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Lexicon :: Strong's G1601 - ekpiptō

Aa
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 10 times in 10 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:7 - And behold, an angel of the Lord stood next to him, and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:17 - After hoisting it up, they used supports to undergird the ship. Then, fearing that they would run aground on the Syrtis, they lowered the gear,[fn] and thus they were driven along.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:26 - But we must run aground on some island.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:29 - And fearing that we might run on the rocks, they let down four anchors from the stern and prayed for day to come.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:32

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:32 - Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the ship’s boat and let it go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:6 - But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:4 - You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified[fn] by the law; you have fallen away from grace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:11 - For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in the midst of his pursuits.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:24 - for
“All flesh is like grass
and all its glory like the flower of grass.
The grass withers,
and the flower falls,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:17 - You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, take care that you are not carried away with the error of lawless people and lose your own stability.
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