ἈΠΟΠΕΣΟΝΤΑΣ, ἀποπεσοντας
APOPESONTAS, apopesontas
Sounds Like: ah-po-peh-SON-tas
Translations: fallen away, having fallen away, falling away, those who have fallen away, those who fell away
From the root: ἈΠΟΠΙΠΤΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is a compound verb meaning 'to fall off' or 'to fall away'. It describes an action of separating or detaching from something, often implying a failure or a loss of position. It can be used to describe literal falling, or metaphorically, like falling from grace or failing in a task.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Participle, Masculine, Accusative, Plural
Strong’s number: G0638 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 8:16
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
- ἈΠΟΠΕΣΟΙΕΝ — they might fall away, they might fall off, they might apostatize, they might fail
- ἈΠΟΠΕΣΟΙΜΙ — fall away, fall off, fail, be cast down, lose
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