The "Fall" is not a Misnomer: Yet Another Proof

I was studying Romans 5 today, and a close look at Romans 5:18 reminded me about all that nonsense some weeks ago in an internet forum about Adam being created subject to the wrath of God; and that being the case, Adam did not "fall".

Romans 5:18 reads, "Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life."

The greek word underlying "offence" is very revealing. This is the greek word, "paraptoma" [Strongs 3900] which literally rendered means "a fall aside". This is the noun form of the greek verb, "parapipto" [Strongs #3895]which literally means "to fall aside". Hebrews 6:6 renders parapipto [3895] as "fall away" which is close, but "fall aside" is more accurate.

paraptoma [3900] is rendered numerous times as "trespass". "Trespass", whose core meaning has to do with the ideas of overstepping or unlawful infingement, is not a bad translation of paraptoma but it does not completely capture the essence of the meaning of the word. A number of times 3900 is rendered "offence", and it is occasionally translated "fault". All of these renderings are more metaphorical.

In Romans 11, though, we get some clarity. Verses 11 and 12 read,

"I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall [pipto (without the prefix para) Strongs #4098]? God forbid: but rather through their fall [paraptoma, Strongs # 3900] salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy. Now if the fall [paraptoma, Strongs # 3900]of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?"

Here, the noun paraptoma is paired with its core root verb pipto which means "fall". Thus there can be no mistake that God in Romans 5:18 describes Adam's sin of eating of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil in the garden as a "fall". Thus, saying the "Fall of Adam is a misnomer" is unbiblical.