ΠΕΡΙΠΙΠΤΟΝΤΕΣἈΛΛΗΛΩΝ, περιπιπτοντεσἀλληλων
PERIPIPTONTESALLĒLŌN, peripiptontesallēlōn
Sounds Like: peh-ree-PIP-ton-tes al-LAY-lohn
Translations: falling upon one another, encountering one another, happening upon one another
From the root: ΠΕΡΙΠΙΠΤΩ, ΑΛΛΗΛΩΝ
Part of Speech: Participle, Pronoun
Explanation: This is a compound phrase consisting of a participle and a reciprocal pronoun. 'ΠΕΡΙΠΙΠΤΟΝΤΕΣ' is the present active participle of 'περίπιπτω' (peripiptō), meaning 'to fall around, fall upon, encounter, happen upon, fall into'. 'ἈΛΛΗΛΩΝ' (allēlōn) is the genitive plural of the reciprocal pronoun 'ἀλλήλων', meaning 'of one another' or 'each other'. Together, the phrase describes an action where multiple subjects are falling upon or encountering each other. It implies a mutual or reciprocal action of encountering or falling into something together.
Inflection: ΠΕΡΙΠΙΠΤΟΝΤΕΣ: Plural, Nominative or Vocative, Masculine or Feminine or Neuter, Present, Active, Participle. ἈΛΛΗΛΩΝ: Plural, Genitive, All genders, Reciprocal Pronoun.
Strong’s numbers: G4060 (Lookup on BibleHub), G240 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 2:8
From the same root
No other words from the same root, ΠΕΡΙΠΙΠΤΩ, ΑΛΛΗΛΩΝ, appear in our texts.
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