ΠΕΡΙΠΤΩΣΕΙΣ, περιπτωσεις
PERIPTŌSEIS, periptōseis
Sounds Like: peh-rip-TOH-sees
Translations: circumstances, occurrences, incidents, cases, misfortunes, adversities
From the root: ΠΕΡΙΠΤΩΣΙΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to events, situations, or occurrences, often implying unexpected or difficult circumstances. It is a compound word formed from περί (peri), meaning 'around' or 'about', and πτῶσις (ptōsis), meaning 'a falling' or 'a fall'. Thus, it literally means 'a falling around' or 'a falling upon', leading to the sense of an incident or occurrence.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative or Vocative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4047 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 1:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΕΡΙΠΤΩΣΙΣ.
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.
- ΠΕΡΙΠΤΩΣΙΣ — occurrence, happening, event, incident, falling among, falling into
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