# G1459 ἐγκαταλείπω

ἐγκαταλείπω (enkataleípō), Strong’s G1459: to leave behind in some place, i.e. (in a good sense) let remain over, or (in a bad sense) to desert KJV: forsake, leave. Occurs 165 times.

Source: https://besorah.bible/word/G1459 — Besorah, the whole Bible in Hebrew, Greek and English. Texts and licences: https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html

*enkataleípō* — to leave behind in some place, i.e. (in a good sense) let remain over, or (in a bad sense) to desert

KJV: forsake, leave

Built from [ἐν en](https://besorah.bible/word/G1722) ("in," at) + [καταλείπω kataleípō](https://besorah.bible/word/G2641) (to leave down, i.e. behind)

Occurs 165 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Matthew 27:46](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/27?v=46) — About the ninth hour Yeshua cried with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lima sabachthani?” That is, “My God, my God…
- [Mark 15:34](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/15?v=34) — At the ninth hour Yeshua cried with a loud voice, saying, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” which is, being interpreted…
- [Acts 2:27](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/2?v=27) — because you will not leave my soul in Sheol, neither will you allow your Holy One to see decay.
- [Romans 9:29](https://besorah.bible/besorah/romans/9?v=29) — As Isaiah has said before, “Unless the Lord of Hosts had left us a seed, we would have become like Sodom, and would…
- [2 Corinthians 4:9](https://besorah.bible/besorah/2-corinthians/4?v=9) — pursued, yet not forsaken; struck down, yet not destroyed;
- [2 Timothy 4:10](https://besorah.bible/besorah/2-timothy/4?v=10) — for Demas left me, having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia; and Titus to…
- [2 Timothy 4:16](https://besorah.bible/besorah/2-timothy/4?v=16) — At my first defense, no one came to help me, but all left me. May it not be held against them.
- [Hebrews 10:25](https://besorah.bible/besorah/hebrews/10?v=25) — not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as…
- [1 Esdras 4:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/1-esdras/4?v=20) — A man leaves his own father who brought him up, leaves his own country, and joins with his wife.
- [Judith 7:30](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/judith/7?v=30) — And Ozias said to them, “Brethren, be of good courage! Let us endure five more days, during which the Lord our God will…