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
