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Notes: It is difficult to know in the case of ὑπολιμπάνω whether one should assume a strictly figurative meaning of the term in RV PE1 2:21 · LV PE1 2:21 · Read together PE1 2:21, or whether in reality this type of meaning had become a standardized peripheral meaning of the term in question.

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Related lemmas: λείπω

Sense 1: to cause to remain after, to leave behind

Semantic entry: 13.91

Semantic domains: Be, Become, Exist, Happen

Subdomains: Exist

Definition: to cause to continue to exist subsequent to some temporal reference point

PE1 2:21: RV PE1 2:21 · LV PE1 2:21 · Read together PE1 2:21

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OET-RV PE1 2:21

21 because that’s what we’re called to, because the messiah also suffered for you chosen people. He left an example for you, so that you can follow in his steps:

OET-LV PE1 2:21

21 For/Because you _all _were _called to this, because chosen _one /messiah also suffered for you _all, leaving an_example to _you _all, in _order _that you _all _may _follow _after after _the steps of _him,

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ὑπολιμπάνω

Form 1

Sense 1: to cause to remain after, to leave behind