ἈΠΟΠΕΣΟΙΕΝ, ἀποπεσοιεν
APOPESOIEN, apopesoien
Sounds Like: ah-po-PEH-soy-en
Translations: they might fall away, they might fall off, they might apostatize, they might fail
From the root: ἈΠΟΠΙΠΤΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means to fall away, fall off, or to apostatize. It can be used literally, such as fruit falling from a tree, or metaphorically, referring to a person falling away from faith or a position. It implies a separation or a loss of connection.
Inflection: Aorist, Optative, Third Person, Plural
Strong’s number: G638 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Psalms of Solomon — 4:18
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΠΟΠΙΠΤΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΠΟΠΕΣΑΤΩΣΑΝ — let them fall away, let them fall off, let them fall down, let them perish
- ἈΠΟΠΕΣΟΙΜΙ — fall away, fall off, fail, be cast down, lose
- ἈΠΟΠΕΣΟΝΤΑΣ — fallen away, having fallen away, falling away, those who have fallen away, those who fell away
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