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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.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 10 times in 10 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:7 - Suddenly, there was a bright light in the cell, and an angel of the Lord stood before Peter. The angel struck him on the side to awaken him and said, “Quick! Get up!” And the chains fell off his wrists.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:17 - Then the sailors bound ropes around the hull of the ship to strengthen it. They were afraid of being driven across to the sandbars of Syrtis off the African coast, so they lowered the sea anchor to slow the ship and were driven before the wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:26 - But we will be shipwrecked on an island.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:29 - At this rate they were afraid we would soon be driven against the rocks along the shore, so they threw out four anchors from the back of the ship and prayed for daylight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:32

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:32 - So the soldiers cut the ropes to the lifeboat and let it drift away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:6 - Well then, has God failed to fulfill his promise to Israel? No, for not all who are born into the nation of Israel are truly members of God’s people!

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:4 - For if you are trying to make yourselves right with God by keeping the law, you have been cut off from Christ! You have fallen away from God’s grace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:11 - The hot sun rises and the grass withers; the little flower droops and falls, and its beauty fades away. In the same way, the rich will fade away with all of their achievements.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 1:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:24 - As the Scriptures say,
“People are like grass;
their beauty is like a flower in the field.
The grass withers and the flower fades.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 3:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:17 - I am warning you ahead of time, dear friends. Be on guard so that you will not be carried away by the errors of these wicked people and lose your own secure footing.
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