verb
apopiptamō
Strong’sG634
I fall away from, fall off
stem apopipt-once in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ἀπο-πίπτω,
[in LXX for מלל, נפל, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G634 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
fall off from, ἐκ πέτρηςRefs 8th c.BC+; τοῦ κολεοῦ ἀ. ὁ μύκηςRefs 4th c.BC+slip off, Refs 2nd c.BC+
2 absolutely, fall off, στιλπναὶ δ᾽ ἀπέπιπτον ἔερσαιRefs 8th c.BC+
II miss or fail in obtaining, τῆς ἐλπίδος ἀ.Refs 2nd c.BC+; fail to record, let slip, τῶν ἀναγκαιοτέρωνRefs 1st c.BC+: absolutely, to be disappointed, fail, Refs 2nd c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| apopiptalaἀπέπεσαν | happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural | fell | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | apopiptamō | apopiptame | apopiptami | apopiptama | apopiptamē | apopiptamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | apopiptasō | apopiptase | apopiptasi | apopiptasa | apopiptasē | apopiptaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | apopiptatō | apopiptate | apopiptati | apopiptata | apopiptatē | apopiptatelē |
| we 1st person plural | apopiptanō | apopiptane | apopiptani | apopiptana | apopiptanē | apopiptanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | apopiptavō | apopiptave | apopiptavi | apopiptava | apopiptavē | apopiptavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | apopiptalō | apopiptale | apopiptali | apopiptala1×ἀπέπεσαν | apopiptalē | apopiptalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | apopiptameiō | apopiptameia | apopiptameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | apopiptaseiō | apopiptaseia | apopiptaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | apopiptateiō | apopiptateia | apopiptateiē |
| we 1st person plural | apopiptaneiō | apopiptaneia | apopiptaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | apopiptaveiō | apopiptaveia | apopiptaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | apopiptaleiō | apopiptaleia | apopiptaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | apopiptasōr | apopiptasar | apopiptasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | apopiptatōr | apopiptatar | apopiptatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | apopiptavōr | apopiptavar | apopiptavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | apopiptalōr | apopiptalar | apopiptalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | apopiptamoiō | apopiptamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | apopiptasoiō | apopiptasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | apopiptatoiō | apopiptatoia |
| we 1st person plural | apopiptanoiō | apopiptanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | apopiptavoiō | apopiptavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | apopiptaloiō | apopiptaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | apopiptarō | apopiptari | apopiptara | apopiptarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | apopiptarōntos | apopiptarintos | apopiptarantos | apopiptarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
apopipt is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
apopiptala“fell”happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural1×
Acts 9:18kai eutheōs apopiptala autou apo toiu ofthalmoiu hōs lepidais, …At that instant, something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and his sight …