · ἐπιλείχω

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Related lemmas: λείπω

Sense 1: to begin to come to the end, to fail, to run out

Semantic entry: 13.41

Semantic domains: Be, Become, Exist, Happen

Subdomains: State

Definition: to begin to cease

Notes: In some languages this reference to time in OET HEB 11:32 must be shifted to one of space, for example, ‘there is not space enough for me to write about Gideon.’