ἐκπίπτω ekpíptō

Meaning

to drop away; specially, be driven out of one's course; figuratively, to lose, become inefficient

In the King James Version: be cast, fail, fall (away, off), take none effect

Derivation: from G1537 (ἐκ) and G4098 (πίπτω);

Where it is used

• Acts 12:7 Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his wrists.
• Acts 27:17 After hoisting it up, the crew used ropes to undergird the ship. And fearing that they would run aground on the sandbars of Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor and were driven along.
• Acts 27:26 However, we must run aground on some island.”
• Acts 27:29 Fearing that we would run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daybreak.
• Acts 27:32 So the soldiers cut the ropes to the lifeboat and set it adrift.
• Romans 9:6 It is not as though God’s word has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.
• Galatians 5:4 You who are trying to be justified by the law have been severed from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.
• James 1:11 For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its flower falls and its beauty is lost. So too, the rich man will fade away in the midst of his pursuits.
• 1 Peter 1:24 For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,
• 2 Peter 3:17 Therefore, beloved, since you already know these things, be on your guard so that you will not be carried away by the error of the lawless and fall from your secure standing.