Dictionary entry

ἐγκαταλείπω

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἐγ-κατα-λείπω,

[in LXX chiefly for עזב;]

1. to leave behind: ἡμῖν σπέρμα, Ro 9:29^(LXX).

2. to abandon, desert, forsake: c. acc. pers., Mt 27:46^(LXX), Mk 15:34^(ib.), Ac 2:27^(LXX) (WH, ἐνκ-), II Ti 4:10, 16 He 13:5^(LXX); τ. ἐπισυναγωγήν (cf. MM, Exp., xi), He 10:25. Pass., Ac 2:31 (WH, ἐνκ-), II Co 4:9.†