G4098-piptó

Strong's Concordance

Definition - To fall, to descend, to perish, to fail

Word Origin - A primary verb

Usage - The verb πίπτω is used in various contexts in the New Testament, often describing physical falling, but also metaphorically to indicate spiritual or moral failure, judgment, or destruction

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

fail, fall down

A reduplicated and contracted form of peto (pet'-o); (which occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses); probably akin to petomai through the idea of alighting; to fall (literally or figuratively) -- fail, fall (down), light on.

see GREEK petomai