Definition

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

Etymology

from G1537 (ἐκ) and G4098 (πίπτω);

Where the KJV renders it

• be cast
• fail
• fall (away
• off)
• take none effect

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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