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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 an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him up. “Quick, get up!” he said, and the chains fell off Peter’s wrists.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:17 - so the men hoisted it aboard. Then they passed ropes under the ship itself to hold it together. Because they were afraid they would run aground on the sandbars of Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor[fn] and let the ship be driven along.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:26

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:29 - Fearing that we would be dashed against the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern 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 that held the lifeboat and let it drift away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:6 - It is not as though God’s word had failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:4 - You who are trying to be justified by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:11 - For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its blossom falls and its beauty is destroyed. In the same way, the rich will fade away even while they go about their business.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 1:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:24 - For, “All people are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 3:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:17 - Therefore, dear friends, since you have been forewarned, be on your guard so that you may not be carried away by the error of the lawless and fall from your secure position.
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