ἘΜΠΕΣΟΝ, ἐμπεσον
EMPESON, empeson
Sounds Like: em-PEH-son
Translations: falling into, having fallen into, to fall into, to fall upon
From the root: ἘΜΠΙΠΤΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is an aorist participle of the verb 'ἘΜΠΙΠΤΩ' (empiptō), meaning 'to fall into' or 'to fall upon'. It is a compound word formed from the preposition 'ἘΝ' (en), meaning 'in' or 'into', and the verb 'ΠΙΠΤΩ' (piptō), meaning 'to fall'. It describes an action of falling or coming upon something, often with the implication of encountering or being subjected to it. It can be used to describe someone or something that has fallen into a particular state, place, or situation.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Participle, Neuter, Singular, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G1706 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:161
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 3:60
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΜΠΙΠΤΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΜΠΕΠΤΩΚΕΙ — had fallen into, had fallen upon, had happened, had befallen
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