ἐκπίπτωekpíptō
to drop away; specially, be driven out of one's course; figuratively, to lose, become inefficient
Greek (New Testament) · G1601
Meanings
to fall out of, fall from, fall off: followed by ἐκ τ. χειρῶν, Acts 12:7; absolutely, Acts 27:32; of the withering of flowers (as LXX, ll c.), James 1:11, 1 Peter 1:24 (LXX); of navigators falling off from a straight course, Acts 27:17, Acts 27:26, Acts 27:29. Metaph., with genitive of thing: Galatians 5:4, 2 Peter 3:17; absolutely, fall from its place, fail, perish: Romans 9:6.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 10 times in the Bible.
- Acts 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.
- Acts 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.
- Acts 27:26 But we will be shipwrecked on an island.”
- Acts 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.
- Acts 27:32 So the soldiers cut the ropes to the lifeboat and let it drift away.
- Romans 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!
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.