Lexicon parapiptó: To fall away, to deviate, to turn aside Original Word: παραπίπτω Strong's Exhaustive Concordance fall away. From para and pipto; to fall aside, i.e. (figuratively) to apostatize -- fall away. see GREEK para see GREEK pipto HELPS Word-studies 3895 parapíptō (from 3844 /pará, "from close-beside" and 4098 /píptō, "to fall") – properly, fall away, after being close-beside; to defect (abandon). 3895 /parapíptō ("fallen from a close position") refers to a close-follower of Christ who becomes a defector. It suggests this person (at least at one time) was a believer (note the para). 3895 (parapíptō) is only used in Heb 6:6. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom para and piptó Definition to fall in, into or away, to fail NASB Translation fallen away (1). 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. Forms and Transliterations παραπέπτωκας παραπεσάτω παραπεσείν παραπεσοντας παραπεσόντας παρέπεσε παρέπεσον parapesontas parapesóntasLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts |
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