πίπτωpíptō
to fall
Greek (New Testament) · G4098
Meanings
1. of descent, to fall, fall down or from: followed by ἐπί, with accusative loc., Matthew 10:29, and elsewhere; εἰς, Matthew 15:14, and elsewhere; ἐς μέσῳ, with genitive, Luke 8:7; παρὰ τ. ὁδόν, Matthew 13:4, Mark 4:4, Luke 8:5; followed by ἀπό, Matthew 15:27, and elsewhere; ἐκ, Mark 13:25, Luke 10:18, Revelation 8:10, Revelation 9:1. Metaph.: ὁ ἥλιος, followed by ἐπί, Revelation 7:16; ἀχλὺς κ. σκότος, Acts 13:11; ὁ κλῆρος, Acts 1:26; ὑπὸ κρίσιν, James 5:12.
2. Of prostration
(a) of persons, to fall prostrate, prostrate oneself: χαμαί, John 18:6; followed by ἐπί, with accusative, Matthew 17:6, Acts 9:4; id. with genitive, Mark 9:20; πρὸς τ. πόδας, Acts 5:10, Revelation 1:17; πεσὼν ἐξέψυξε, Acts 5:5; of supplication, homage or worship: πρὸς (παρὰ, ἐπὶ) τ. πὸδας, Mark 5:22, Luke 8:41, Acts 10:25, and elsewhere; π. καὶ προσκυνεῖν, Revelation 5:14, Revelation 19:4; participle with προσκυνεῖν, Matthew 2:11, and elsewhere; ἐνώπιον, Revelation 4:10, Revelation 5:8; ἐπὶ πρόσωπον, Matthew 26:39, and elsewhere
(b) of things, to fall, fall down: Matthew 21:44, Luke 23:30; of falling to ruin and destruction, Matthew 7:25, Acts 15:16, Hebrews 11:30; ἔπεσε, Revelation 18:2. Metaph.: Romans 11:11; πόθεν πέπτωκας, Revelation 2:5; opposed to ἑστάναι, 1 Corinthians 10:12; to στήκειν, Romans 14:4; of virtues, 1 Corinthians 13:8; of precepts, Luke 16:17. (Cf. ἀνα-, ἀντι-, ἀπο-, ἐκ-, ἐπι-, κατα-, παρα-, περι-, προσ-, συν-πίπτω.)
Same root
- πέτομαιpétomai · G4072to fly
- ἐκπίπτωekpíptō · G1601to drop away; specially, be driven out of one's course; figuratively, to lose, become inefficient
- διοπετήςdiopetḗs · G1356sky-fallen (i.e. an aerolite)
- ἀναπίπτωanapíptō · G377to fall back, i.e. lie down, lean back
- πταίωptaíō · G4417to trip, i.e. (figuratively) to err, sin, fail (of salvation)
- παραπίπτωparapíptō · G3895to fall aside, i.e. (figuratively) to apostatize
- ἐπιπίπτωepipíptō · G1968to embrace (with affection) or seize (with more or less violence; literally or figuratively)
- ἀποπίπτωapopíptō · G634to fall off
Where it appears
Appears 90 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 2:11 They entered the house and saw the child with his mother, Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasure chests and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
- Matthew 4:9 “I will give it all to you,” he said, “if you will kneel down and worship me.”
- Matthew 7:25 Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won’t collapse because it is built on bedrock.
- Matthew 7:27 When the rains and floods come and the winds beat against that house, it will collapse with a mighty crash.”
- Matthew 10:29 What is the price of two sparrows—one copper coin? But not a single sparrow can fall to the ground without your Father knowing it.
- Matthew 13:4 As he scattered them across his field, some seeds fell on a footpath, and the birds came and ate them.
See every passage
- Matthew 2:11, 4:9, 7:25, 7:27, 10:29, 13:4, 13:5, 13:7, 13:8, 15:14, 15:27, 17:6, 17:15, 18:26, 18:29, 21:44, 24:29, 26:39
- Mark 4:4, 4:5, 4:7, 4:8, 5:22, 9:20, 13:25, 14:35
- Luke 5:12, 8:5, 8:7, 8:8, 8:14, 8:41, 10:18, 11:17, 13:4, 14:5, 16:17, 16:21, 17:16, 20:18, 21:24, 23:30
- John 11:32, 12:24, 18:6
- Acts 1:26, 5:5, 5:10, 9:4, 10:25, 13:11, 15:16, 20:9, 22:7
- Romans 11:11, 11:22, 14:4
- 1 Corinthians 10:8, 10:12, 13:8, 14:25
- Hebrews 3:17, 4:11, 11:30
- James 5:12
- Revelation 1:17, 2:5, 4:10, 5:8, 5:14, 6:13, 6:16, 7:11, 7:16, 8:10, 9:1, 11:13, 11:16, 14:8, 16:19, 17:10, 18:2, 19:4, 19:10, 22:8
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.