King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G3895
Transliteration: 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
παραπίπτω: 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.
Word 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.