ἘΠΙΠΕΣΩΝ, ἐπιπεσων
EPIPESŌN, epipesōn
Sounds Like: eh-pee-peh-SOHN
Translations: falling upon, having fallen upon, falling on, having fallen on
From the root: ΕΠΙΠΙΠΤΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a participle derived from the verb 'epipiptō', meaning 'to fall upon' or 'to fall on'. It describes an action of falling or throwing oneself onto something or someone, often with emotion such as grief, joy, or supplication. It is a compound word formed from the preposition 'epi' (upon, on) and the verb 'piptō' (to fall).
Inflection: Aorist Active Participle, Nominative, Masculine, Singular
Strong’s number: G1964 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 10:177
- Book 6 — 14:362
- Book 7 — 4:73
- Book 12 — 8:328
- Book 13 — 1:28, 12:337, 13:356
- Book 15 — 5:117
- Book 17 — 6:156
- Book 18 — 9:356
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Seven — 4:21
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- John — 13:25
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΠΙΠΤΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΕΠΕΣΕ — fell upon, fell on, fell down on, rushed upon, attacked
- ἘΠΕΠΕΣΟΝ — they fell upon, they fell on, they fell into, they rushed upon, they attacked
- ἘΠΙΠΕΠΤΩΚΕΙ — had fallen upon, had fallen on, had fallen, had fallen down
- ἘΠΙΠΕΠΤΩΚΕΝ — has fallen upon, has come upon, has fallen on
- ἘΠΙΠΕΣΕΙΤΑΙ — will fall upon, will fall on, will come upon, will rush upon
- ἘΠΙΠΕΣΟΝΤΑ — having fallen upon, having fallen on, having fallen down, those having fallen upon
- ἘΠΙΠΕΣΟΝΤΕΣ — falling upon, rushing upon, attacking, having fallen upon, those who fell upon
- ἘΠΙΠΕΣΟΝΤΟΣ — of falling upon, of falling on, of falling against, of rushing upon, of rushing on, of rushing against
- ἘΠΙΠΕΣΟΝΤΩΝ — falling upon, having fallen upon, rushing upon, assailing, attacking, collapsing, falling down
- ἘΠΙΠΕΣΟΥΣΑ — falling upon, falling on, rushing upon, attacking, embracing
- ἘΠΙΠΕΣΟΥΣΙΝ — to fall upon, to fall on, to fall down on, to rush upon, to embrace, to attack
- ἘΠΙΠΕΣΩΣΙΝ — they may fall upon, they may fall on, they may fall down on, they may embrace
- ἘΠΙΠΙΠΤΕΤΕ — you fall upon, you fall on, you fall down upon, you fall down on, you rush upon, you rush on
- ἘΠΙΠΙΠΤΗ — fall upon, fall on, fall down on, embrace
- ἘΠΙΠΙΠΤΟΝΤΕΣ — falling upon, falling on, falling down, throwing themselves upon, rushing upon
- ἘΠΙΠΙΠΤΟΥΣΙΝ — they fall upon, they fall on, they fall down on, they fall prostrate before
- ἘΠΙΠΙΠΤΩ — fall upon, fall on, fall down before, embrace, rush upon, attack
- ἘΠΙΠΤΑΣ — falling upon, falling on, falling down upon, falling down on
- ἘΠΙΠΤΕΝ — fell upon, fell on, fell
- ΕΠΕΠΕΣΕΝ — fell upon, fell on, came upon, overtook, seized
- ΕΠΙΠΕΠΤΩΚΕΙ — had fallen upon, had fallen on, had fallen
- ΕΠΙΠΕΠΤΩΚΟΣ — having fallen upon, having fallen on, having fallen over, having fallen against, having fallen into, having come upon, having come on, having come over, having come against, having come into
- ΕΠΙΠΕΣΗ — to fall upon, to fall on, to fall down, to fall, to embrace, to attack, to come upon, to happen to
- ΕΠΙΠΕΣΙΝ — a falling upon, an attack, an assault
- ΕΠΙΠΕΣΟΙ — he might fall upon, he might fall on, he might fall down, he might fall, he might lie upon, he might lie on
- ΕΠΙΠΕΣΟΝΤΕΣ — falling upon, having fallen upon, falling on, having fallen on, falling, having fallen
- ΕΠΙΠΕΣΩΝ — falling upon, having fallen upon, falling on, having fallen on, falling down, having fallen down
- ΕΠΙΠΙΟΥΜΕΝΟΙ — falling upon, falling on, falling down, falling into, falling upon (as in an attack), falling upon (as in an embrace)
- ΕΠΙΠΙΠΤΕΤΕ — fall upon, fall on, fall down on, embrace, rush upon, attack
- ΕΠΙΠΙΠΤΗ — to fall upon, to fall on, to fall down on, to fall upon (with affection), to fall upon (with hostility), to fall upon (as a disease), to fall upon (as a lot)
- ΕΠΙΠΙΠΤΩΝ — falling upon, falling on, falling down, falling upon, falling against, falling into, falling to, falling over
- ΕΠΙΠΤΑΣ — having fallen upon, falling upon, having fallen, falling
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