Words the Bible translates as fall away
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 4 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- aphistēmiἀφίστημιto move away from a place, person, or commitment: to depart, withdraw, or fall away
- skandalizōσκανδαλίζωto trip someone up: to make a person stumble in their faith, whether by leading them into sin, driving them to give up, or setting off a reaction of offense.
- ekpiptōἐκπίπτωto fall out of place: to come away from whatever was holding something, whether a blossom from its stem, a ship from its course, or a person from the standing he was in
- parapiptōπαραπίπτωto fall away: to turn aside decisively and deliberately from a commitment one had truly entered, abandoning it
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