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ekpíptō

to fall off, to fall away

Say it: ek-PIP-to (approximate)

ἐκπίπτω

What it means

To fall out of something or off a position. In 5:4, those who want to be justified by the law have "fallen away from grace." It also describes a ship drifting (Acts 27:17) and flowers dropping their petals (James 1:11).

Range of meaning

  • Fall offDrop from a place.
  • LoseBe cut off from.

In Galatians

  • Chapter 5

    "You have fallen away from grace" (5:4).

Every verse (1)

Verses where G1601 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources