A verb meaning 'to fall off,' 'to fall away from,' or 'to drop off.' Used in Acts 9:18 for the scales falling from Saul's eyes at his conversion.
Apopipto (G634) appears in Acts 9:18: 'And immediately something like scales fell from his eyes (apepesan autou apo ton ophtalmon hos lepides), and he regained his sight.' This is the dramatic moment of Saul's healing/conversion after three days of blindness following his encounter with the risen Christ on the Damascus road. The scale-like film falling off his eyes is both physical healing and spiritual symbol -- the one who had been spiritually blind, persecuting the light, now literally sees as the scales fall. Theologically, this is one of Scripture's most vivid conversion images: the removal of spiritual blindness that allows clear sight of Jesus.