ΕΠΙΠΤΩ, επιπτω
EPIPTŌ, epiptō
Sounds Like: eh-PIP-toh
Translations: fall upon, fall on, fall down, fall into, fall
From the root: ΕΠΙΠΤΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means to fall upon or fall on something or someone. It often implies an action of descending or coming into contact with something from above, or an act of prostration or submission. It is a compound word formed from the preposition ΕΠΙ (upon, on) and the verb ΠΙΠΤΩ (to fall).
Inflection: Does not inflect (this is the infinitive form, but it can be conjugated for person, number, tense, mood, and voice)
Strong’s number: G2029 (Lookup on BibleHub)
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΠΤΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΙΠΤΩ — to fall upon, to fall on, to fall down, to fall upon, to fall into, to fall
- ΕΠΙΧΘΗΣΟΝΤΑΙ — they will fall upon, they will fall on, they will fall upon (someone), they will fall on (something)
- ΕΠΥΠΤΩ — fall upon, fall on, fall down before, fall prostrate, fall into
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