ἐκπέσητε

ekpíptō

fall

To fall out of, to be displaced, to lose one's position or place; in figurative contexts, to fall short, to fail, to be excluded, or to cease to have effect. The primary sense is a physical or metaphorical movement out from a place, status, or condition. The term includes the sense of departing from a secure, accepted, or expected state.

G1601

2 Peter 3:17 · Word #13

Lexicon G1601

Lemmaἐκπίπτω
Transliterationekpíptō
Strong'sG1601
DefinitionTo fall out of, to be displaced, to lose one's position or place; in figurative contexts, to fall short, to fail, to be excluded, or to cease to have effect. The primary sense is a physical or metaphorical movement out from a place, status, or condition. The term includes the sense of departing from a secure, accepted, or expected state.

Morphology V AOR ACT SUBJ 2P PL All morphology codes

Part of Speech V — Verb — An action or state of being
Tense AOR — Aorist — Simple occurrence, often past
Voice ACT — Active — The subject performs the action
Mood SUBJ — Subjunctive — Expresses possibility or purpose
Person 2P — 2nd person — The one spoken to ("you")
Number PL — Plural — More than one

Common Translation

Phrasefall
Literalfall-out

Lexical Info

Lemmaἐκπίπτω
Strong'sG1601

SIBI-P1 Translation G1601-03

you may fall out

Morphological NotesVerb; aorist active subjunctive; 2nd person plural — expressing a simple, undefined action that may occur to "you" (plural).
Rendering RationaleThe rendering preserves the compound sense of ἐκ- (out of) and πίπτω (to fall), expressing movement out from a place or state. The aorist active subjunctive, second person plural, conveys a potential or contingent action addressed to "you" (plural).

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SILEX v2

SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)

you may fall out

Same as P1Yes
RationaleP1 'you may fall out' accurately reflects the subjunctive sense and context of 'εκπέσητε.'