ἘΠΙΠΙΠΤΕΙΝ, ἐπιπιπτειν
EPIPIPTEIN, epipiptein
Sounds Like: ep-ee-PIP-tine
Translations: to fall upon, to fall on, to fall down before, to embrace
From the root: ἘΠΙΠΙΠΤΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from the preposition 'ἐπί' (upon, on) and the verb 'πίπτω' (to fall). It means to fall upon or to fall on something or someone, often with the implication of impact, prostration, or even embracing. It can describe someone falling down before another in reverence or supplication, or falling on someone in an embrace.
Inflection: Infinitive, Present, Active
Strong’s number: G1964 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 6 — 7:135
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Mark — 3:10
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΠΙΠΙΠΤΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΙΠΕΠΤΩΚΑΣΙΝ — have fallen upon, have fallen on, have fallen, have come upon, have come on
- ἘΠΙΠΕΣΕΙΝ — to fall upon, to fall on, to fall down on, to rush upon, to attack
- ἘΠΙΠΕΣΕΙΣΘΑΙ — to fall upon, to fall on, to fall down on, to rush upon, to fall upon (of a spirit), to fall upon (of a disease), to fall upon (of a person)
- ἘΠΙΠΕΣΗ — falls upon, falls on, falls, falls down, comes upon, comes on, comes, rushes upon, rushes on, rushes
- ἘΠΙΠΕΣΟΙ — may fall upon, may fall on, may fall, may come upon, may come on
- ἘΠΙΠΙΠΤΟΙΕΝ — they might fall upon, they might fall on, they might fall down before, they might embrace
- ἘΠΙΠΙΠΤΩΝ — falling upon, falling on, falling down, rushing upon, assailing
- ἘΠΙΠΤΟΝΤΩΝ — of falling upon, of falling on, of falling down before, of those falling upon, of those falling on, of those falling down before
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