Definition

to trip, i.e. (figuratively) to err, sin, fail (of salvation)

Etymology

a form of G4098 (πίπτω);

Word family

• πίπτω píptō

How the KJV renders it

• fall
• offend
• stumble

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.