Quick Definition
ἐκπίπτω v. I fall out, fall off, fall away, fade away, wither away
Strong's Definition
from 1537 and 4098; to drop away; specially, be driven out of one's course; figuratively, to lose, become inefficient
KJV Usage: be cast, fail, fall (away, off), take none effect
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | aor. ἐξέπεσον · inf. ἐκπεσεῖν · pf. ἐκπέπτωκα | πίπτω
15.120 · Linear Movement · Fall
to fall, to fall from, to fall off to fall from a particular point or location
54.19 · Maritime Activities
to run aground, to be blown off course and run aground (a technical, nautical term) to drift off or be blown off one’s course and hence run aground
34.26 · Association · Join, Begin To Associate
to fall away, to forsake, to turn away to abandon a former relationship or association, or to dissociate (a type of reversal of beginning to associate) Note, however, that the underlying structure of the expression τῆς χάριτος ἐξεπέσατε really involves ‘turning away from God who has shown grace.’ For another interpretation of ἐκπίπτω in GAL 5:4, see 90.72.
13.59 · Be, Become, Exist, Happen · Change of State
to fall from, to worsen to change for the worse, with emphasis upon extent and suddenness
75.7 · Adequate, Qualified
to become inadequate, to fail (figurative extension of meaning of ἐκπίπτω[a] ‘to fall out or from,’ 15.120) to become inadequate for some function
1 The meanings of παραπίπτω, ἐκπίπτω[c], ἀποστρέφομαι[b], and ἀφίσταμαι[b] appear to focus upon the initial aspects of dissociation. As such, they constitute a reversal of the process of joining or beginning to associate.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐκ-πίπτω ; pf. ἐκπέπτωκα ; 2 aor. ἐξέπεσον ; 1 aor. ἐξέmeoa (Acts xii. 7 LT Tr WH; Gal. ν. 4; on this aor. see [πίπτω and] ἀπέρχομαι) ; [fr. Hom. down]; to fall out of, to fall down from; 1. prop.: ai ἁλύσεις ἐκ τῶν χειρῶν (see ἐκ. I. 3 [ef. W. 427 (398) and De verb. comp. ete. Pt. ii. p. 11]), Acts xii. 7 (ἐκ τῆς θήκης, Is. vi. 13; ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, Is. xiv. 12); absol.: Mk. xiii. 25 RG; Acts xxvii. 32; Jas. i. 11; 1 Pet. i. 24; of navigators, ἐκπ. eis (i. 6. from a straight course) to fall off i. 6. be driven into (cf. Stallbaum on Plato’s Phileb. p. 106 sq. ; al. supply ‘from deep water,’ and render ἐκπ. to be cast away], Acts xxvii. 17, 25, 29, in this last vs. LT Tr WH have adopted ἐκπ. κατά, (often in Grk. writ., as eis γῆν, Eur. Hel. 409; εἰς τὸν λιμένα, Thue. 2, 92). 2. metaph. a. τινός [W. 427 (398), and De verb. comp. ete. τι. 5.7, to fall from a thing, to lose it: τῆς χάριτος, Gal. v. 4; τοῦ ἰδίου στηριγμοῦ, 2 Pet. iii. 17, (τῆς πρὸς τὸν δῆμον εὐνοίας, Plut. Tib. Gracch. 21; βασιλείας, Joseph. antt. 7,9, 2; also with prepositions, ἐκ τῶν ἐόντων, Hat. 3, 14; ἀπὸ τῶν ἐλπίδων, Thue. 8, 81); πόθεν, Rev. ii. 5 Ree. (ἐκεῖθεν, Ael. ν. h. 4, 7). b. absol. to perish; to fail, (properly, to fall from a place which one cannot keep, fall from its position) : ἡ ἀγάπη. 1 Co. xiii. 8 RG; to fall powerless, fall to the ground, be without effect: of the divine promise of salvation by Christ, Ro. ix. 6.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐκπίπτω ekpiptō 10x
to fall off or from, Acts 12:7; 27:32; met. to fall from, forfeit, lose, Gal. 5:4; 2 Pet. 3:17; to be cast ashore, Acts 27:17, 26, 29; to fall to the ground, be fruitless, ineffectual, Rom. 9:6; to cease, come to an end, Jas. 1:11; 1 Pet. 1:24*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐκ-πίπτω
[in LXX: Is 40:8 28:1, 4 (הֶבֶל), Jb 14:2 (מָלַל, v. RV. mg), Jb 15:30 (סוּר), Jb 15:33 (שָׁלַךְ hi.), etc. ;]
