ἐκπίπτω

ἐκ-πίπτω

[in LXX: Es 40,8; 28,1, 4 (הֶבֶל), Job 14,2 (מָלַל, see RV. mg), Job 15,30 (סוּר), Job 15,33 (שָׁלַךְ hi.), etc. ;]

to fall out of, fall from, fall off: before ἐκ τ. χειρῶν, ApG 12,7 absol., ApG 27,32 of the withering of flowers (as LXX, ll with), Jak 1,11, 1 Pet 1,24" (LXX) ; of navigators falling off from a straight course, ApG 27,17, 26; 27,29 Metaphorical, with genitive of thing(s): Gal 5,4, 2 Pet 3,17; absol., fall from its place, fail, perish: Rom 9,6,†