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Lexicon :: Strong's G1601 - ekpiptō

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ἐκπίπτω
Transliteration
ekpiptō (Key)
Pronunciation
ek-pip'-to
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:167,846

Strong’s Definitions

ἐκπίπτω ekpíptō, ek-pip'-to; from G1537 and G4098; to drop away; specially, be driven out of one's course; figuratively, to lose, become inefficient:—be cast, fail, fall (away, off), take none effect.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's G1601 in the following manner: fall (7x), fall off (2x), be cast (1x), take none effect (1x), fall away (1x), fail (1x), variations of 'fallen' (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x
The KJV translates Strong's G1601 in the following manner: fall (7x), fall off (2x), be cast (1x), take none effect (1x), fall away (1x), fail (1x), variations of 'fallen' (1x).

  1. to fall out of, to fall down from, to fall off

  2. metaph.

    1. to fall from a thing, to lose it

    2. to perish, to fall

      1. to fall from a place from which one cannot keep

      2. fall from a position

      3. to fall powerless, to fall to the ground, be without effect

        1. of the divine promise of salvation

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐκπίπτω ekpíptō, ek-pip'-to; from G1537 and G4098; to drop away; specially, be driven out of one's course; figuratively, to lose, become inefficient:—be cast, fail, fall (away, off), take none effect.
STRONGS G1601:
ἐκπίπτω; perfect ἐκπέπτωκα; 2 aorist ἐξέπεσον; 1 aorist ἐξέπεσα (Acts 12:7 L T Tr WH; Galatians 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)), Acts 12:7 (ἐκ τῆς θήκης, Isaiah 6:13; ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, Isaiah 14:12); absolutely: Mark 13:25 R G; Acts 27:32; James 1:11; 1 Peter 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), Acts 27:17, 26, 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, Galatians 5:4; τοῦ ἰδίου στηριγμοῦ, 2 Peter 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, Revelation 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, 1 Corinthians 13:8 R G; to fall powerless, fall to the ground, be without effect: of the divine promise of salvation by Christ, Romans 9:6.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Isaiah
6:13; 14:12
Mark
13:25
Acts
12:7; 12:7; 27:17; 27:26; 27:29; 27:32
Romans
9:6
1 Corinthians
13:8
Galatians
5:4; 5:4
James
1:11
1 Peter
1:24
2 Peter
3:17
Revelation
2:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1601 matches the Greek ἐκπίπτω (ekpiptō),
which occurs 13 times in 13 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:25 - and the stars shall be falling from heaven, and the powers that are in the heavens shall be shaken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:7 - And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shined in the cell: and he smote Peter on the side, and awoke him, saying, Rise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:17 - and when they had hoisted it up, they used helps, under-girding the ship; and, fearing lest they should be cast upon the Syrtis, they lowered the gear, and so were driven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:26 - But we must be cast upon a certain island.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:29 - And fearing lest haply we should be cast ashore on rocky ground, they let go four anchors from the stern, and wished for the day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:32 - Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:6 - But it is not as though the word of God hath come to nought. For they are not all Israel, that are of Israel:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 13:8 - Love never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall be done away; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall be done away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:4 - Ye are severed from Christ, ye who would be justified by the law; ye are fallen away from grace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:11 - For the sun ariseth with the scorching wind, and withereth the grass; and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his goings.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 1:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:24 - For, All flesh is as grass, And all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower falleth:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 3:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:17 - Ye therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware lest, being carried away with the error of the wicked, ye fall from your own stedfastness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:5 - Remember therefore whence thou art fallen, and repent and do the first works; or else I come to thee, and will move thy candlestick out of its place, except thou repent.
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