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Strong's #1954 - ἐπίλοιπος
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- remaining besides, left over
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ἐπίλοιπος, ον,
1. still left, remaining, μῆνας ἑπτὰ τοὺς ἐπιλοίπους Καμβύσῃ ἐς τὰ ὀκτὼ ἔτεα τῆς πληρώσιος Hdt. 3.67: freq. in pl., c. gen., αἱ ἐ. τῶν πολίων Id. 6.33; τὰ ἐ. τοῦ λόγου Id. 4.154; τἀπ. τῶν λόγων S. Ph. 24, etc.; τἀπίλοιπ' ἄκουσον E. Tr. 923, cf. Pl. Cra. 397a; ἡ 'πίλοιπος ὁδός E. Ph. 842; τί οὖν ἦν ἐπίλοιπον; And. 1.87.
2.. of Time, future, χρόνος Hdt. 2.13, Pl. Lg. 628a, etc.; ἁμέραι ἐ. Pi. O. 1.33; βίος Antipho Fr. 67, Lys. 2.71, Pl. Lg. 929e.
ἐπίλοιπος, ἐπίλοιπον (λοιπός), remaining besides, left over (cf. ἐπί, D. 4): 1 Peter 4:2. (the Sept.; Greek writings from Herodotus down.)
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With ἐ. in 1 Peter 4:2 cf. P Petr II. 13 (19).4 (c. B.C. 252) (= Witkowski.2, p. 18) σοῦ προστατῆσα [ι τὸν ] ἐ [π ]ίλοιπον βίον, ";to take care of you for the rest of your life."; In P Ryl II. 154.33 (A.D. 66) provision is made that in the event of divorce taking place between two contracting parties, Sisoïs (the father-in-law) is to receive ";the remainder";—τὸ ἐπίλοιπον —of the dowry, after the claims of the bridegroom have been met. The recto of the papyrus letter P Tebt I. 58.36 (B.C. 111) ends τἀπίλοιπα ὀπείσωι ";the Greek equivalent of our ‘P.T.O.’ "; (Edd.).
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