| Thayer's Greek LexiconSTRONGS NT 1952: ἐπιλείπω ἐπιλείπω: future ἐπιλειψω; to fail, not to suffice for (any purpose, for the attainment of an end): τινα ὁ χρόνος, time fails one, Hebrews 11:32 and many like examples in Greek writings from Demosthenes down; see Bleek, Brief an d. Hebrews 2:2, p. 818. STRONGS NT 1952a: ἐπιλείχωἐπιλείχω: imperfect ἐπέλειχον; to lick the surface of, lick over ((cf.  ἐπί, D. 1); German belecken): with the accusative of a thing, Luke 16:21 L T Tr WH; (in Long. past. 1, 24 (11) a variant for ἐπιτρέχω). | 



