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Strong's G1587 ἐκλείπω (ekleipo)

Ekleipo means “fail” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H1587 — gemaryah (“Gemariah”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G1587
Language Greek
Linked Usages 175
Books 37

Strong's G1587 Quick Answer

Strong's G1587 ἐκλείπω (ekleipo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. ekleipo (ek-lei'-po) v. 1. to omit 2. (by implication) to cease (die) It has 175 linked Bible usages across 37 books. Visible English usage signals include failed, fail, lord, said, and thee. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
ekleipo (ek-lei'-po) v. 1. to omit 2. (by implication) to cease (die)
Usage
175 linked usages
Books
37 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
failed, fail, lord, said, and thee

Meaning and Definition

ekleipo (ek-lei'-po) v. 1. to omit 2. (by implication) to cease (die) [from G1537 and G3007] KJV: fail Root(s): G1537, G3007

Original Word
ἐκλείπω
Transliteration
ekleipo
Derivation
Root: λείπω R1: 1537 R2: 3007
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G1587. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to fail

Usage: ἐκ-λείπω [in LXX for כָּלָה, כָּרַת ni., תָּמַם, etc., 47 different words in all ;] __1. trans., to leave out, pass over. __2. Intrans., to leave off, cease, fail: μαμωνᾶς, Luk.16:9; πίστις, Luk.22:32; ἔτη, Heb.1:12 (LXX); of the sun in an eclipse, Luk.23:45.† (AS)

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English Usage Signals

Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.

failed fail lord said thee man land water let our consumed been

How Strong's G1587 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, New Testament, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 144 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G1587 (ἐκλείπω) appears 186 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G1587 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G1587 in the New Testament

3 indexed usages in New Testament.

Strong's G1587 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

144 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 8:13 Septuagint / Brenton

And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year of the life of Noah, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the water subsided from off the earth, and Noah opened the covering of the ark which he had made, and he saw that the water had subsided from the face of the earth.

Genesis 11:6 Septuagint / Brenton

And the Lord said, Behold, there is one race, and one lip of all, and they have begun to do this, and now nothing shall fail from them of all that they may have undertaken to do.

Genesis 18:11 Septuagint / Brenton

And Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in days, and the custom of women ceased with Sarah.

Strong's G1587 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

25 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Strong's G1587 in 1 Enoch

3 indexed usages in 1 Enoch.

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1587.

