To defect
παραπίπτωStrong’s G3895parapiptō
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Parapiptō is the Greek word usually translated “having fallen away”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.”
Meaning
Usually translated “having fallen away”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- having fallen away 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Hebrews 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
παραπίπτω parapiptō · to defect
παρα-πίπτω [in LXX: Eze.14:13 15:8 18:24 20:27 (מָעַל), Eze.22:4 (אָשַׁם), Est.6:10 (נָפַל hi.), Wis.6:9 12:2, 2Ma.10:4 A* ;] 1. most frequently (Hdt., Thuc., al.), to fall in one's way, befall. 2. to fall into or in (before εἰς, Polyb.; with dative, 2Mac, l.with). 3. to fall away (En, Wis, ll. with; in Polyb., with genitive) : absol., Heb.6:6. 4. to fail (λόγος, Es, l.with; cf. 1Ki.3:19).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “defect” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DEFECT, noun
[Latin To fail; to make or do.]
- Want or absence of something necessary or useful towards perfection; fault; imperfection.
- Failing; fault; mistake; imperfection in moral conduct, or in judgment.
- Any want, or imperfection, in natural objects; the absence of any thing necessary to perfection; any thing unnatural or misplaced; blemish; deformity.
All definitions and other forms of “defect”
DEFECT, verb intransitive
To be deficient.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.