- ἀποπίπτω
- ἀποπίπτω fut. ἀποπεσοῦμαι LXX; aor. ἀπέπεσα (ἀπέπεσον LXX) (Hom.+; UPZ 70, 27 [II B.C.]; LXX). In our lit. ἀ. is used w. ἀπό and gen. (Hdt. 3, 130; Job 24:24) or w. gen. (Hdt. 3, 64; Jdth 11:6); but not simply without a gen. (as Il. 14, 351).① lit. to fall from a point or location, fall (Jos., Ant. 6, 2) ἀ. αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τ. ὀφθαλμῶν there fell fr. his eyes Ac 9:18. ἡ χείρ μου πυρὶ ἀποπίπτει ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ my hand, burned by fire, falls off GJs 20:1.② fig. to depart from a norm, to deviate (Polyb.; Diod S; Jdth 11:6; Jos., Bell. 1, 527) ἀ. τῆς ὁδοῦ τ. δικαίας fall from the right way 2 Cl 5:7 (cp. Proclus, Inst. 13 ἀ. τἀγαθοῦ).—Schlageter 11. M-M.
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