Genesis 8:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year of the life of Noah, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the water subsided from off the earth, and Noah opened the covering of the ark which he had made, and he saw that the water had subsided from the face of the earth.
Genesis 11:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said, Behold, there is one race, and one lip of all, and they have begun to do this, and now nothing shall fail from them of all that they may have undertaken to do.
Genesis 18:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in days, and the custom of women ceased with Sarah.
Genesis 21:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the water failed out of the skin, and she cast the child under a fir tree.
Genesis 25:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abraham failing died in a good old age, an old man and full of days, and was added to his people.
Genesis 25:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, a hundred and thirty-seven years; and he failed and died, and was added to his fathers.
Genesis 25:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jacob cooked pottage, and Esau came from the plain, fainting.
Genesis 25:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Esau said to Jacob, Let me taste of that red pottage, because I am fainting; therefore his name was called Edom.
Genesis 35:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Isaac gave up the ghost and died, and was laid to his family, old and full of days; and Esau and Jacob his sons buried him.
Genesis 47:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there was no corn in all the land, for the famine prevailed greatly; and the land of Egypt, and the land of Canaan, fainted for the famine.
Genesis 47:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all the money failed out of the land of Egypt, and out of the land of Canaan; and all the Egyptians came to Joseph, saying, Give us bread, and why do we die in thy presence? for our money is spent.
Genesis 47:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joseph said to them, Bring your cattle, and I will give you bread for your cattle, if your money is spent.
Genesis 47:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And that year passed, and they came to him in the second year, and said to him, Must we then be consumed from before our lord? for if our money has failed, and our possessions, and our cattle, brought to thee our lord, and there has not been left to us before our lord more than our own bodies and our land, we are indeed destitute.
Genesis 49:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
A ruler shall not fail from Judah, Nor a prince from his loins, Until there come the things stored up for him; And he is the expectation of nations.
Genesis 49:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jacob ceased giving charges to his sons; and having lifted up his feet on the bed, he died, and was gathered to his people.
Exodus 13:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the pillar of cloud failed not by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, before all the people.
Numbers 11:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The flesh was yet between their teeth, before it failed, when the Lord was wroth with the people, and the Lord smote the people with a very great plague.
Deuteronomy 15:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the poor shall not fail off thy land, therefore I charge thee to do this thing, saying, Thou shalt surely open thy hands to thy poor brother, and to him that is distressed upon thy land.
Deuteronomy 28:65 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Moreover among those nations he will not give thee quiet, neither by any means shall the sole of thy foot have rest; and the Lord shall give thee there another and a misgiving heart, and failing eyes, and a wasting soul.
Deuteronomy 32:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the Lord shall judge his people, And shall be comforted over his servants; For he saw that they were utterly weakened, And failed in the hostile invasion, and were become feeble:
Joshua 3:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall come to pass, when the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord of the whole earth rest in the water of Jordan, the water of Jordan below shall fail, and the water coming down from above shall stop.
Joshua 3:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then the waters that came down from above stopped; there stood one solid heap very far off, as far as the region of Kiriath-jearim, and the lower part came down to the Sea of Arabah, the salt sea, till it completely failed; and the people stood opposite Jericho.
Joshua 4:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then thou mayest explain to thy son, saying, The river Jordan was dried up from before the ark of the covenant of the Lord of the whole earth, when it passed it: and these stones shall be for a memorial for you for the children of Israel forever.
Joshua 5:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In this day the manna failed, after they had eaten of the corn of the land, and the children of Israel no longer had manna; and they took the fruits of the land of the Phoenicians in that year.
Joshua 9:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.
Judges 5:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, They deserted the ways, and went in byways; They went in crooked paths.
Judges 5:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The mighty men in Israel failed, They failed until Deborah arose, Until she arose a mother in Israel.
Judges 8:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, bread to feed this people that follow me; because they are faint, and behold, I am following after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.
Judges 8:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Gideon came to the princes of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom ye reproached me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thy hand, that we should give bread to thy men that are faint?
1 Kingdoms 2:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if I do not destroy a man of thine from my altar, it shall be that his eyes may fail and his soul may perish; and everyone that remains in thy house shall fall by the sword of men.
1 Kingdoms 9:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Saul said to his young man that was with him, Lo, then, we will go; but what shall we bring the man of God? for the loaves are spent out of our vessels, and we have nothing more with us that belongs to us to bring to the man of God.