to fall out of, fall from, fall off: seq. ἐκ τ. χειρῶν, Ac 12:7; absol., Ac 27:32; of the withering of flowers (as LXX, ll c.), Ja 1:11, I Pe 1:24 (LXX); of navigators falling off from a straight course, Ac 27:17, 26, 29. Metaph., c. gen. rei: Ga 5:4, II Pe 3:17; absol., fall from its place, fail, perish: Ro 9:6.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐκπίπτω. For the literal meaning ‘‘ fall out of,’’ ‘‘leave,”’ we can cite P Rein 112° (B.c. 111) διὰ τὸ τοῦτον ἐκπεπτωκέναι Kal μὴ εὑρίσκεσθαι, “attendu que mon mari a quitté le pays et a disparu”’ (Ed.). The idea of ending in failure or nothingness, as in Jas 11, is seen in Vett. Val. p. 7027 καθαιρεῖται -
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐκπίπτω (ekpiptō) — to fall out. ἐκπίπτω, future -πεσοῦμαι: aorist ἐξέπεσον: perfect ἐκπέπτωκα:— fall out of, δίφρου [Refs 8th c.BC+]; θαλερὸν δέ οἱ ἔκπεσε δάκρυ fell from his eyes, [Refs]fall out, [Refs]; fall down, of trees, [Refs 4th c.BC+]meteors, [Refs 8th c.BC+]passive of ἐκβάλλω:
1. of seafaring men, to be cast ashore, ἐκ δ᾽ ἔπεσον θυμηγερέων [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ναυαγὸν ἐ.[Refs 5th c.BC+]; of things, suffer shipwreck, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of fish, to be cast up, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
2. fall from a thing, i.e. be deprived of it, ἐκ πολλῶν καὶ εὐδαιμόνων ἐς πτωχηΐην [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τυραννίδος, ἀρχῆς, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. to be driven out, [ἐκ τῆς ἀκροπόλιος] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; to be banished, ἐ. ἐκ τῆς πατρίδος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑπό τινος by a person, ἐκ Πελοποννήσου ὑπὸ Μήδων [Refs 5th c.BC+]
4. of limbs, to be dislocated, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of flesh, mortify and separate itself, [Refs]; so ἐ. ὀδόντες, πτερά, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of atoms, ἐκπεσοῦσαι κατέψυξαν [Refs 4th c.BC+]
5. go forth, sally out, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of rays, issue forth, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
6. come out, of votes, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; turn out, happen, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
7. escape, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
8. of oracles, issue, χρησμὸς ἐκπίπτει [Refs 1st c.AD+]; to be published, become known, εἰς ἀνθρώπους ἀπαιδεύτους [Refs 5th c.BC+]
9. depart, ἐκ τῆς ὁδοῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+]
9. b digress, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but ἐ. τῆς διανοίας miss the sense, [Refs 6th c.AD+]; fall outside of a class, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
10. of things, escape one unawares, φασὶν ἐκπεσεῖν αὐτούς [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of reason, fail, be lacking, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
11. degenerate, εἰς ἀλλότριον ἦθος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς τὴν Φρυγιστὶ ἁρμονίαν slip into.., [Refs 4th c.BC+]: absolutely, come to naught, [NT]; to be dilapidated, [Refs]
12. of actors or dramatic pieces, to be hissed off the stage, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: so of orators, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
13. ἐ. ἑαυτοῦ lose one's self-control, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἐ. σκοποῦ miss the mark, [Refs]
14. of things, arise from, ἔκ τινος [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
15. of money, cease to be current, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
16. run to excess, δι᾽ ἀοριστίαν [Refs 4th c.BC+]
16. b Geometry texts, as passive of ἐκβάλλω, to be produced, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
17. die, χθὼν ἐκπιπτόντων [Refs] (unless, = rubbish heap).