- Original: διαλείπω - Transliteration: Dialeipo - Phonetic: dee-al-i'-po - Definition: 1. to interpose a delay, to intermit, leave off for a time something already begun - Origin: from G1223 and G3007 - TDNT entry: 4:194,* - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: From G1223 and G3007 ; to leave off in the middle that is intermit: - cease.