Lexical Summary parapiptō: to fall in, into or away, to fail Original Word: παραπίπτωTransliteration: parapiptō Phonetic Spelling: (par-ap-ip'-to) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to fall in, into or away, to fail Meaning: to fall in, into or away, to fail Strong's Concordance fall away. From para and pipto; to fall aside, i.e. (figuratively) to apostatize -- fall away. see GREEK para see GREEK pipto Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3895: παραπίπτωπαραπίπτω: 2 aorist participle παραπεσων; properly, to fall beside a person or thing; to slip aside; hence, to deviate from the right path, turn aside, wander: τῆς ὁδοῦ, Polybius 3, 54, 5; metaphorically, τῆς ἀληθείας, Polybius 12, 12 (7), 2 ((here Didot edition ἀντέχηται); τοῦ καθηκοντος, 8, 13, 8); equivalent to to err, Polybius 18, 19,6; ἐν τίνι, Xenophon, Hell. 1, 6,4. In the Scriptures, to fall away (from the true faith): from the worship of Jehovah, Ezekiel 14:13; Ezekiel 15:8 (for מָעַל); from Christianity, Hebrews 6:6. |
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