1 Kingdoms 16:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Samuel said to Jesse, Hast thou no more sons? And Jesse said, There is yet a little one; behold, he tends the flock. And Samuel said to Jesse, Send and fetch him, for we may not sit down till he comes.
2 Kingdoms 3:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let it fall upon the head of Joab, and upon all the house of his father; and let there not be wanting of the house of Joab one that has an issue, or a leper, or that leans on a staff, or that falls by the sword, or that wants bread.
2 Kingdoms 20:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she spoke, saying, Of old time they said thus, Surely one was asked in Abel, and Dan, whether the faithful in Israel failed in what they purposed; they will surely ask in Abel, even in like manner, whether they have failed.
3 Kingdoms 17:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For thus saith the Lord, The pitcher of meal shall not fail, and the cruse of oil shall not diminish, until the day that the Lord gives rain upon the earth.
3 Kingdoms 17:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the pitcher of meal failed not, and the cruse of oil was not diminished, according to the word of the Lord which he spoke by the hand of Elijah.
4 Kingdoms 7:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And one of his servants answered and said, Let them now take five of the horses that were left, which were left here; behold, they are the number left to all the multitude of Israel; and we will send thither and see.
2 Chronicles 4:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance, for the quantity of brass failed not.
2 Chronicles 6:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now, Lord God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father the things which thou spokest to him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man before me sitting on the throne of Israel, if only thy sons will take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou didst walk before me.
Esther 9:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And these days of the Purim, said they, shall be kept forever, and their memorial shall not fail in any generation.
Job 6:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
My nearest relations have not regarded me; They have passed me by like a failing brook, or like a wave.
Job 13:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For who is he that shall plead with me, That I should now be silent, and expire?
Job 14:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For there is hope for a tree, Even if it should be cut down, that it shall blossom again, And its branch shall not fail.
Job 21:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let his substance fail to supply his children: God shall recompense him, and he shall know it.
Job 31:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
(Do we not see the shining sun eclipsed, And the moon waning? for they have not power to continue):
Psalms 9:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The swords of the enemy have failed utterly; and thou hast destroyed cities: Their memorial has been destroyed with a noise,
Psalms 11:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Save me, O Lord; for the godly man has failed; For truth is diminished from among the children of men.
Psalms 17:38 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I will pursue mine enemies, and overtake them; And I will not turn back until they are consumed.
Psalms 30:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For my life is spent with grief, And my years with groanings: My strength has been weakened through poverty, And my bones are troubled.
Psalms 36:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the sinners shall perish; And the enemies of the Lord at the moment of their being honored and exalted Have utterly vanished like smoke.
Psalms 38:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Remove thy scourges from me: I have fainted by reason of the strength of thy hand.
Psalms 54:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And usury and craft have not failed from its streets.
Psalms 63:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They have searched out iniquity; They have wearied themselves with searching diligently, A man shall approach and the heart is deep,
Psalms 67:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
As smoke vanishes, let them vanish: As wax melts before the fire, So let the sinners perish from before God.
Psalms 68:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I am weary of crying, my throat has become hoarse; Mine eyes have failed by my waiting on my God.
Psalms 70:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Cast me not off at the time of old age; Forsake me not when my strength fails.
Psalms 70:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let those that plot against my soul be ashamed and utterly fail: Let those that seek my hurt be clothed with shame and dishonor.
Psalms 71:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The hymns of David the son of Jesse are ended.
Psalms 72:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
How have they become desolate! Suddenly they have failed: they have perished because of their iniquity.
Psalms 72:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
My heart and my flesh have failed: But God is the strength of my heart, and God is my portion forever.
Psalms 77:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And their days were consumed in vanity, And their years with anxiety.
Psalms 83:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
My soul longs, and faints for the courts of the Lord: My heart and my flesh have exulted in the living God.
Psalms 89:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For we have perished in thine anger, And in thy wrath we have been troubled.
Psalms 89:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For all our days are gone, And we have passed away in thy wrath: Our years have spun out their tale as a spider.
Psalms 101:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For my days have vanished like smoke, And my bones have been parched like a stick.
Psalms 101:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
Psalms 103:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But when thou hast turned away thy face, they shall be troubled: Thou wilt take away their breath, and they shall fail, And return to their dust.
