Leipo means “lack” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H3007 — yabbesheth (“earth”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G3007 λείπω (leipo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. leipo (lei'-po) v. 1. to leave 2. (intransitively or passively) to fail or be absent It has 14 linked Bible usages across 9 books. Visible English usage signals include wanting, lackest, lack, and destitute. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
leipo (lei'-po) v. 1. to leave 2. (intransitively or passively) to fail or be absent [a primary verb] KJV: be destitute (wanting), lack
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3007. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to lack
Usage: λείπω [in LXX: Job.4:11, Pro.19:4 (פָּרַד), al. ;] __1. trans., to leave, leave behind; pass., to be left behind, to lack before prep. (as more usual in cl.), ἐν, Jas.1:4; with genitive of thing(s), Jas.1:5 2:15. __2. Intrans., to be gone, to be wanting: with dative of person(s), Luk.18:22, Tit.3:13; τὰ λείποντα, Tit.1:5 (cf. ἀπο-, δια-, ἐκ-, ἐπι-, κατα-, ἐν-κατα-, περι-, ὑπο-λείπω).† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render leipo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes New Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament. 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.
Strong's G3007 (λείπω) appears 8 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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.
6 indexed usages in New Testament.
Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:
Bring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligently, that nothing be wanting unto them.
3 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
The old lion has perished for want of food, And the lions’ whelps have forsaken one another.
When a just man dies he leaves regret: But the destruction of the ungodly is speedy, and causes joy.
Wealth acquires many friends; But the poor is deserted even of the friend he has.
5 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
but Menelaus, being now convicted, promised Ptolemy the son of Dorymenes to give him much money, if he would pacify the king toward him.
they were so carried away by their old arrogance, as to forbid us the entrance; while we, out of our forbearance toward all men, refrained from exercising our power upon them.
was full of rage, and commanded that they should be carefully subjected to the same (and not one whit milder) treatment.
First 14 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3007.
The old lion has perished for want of food, And the lions’ whelps have forsaken one another.
When a just man dies he leaves regret: But the destruction of the ungodly is speedy, and causes joy.
Wealth acquires many friends; But the poor is deserted even of the friend he has.
Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:
Bring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligently, that nothing be wanting unto them.
But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
but Menelaus, being now convicted, promised Ptolemy the son of Dorymenes to give him much money, if he would pacify the king toward him.
they were so carried away by their old arrogance, as to forbid us the entrance; while we, out of our forbearance toward all men, refrained from exercising our power upon them.
was full of rage, and commanded that they should be carefully subjected to the same (and not one whit milder) treatment.
For the destiny, whereof they were worthy, drew them unto this end, And made them forget the things that had already happened, That they might fulfill the punishment which was wanting to their torments:
All things are double one against another: And he hath made nothing imperfect.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3007, grouped by book.
Leipo (Strong's G3007) is a Greek word most simply glossed "lack". leipo (lei'-po) v. 1. to leave 2. (intransitively or passively) to fail or be absent
This page currently indexes 14 linked usages for Strong's G3007 across 9 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3007 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as wanting, lackest, lack, and destitute. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 3 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 5 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3007, with linked reader references where each row is available.