verb
parapiptamō
Strong’sG3895
I fall away
stem parapipt-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.
παρα-πίπτω,
[in LXX: Ez 14:13 15:8 18:24 20:27 (מעל), 22:4 (אשׁם), Es 6:10 (נפל hi.), Wi 6:9 12:2, II Mac 10:4 A*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3895 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
fall beside, ἐγγὺς τῶν τειχῶν -πεπτωκός Refs 1st c.AD+; come side to side, Refs 4th c.BC+
2 in Mathematics texts, as passive of παραβάλλω, to be applied, Refs 3rd c.BC+
II fall in one's way, κατὰ τύχην παραπεσοῦσα νηῦς Refs 5th c.BC+; π. κατὰ βοήθειαν come in time to aid, Refs 2nd c.BC+; ὁπότε καιρὸς παραπέσοι as opportunity offered, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὁ παραπεσών the first that comes, ἡ παραπίπτουσα ἀεὶ [ἡδονή] Refs 5th c.BC+; ὁ παραπεπτωκὼς λόγος that happened to arise, Refs; πᾶν τὸ παραπῖπτον or παραπεσόν all that befalls, Refs 2nd c.BC+; κατὰ τὸ -πῖπτον incidentally, Refs 1st c.BC+
II.2 with dative, befall, θαυμαστὸν κτῆμα παραπεσεῖν τοῖς Ἕλλησι fell to their lot, Refs 5th c.BC+; π. τῇ πόλει νομοθέτης comes to its aid, Refs 5th c.BC+
III fall, rush in, εἰς τὸ Σαμικόν Refs 2nd c.BC+
IV go astray, err, Refs 5th c.BC+; τοῖς ὅλοις πράγμασιν ἀγνοεῖν καὶ π. Refs 2nd c.BC+
IV.b to be mislaid or lost, of a document, Refs 2nd c.BC+, etc.; σανδάλιον παραπεσόν Refs 2nd c.AD+
IV.2 fall aside or away from, with genitive, τῆς ὁδοῦ Refs 2nd c.BC+: absolutely, fall away, NT
V fall down before, cringe, flatter, παραπεπτωκώς Refs 4th c.BC+
VI Astrology texts, to be unfavourably situated, Refs 2nd c.AD+
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| parapiptarantoinπαραπεσόντας | happened · objectaorist active participle accusative plural masculine | fallen away | 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, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | parapiptamō | parapiptame | parapiptami | parapiptama | parapiptamē | parapiptamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | parapiptasō | parapiptase | parapiptasi | parapiptasa | parapiptasē | parapiptaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | parapiptatō | parapiptate | parapiptati | parapiptata | parapiptatē | parapiptatelē |
| we 1st person plural | parapiptanō | parapiptane | parapiptani | parapiptana | parapiptanē | parapiptanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | parapiptavō | parapiptave | parapiptavi | parapiptava | parapiptavē | parapiptavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | parapiptalō | parapiptale | parapiptali | parapiptala | parapiptalē | parapiptalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | parapiptameiō | parapiptameia | parapiptameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | parapiptaseiō | parapiptaseia | parapiptaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | parapiptateiō | parapiptateia | parapiptateiē |
| we 1st person plural | parapiptaneiō | parapiptaneia | parapiptaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | parapiptaveiō | parapiptaveia | parapiptaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | parapiptaleiō | parapiptaleia | parapiptaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | parapiptasōr | parapiptasar | parapiptasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | parapiptatōr | parapiptatar | parapiptatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | parapiptavōr | parapiptavar | parapiptavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | parapiptalōr | parapiptalar | parapiptalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | parapiptamoiō | parapiptamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | parapiptasoiō | parapiptasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | parapiptatoiō | parapiptatoia |
| we 1st person plural | parapiptanoiō | parapiptanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | parapiptavoiō | parapiptavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | parapiptaloiō | parapiptaloia |
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 | parapiptarō | parapiptari | parapiptara | parapiptarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | parapiptarōntos | parapiptarintos | parapiptarantos1× | parapiptarēntos |
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
parapipt 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
parapiptarantoin“fallen away”happened · objectaorist active participle accusative plural masculine1×
Hebrews 6:6kai parapiptarantoin, palin anakainizarō eis metanoian, anastaurarōntoin heautoi …and then have fallen away — to be restored to repentance, because …