ἐκ-πίπτω
[in LXX: Is 40:828:1, 4 (הֶבֶל), Jb 14:2 (מָלַל, v. RV. mg), Jb 15:30 (סוּר), Jb 15:33 (שָׁלַךְ hi.), etc.;]
to fall out of, fall from, fall off: seq. ἐκ τ. χειρῶν, Ac 12:7; absol., Ac 27:32; of the withering of flowers (as LXX, ll c.), Ja 1:11, I Pe 1:24(LXX); of navigators falling off from a straight course, Ac 27:17, 26, 29. Metaph., c. gen. rei: Ga 5:4, II Pe 3:17; absol., fall from its place, fail, perish: Ro 9:6.†