Psalms 103:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let the sinners fail from off the earth, And transgressors, so that they shall be no more. Bless the Lord, O my soul.
Psalms 106:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Hungry and thirsty, Their soul fainted in them.
Psalms 118:81 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
My soul faints for thy salvation: I have hoped in thy words.
Psalms 118:82 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Mine eyes failed in waiting for thy word, Saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
Psalms 118:123 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Mine eyes have failed for thy salvation, And for the word of thy righteousness.
Psalms 141:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
When my spirit was fainting within me, Then thou knewest my paths; In the very way wherein I was walking, they hid a snare for me.
Psalms 142:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Hear me speedily, O Lord; My spirit has failed; Turn not away thy face from me, Else I shall be like to them that go down to the pit.
Proverbs 3:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let not mercy and truth forsake thee; But bind them about thy neck:
Proverbs 4:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
That thy fountains may not fail thee; Keep them in thine heart.
Proverbs 10:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But the heart of the ungodly shall fail.
Proverbs 24:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He shall be defiled in the evil day, And in the day of affliction, until he be utterly consumed.
Proverbs 24:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he becomes destitute, And his stone walls are broken down.
Isaiah 7:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus, Rezin; and yet within sixty and five years the kingdom of Ephraim shall cease from being a people.
Isaiah 15:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The water of Nimrim shall be desolate, and the grass thereof shall fail: for there shall be no green grass.
Isaiah 19:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Egyptians shall drink the water that is by the sea, but the river shall fail, and be dried up.
Isaiah 19:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the streams shall fail, and the canals of the river; and every reservoir of water shall be dried up, in every marsh also of reed and papyrus.
Isaiah 19:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The princes of Tanis have failed, and the princes of Memphis are lifted up with pride, and they shall cause Egypt to wander by tribes.
Isaiah 21:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For thus said the Lord to me, Yet a year, as the year of a hireling, and the glory of the sons of Kedar shall fail:
Isaiah 29:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The lawless man has come to nought, and the proud man has perished, and they that transgress mischievously have been utterly destroyed:
Isaiah 38:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
As a swallow, so will I cry, and as a dove, so do I mourn: for mine eyes have failed with looking to the height of heaven to the Lord, who has delivered me,
Isaiah 51:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Lift up your eyes to the sky, and look on the earth beneath: for the sky was darkened like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and the inhabitants shall die in like manner: but my righteousness shall not fail.
Isaiah 53:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But his form was ignoble, and inferior to that of the children of men; he was a man in suffering, and acquainted with the bearing of sickness, for his face is turned from us: he was dishonored, and not esteemed.
Isaiah 54:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
shall the mountains depart, nor shall thy hills be removed: so neither shall my mercy fail thee, nor shall the covenant of thy peace be at all removed: for the Lord who is gracious to thee has spoken it.
Isaiah 55:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And instead of the bramble shall come up the cypress, and instead of the nettle shall come up the myrtle: and the Lord shall be for a name, and for an everlasting sign, and shall not fail.
Isaiah 56:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I will give to them in my house and within my walls an honorable place, better than sons and daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, and it shall not fail.
Isaiah 58:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and thy God shall be with thee continually, and thou shalt be satisfied according as thy soul desires; and thy bones shall be made fat, and shall be as a well-watered garden, and as a fountain from which the water has not failed.
Isaiah 59:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And this shall be my covenant with them, said the Lord; My Spirit which is upon thee, and the words which I have put in thy mouth, shall never fail from thy mouth, nor from the mouth of thy seed, for the Lord has spoken it, henceforth and forever.
Isaiah 60:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the sun shall no more set, nor shall the moon be eclipsed; for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be completed.
Jeremiah 4:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For I have heard thy groaning as the voice of a woman in travail, as of her that brings forth her first child; the voice of the daughter of Zion shall fail through weakness, and she shall lose the strength of her hands, saying, Woe is me! for my soul faints because of the slain.
Jeremiah 6:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Prepare yourselves for war against her; rise up, and let us go up against her at noon. Woe to us! for the day has gone down, for the shadows of the day fail.
Jeremiah 6:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They were ashamed because they failed; yet they were not ashamed as those who are truly ashamed, and they knew not their own disgrace: therefore shall they utterly fall when they do fall, and in the time of visitation shall they perish, said the Lord.
Jeremiah 6:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The bellows have failed from the fire, the lead has failed: the silversmith works at his trade in vain; their wickedness is not consumed.
Jeremiah 7:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore thou shalt speak this word to them;
