ΠΑΛΙΝΠΙΠΤΟΥΣΙ, παλινπιπτουσι
PALINPIPTOUSI, palinpiptousi
Sounds Like: pa-lin-PIP-too-see
Translations: they fall back, they fall again, they relapse
From the root: ΠΑΛΙΝΠΙΠΤΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from 'πάλιν' (palin), meaning 'again' or 'back', and 'πίπτω' (piptō), meaning 'to fall'. It describes the action of falling back or relapsing, often in a moral or spiritual sense, but can also refer to a physical return to a previous state. It implies a return to a former, often undesirable, condition.
Inflection: Present, Active, Indicative, Third Person Plural
Strong’s numbers: G3825 (Lookup on BibleHub), G4098 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 2:17
From the same root
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