Strong's Lexicon
G1601 — ἐκπίπτω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1601 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἐκπίπτω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G1537 and G4098 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 10 |
| Transliteration: | ekpipto |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ek-pip'-to |
| Meaning: | 1. to drop away 2. (specially) be driven out of one's course 3. (figuratively) to lose, become inefficient |
| KJV Renderings: | be cast, fail, fall (away, off), take none effect |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐκπίπτω; perfect ἐκπέπτωκα; 2 aorist ἐξέπεσον; 1 aorist ἐξέπεσα (Act 12:7 L T Tr WH; Gal 5:4; on this aorist see (πίπτω and) ἀπέρχομαι); (from Homer down); to fall out of, to fall down from;
1. properly: αἱ ἁλύσεις ἐκ τῶν χειρῶν (see ἐκ, I. 3 (cf. Winer’s Grammar, 427 (398) and De verb. comp. etc. Part ii., p. 11)), Act 12:7 (ἐκ τῆς θήκης, Isa 6:13; ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, Isa 14:12); absolutely: Mar 13:25 R G; Act 27:32; Jas 1:11; 1Pe 1:24; of navigators, ἐκπίπτειν εἰς (i. e. from a straight course) to fall off, i. e. be driven into (cf. Stallbaum on Plato’s Phileb., p. 106f; others supply ’from deep water,’ and render ἐκπίπτειν, to be cast away), Act 27:17; Act 27:26; Act 27:29, in this last verse L T Tr] WH have adopted ἐκπίπτειν κατά; (often in Greek writings, as εἰς γῆν, Euripides, Hel. 409; εἰς τόν λιμένα, Thucydides 2, 92).
2. metaphorically,
a. τίνος (Winers Grammar, 427 (398), and De verb. comp. etc. as above), to fall from a thing, to lose it: τῆς χάριτος, Gal 5:4; τοῦ ἰδίου στηριγμοῦ, 2Pe 3:17 (τῆς πρός τόν δῆμον εὐνοίας, Plutarch, Tib. Gracch. 21; βασιλείας, Josephus, Antiquities 7, 9, 2; also with prepositions, ἐκ τῶν ἐοντων, Herodotus 3, 14; ἀπό τῶν ἐλπίδων, Thucydides 8, 81); πόθεν, Rev 2:5 Rec. (ἐκεῖθεν, Aelian v. h. 4, 7).
b. absolutely, to perish; to fail (properly, to fall from a place which one cannot keep, fall from its position): ἡ ἀγάπη, 1Co 13:8 R G; to fall powerless, fall to the ground, be without effect: of the divine promise of salvation by Christ, Rom 9:6.
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἐκπίπτω (be cast)
Mark 13:25
- KJV: And the stars of heaven shall fall and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken
- GK: και οι αστέρες του ουρανού έσονται εκπίπτοντες και αι δυνάμεις αι εν τοις ουρανοίς σαλευθήσονται
Acts 12:7
- KJV: And behold the angel of the Lord came upon and a light shined in the prison and he smote Peter on the side and raised him up saying Arise up quickly And his chains fell off from hands
- GK: και ιδού άγγελος κυρίου επέστη και φως έλαμψεν εν τω οικήματι πατάξας δε την πλευράν του Πέτρου ήγειρεν αυτόν λέγων ανάστα εν τάχει και εξέπεσον αυτού αι αλύσεις εκ των χειρών
Acts 27:17
- KJV: Which when they had taken up they used helps undergirding the ship and fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands strake sail and so were driven
- GK: ην άραντες βοηθείας εχρώντο υποζωννύντες το πλοίον φοβούμενοί τε μη εις την Σύρτιν εκπέσωσι χαλάσαντες το σκεύος ούτως εφέροντο
Acts 27:26
- KJV: Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island
- GK: εις νήσον δε τινα δει ημάς εκπεσείν
Acts 27:29
- KJV: Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks they cast four anchors out of the stern and wished for the day
- GK: φοβούμενοί τε μήπως εις τραχείς τόπους εκπέσωμεν εκ πρύμνης ρίψαντες αγκύρας τέσσαρας ηύχοντο ημέραν γενέσθαι
Acts 27:32
- KJV: Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat and let her fall off
- GK: τότε οι στρατιώται απέκοψαν τα σχοινία της σκάφης και είασαν αυτήν εκπεσείν
Romans 9:6
- KJV: Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect For they not all Israel which are of Israel
- GK: ουχ οίον δε ότι εκπέπτωκεν ο λόγος του θεού ου γαρ πάντες οι εξ Ισραήλ ούτοι Ισραήλ
1 Corinthians 13:8
- KJV: Charity never faileth but whether prophecies they shall fail whether tongues they shall cease whether knowledge it shall vanish away
- GK: η αγάπη ουδέποτε εκπίπτει είτε δε προφητείαι καταργηθήσονται είτε γλώσσαι παύσονται είτε γνώσις καταργηθήσεται
Galatians 5:4
- KJV: Christ is become of no effect unto you whosoever of you are justified by the law ye are fallen from grace
- GK: κατηργήθητε από του χριστού οίτινες εν νόμω δικαιούσθε της χάριτος εξεπέσατε