Jeremiah 9:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Take up a lamentation for the mountains, and a mournful dirge for the paths of the wilderness, for they are desolate for want of men; they heard not the sound of life from the birds of the sky, nor the cattle: they were amazed, they are gone.
Jeremiah 14:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the labors of the land failed, because there was no rain: the husbandmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
Jeremiah 14:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The wild asses stood by the forests, and snuffed up the wind; their eyes failed, because there was no grass.
Jeremiah 15:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Woe is me, my mother! thou hast born me as some man of strife, and at variance with the whole earth; I have not helped others, nor has anyone helped me; my strength has failed among them that curse me.
Jeremiah 18:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Will fertilizing streams fail to flow from a rock, or snow fail from Lebanon? will water violently impelled by the wind turn aside?
Jeremiah 24:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will send against them famine, and pestilence, and the sword, until they are consumed from off the land which I gave them.
Jeremiah 26:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Fear not thou, my servant Jacob, saith the Lord; for I am with thee: she that was without fear and in luxury, has been delivered up: for I will make a full end of every nation among whom I have thrust thee forth; but I will not cause thee to fail: yet will I chastise thee in the way of judgment, and will not hold thee entirely guiltless.
Jeremiah 28:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The warrior of Babylon has failed to fight; they shall sit there in the siege; their power is broken; they are become like women; her tabernacles have been set on fire; her bars are broken.
Jeremiah 28:58 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord, The wall of Babylon was made broad, but it shall be completely broken down, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the peoples shall not labor in vain, nor the nations fail in their rule.
Jeremiah 31:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Moab has been at ease from a child, and trusted in his glory; he has not poured out his liquor from vessel to vessel, and has not gone into banishment, therefore his taste remained in him, and his smell departed not.
Jeremiah 34:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the nation and kingdom, all that shall not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, with sword and famine will I visit them, saith the Lord, until they are consumed by his hand.
Jeremiah 38:40 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all the Asaremoth even to Nachal Kidron, as far as the corner of the Horse Gate eastward, shall be holiness to the Lord; and it shall not fail anymore, and shall not be destroyed forever.
Jeremiah 42:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
there shall never be wanting a man of the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab to stand before my face while the earth remains.
Jeremiah 43:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut them off with a penknife, and cast them into the fire that was on the hearth, until the whole roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth.
Jeremiah 43:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come in, and destroy this land, and man and cattle shall fail from off it?
Jeremiah 44:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then the king commanded, and they cast him into the prison, and gave him a loaf a day out of the place where they bake, until the bread failed out of the city. So Jeremiah continued in the court of the prison.
Jeremiah 49:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all the men, and all the strangers who have set their face toward the land of Egypt to dwell there, shall be consumed by the sword, and by the famine: and there shall not one of them escape from the evils which I bring upon them.
Jeremiah 49:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Now therefore ye shall perish by sword and by famine, in the place which ye desire to go into to dwell there.
Jeremiah 51:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
to destroy all the remnant that are in Egypt; and they shall fall by the sword, and by famine, and shall be consumed small and great: and they shall be for reproach, and for destruction, and for a curse.
Jeremiah 51:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, we have all been brought low, and have been consumed by sword and by famine.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1587, grouped by book.

Genesis 15 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Esther 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 29 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 16 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 26 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Lamentations 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jonah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nahum 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Habakkuk 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zephaniah 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Luke 2 usages, New Testament
Hebrews 1 usage, New Testament
Judith 5 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Tobit 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
3 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 8 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Baruch 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 3 usages, 1 Enoch

Strong's G1587 FAQ

What does ekleipo (ἐκλείπω) mean?

Ekleipo (Strong's G1587) is a Greek word most simply glossed "fail". ekleipo (ek-lei'-po) v. 1. to omit 2. (by implication) to cease (die)

How many times is ekleipo (ἐκλείπω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 175 linked usages for Strong's G1587 across 37 books.

Where can I study ekleipo (ἐκλείπω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1587 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate ekleipo (ἐκλείπω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as failed, fail, lord, said, thee, and man. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G1587 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 144 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 25 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 3 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G1587, with linked reader references where each row is available.