ΠΤΑΙΣΜΑΣΙΝ, πταισμασιν
PTAISMASIN, ptaismasin
Sounds Like: ptais-MAH-sin
Translations: to stumbles, a stumble, a fall, a fault, a trespass, a sin, a failure, a defeat, a disaster
From the root: ΠΤΑΙΣΜΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a stumble, a fall, or a failure, often with a moral or spiritual connotation, implying a fault, trespass, or sin. It can also refer to a defeat or disaster. It is used to describe instances where one deviates from the right path or fails to meet an expectation.
Inflection: Plural, Dative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G4431 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 7 — 8:174
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΤΑΙΣΜΑ.
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.
- ΠΤΑΙΣΜΑ — fall, a fall, offense, a fault, trespass, a trespass, stumbling, a stumbling, failure, a failure
- ΠΤΑΙΣΜΑΣΙ — (to) stumbles, (to) failures, (to) offenses, (to) sins
- ΠΤΑΙΣΜΑΤΑ — sins, stumbles, failures, offenses, trespasses
- ΠΤΑΙΣΜΑΤΙ — (to) a fall, (to) a fault, (to) a trespass, (to) a stumble, (to) an error
- ΠΤΑΙΣΜΑΤΟΣ — (of) a fall, (of) a trespass, (of) a fault, (of) an offense, (of) a stumbling
- ΠΤΑΙΣΜΑΤΩΝ — of stumbling, of faults, of sins, of errors, of failures
- ΤΟΙΣΠΤΑΙΣΜΑΣΙΝ — (to) the stumblings, (to) the offenses, (to) the failures, (to) the falls, (to) the trespasses, (to) the sins
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