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mss. have
); (g) of persons, in “falling” morally or spiritually, Rom. 14:4; 1 Cor.
10:8, 12; Rev. 2:5 (some mss. have No. 3 here). See
FAIL
,
LIGHT
(upon),
STRIKE
.
2.
(
&
, 634), “to fall from” ( , “from”), is used in Acts 9:18, of the
scales which “fell” from the eyes of Saul of Tarsus.¶
3.
(
#
&
, 1601), “to fall out of” ( , “out,” and No. 1), “is used in the NT,
literally, of flowers that wither in the course of nature, Jas. 1:11; 1 Pet. 1:24; of a ship not
under control, Acts 27:17, 26, 29, 32; of shackles loosed from a prisoner’s wrist, 12:7;
figuratively, of the Word of God (the expression of His purpose), which cannot “fall”
away from the end to which it is set, Rom. 9:6; of the believer who is warned lest he
“fall” away from the course in which he has been confirmed by the Word of God, 2 Pet.
3:17.”* So of those who seek to be justified by law, Gal. 5:4, “ye are fallen away from
grace.” Some mss. have this verb in Mark 13:25, for No. 1; so in Rev. 2:5. See
CAST
,
EFFECT
.¶
4.
(
# &
, 1706), “to fall into, or among” ( , “in,” and No. 1), is used (a)
literally, Matt. 12:11; Luke 6:39 (some mss. have No. 1 here); 10:36; some mss. have it
in 14:5; (b) metaphorically, into condemnation, 1 Tim. 3:6; reproach, 3:7; temptation and
snare, 6:9; the hands of God in judgment, Heb. 10:13.¶
5.
(
# &
, 1968), “to fall upon” ( , “upon,” and No. 1), is used (a)
literally, Mark 3:10, “pressed upon”; Acts 20:10, 37; (b) metaphorically, of fear, Luke
1:12; Acts 19:17; Rev. 11:11 (No. 1, in some mss.); reproaches, Rom. 15:3; of the Holy
Spirit, Acts 8:16; 10:44; 11:15.
Note:
Some mss. have this verb in John 13:25; Acts 10:10; 13:11. See
PRESS
.¶
6.
(
&
, 2667), “to fall down” (
, “down,” and No. 1), is used in
Luke 8:6 (in the best mss.); Acts 26:14; 28:6.¶
7.
(
$ &
, 3895), akin to A, No. 2, properly, “to fall in one’s way”
(
, “by”), signifies “to fall away” (from adherence to the realities and facts of the
faith), Heb. 6:6.¶
8.
(
$ &
, 4045), “to fall around” ( , “around”), hence signifies to
“fall” in with, or among, to light upon, come across, Luke 10:30, “among (robbers)”;
Acts 27:41,
KJV
, “falling into,”
RV
, “lighting upon,” a part of a shore; Jas. 1:2, into
temptation (i.e., trials). See
LIGHT
(to 1. upon).¶ In the Sept., Ruth 2:3; 2 Sam. 1:6; Prov.
11:5.¶
9.
(
$ &
, 4363), “to fall towards anything” (
, “towards”), “to
strike against,” is said of “wind,” Matt. 7:25; it also signifies to “fall” down at one’s feet,
“fall” prostrate before, Mark 3:11; 5:33; 7:25; Luke 5:8; 8:28, 47; Acts 16:29.¶
10.
$
(
% $!
, 5302), “to come late, to be last, behind, inferior,” is translated
“falleth short” in Heb. 12:15,
RV
, for
KJV
, “fail,” and “fall short” in Rom. 3:23, for
KJV
,
“come short,” which, in view of the preceding “have,” is ambiguous, and might be taken
as a past tense. See
BEHIND
.
* From
Notes on Galatians,
by Hogg and Vine p. 242.