Greek · G3752, G1587

ὅταν ἐκλίπῃ

When(-ever) · to fail

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ὅταν G3752 when(-ever)

Pronunciation hótan

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ἐκλείπω G1587 to fail

Pronunciation ekleípō

To cease or be exhausted; of resources, strength, or faith running out completely.

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What does ὅταν ἐκλίπῃ (hotan eklipē) mean in the Bible?

ὅταν · ἐκλείπω is a Greek phrase meaning "when it fails, runs out, gives out".

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What does ὅταν · ἐκλείπω mean in the Bible?

ὅταν · ἐκλείπω is a Greek phrase meaning "when it fails, runs out, gives out".

How many biblical occurrences are listed for G3752, G1587?

G3752, G1587 is connected to 123 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.

Evidence Summary

Greek phrase. when it fails, runs out, gives out

Strong's G3752, G1587

Lexical occurrences 123 verses Word forms 2 forms 123 references

Source Gloss

when it fails, runs out, gives out

Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.

Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 123

Matt 5:11 · Matt 6:2 · Matt 6:5 · Matt 6:6 · Matt 6:16 · Matt 10:19 · Matt 10:23 · Matt 12:43 · Matt 13:32 · Matt 15:2 · Matt 19:28 · Matt 21:40 · Matt 23:15 · Matt 24:15 · Matt 24:32 · Matt 24:33 115×

Matt 9:15 · Matt 26:29 · Mark 2:20 · Mark 12:23 · Mark 14:25 · 1 Cor 15:24 · Rev 10:7 8×

Discourse Aspect

How this verb appears across 4 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).

Aspect

prospective 1 subjunctive 2 participle 1

Tense

aorist 3 future 1

Voice

active 4

Mood

subjunctive 2 indicative 1 participle 1

NT Occurrences

Luke 16:9 ἐκλίπῃ aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Luke 22:32 ἐκλίπῃ aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Luke 23:45 ἐκλιπόντος aorist active participle participle Hebrews 1:12 ἐκλείψουσιν future active indicative prospective

Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.

Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain

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