ἐπιπίπτωepipíptō
to embrace (with affection) or seize (with more or less violence; literally or figuratively)
Greek (New Testament) · G1968
Meanings
to fall upon: with dative of person, Mark 3:10, Acts 20:10; followed by ἐπὶ τ. τράχηλον (as Genesis 46:29, Tobit 11:8, 3 Maccabees 5:49, and elsewhere), Luke 15:20, Acts 20:37. Metaph., φόβος, Luke 1:12, Acts 19:17, Revelation 11:11; ὀνειδισμοί, Romans 15:3 (LXX); of the Holy Spirit: followed by ἐπί, with dative, Acts 8:16; ἐπί, with acc, Acts 10:44, Acts 11:15; absolutely, Acts 23:7.
Same root
- ἐπίepí · G1909properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e. over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc.
- πίπτωpíptō · G4098to fall (literally or figuratively)
Where it appears
Appears 11 times in the Bible.
- Mark 3:10 He had healed many people that day, so all the sick people eagerly pushed forward to touch him.
- Luke 1:12 Zechariah was shaken and overwhelmed with fear when he saw him.
- Luke 15:20 “So he returned home to his father. And while he was still a long way off, his father saw him coming. Filled with love and compassion, he ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him.
- Acts 8:16 The Holy Spirit had not yet come upon any of them, for they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
- Acts 10:44 Even as Peter was saying these things, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who were listening to the message.
- Acts 11:15 “As I began to speak,” Peter continued, “the Holy Spirit fell on them, just as he fell on us at the beginning.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.