Lexicon
ὑπολείπω
hupoleipō
G5275
G:V Greek

to leave

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Hupoleipo describes being left alone after others have been killed or removed.

The sole attested use describes a speaker as the one left alone after prophets have been killed and altars torn down.

Senses in use

  1. Being left alone after others are removed · dominant

    In Romans 11:3, the first-person aorist passive form occurs in the speaker's claim to be alone after prophets have been killed and altars torn down; the APB renders the clause, "and I alone am left."

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Romans 11:3, the APB presents the clause as "and I alone am left." This rendering confirms the clause's overall sense rather than isolating every feature of the Greek form.

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