ΠΕΡΙΠΕΣΗ, περιπεση
PERIPESĒ, peripesē
Sounds Like: peh-ree-PEH-see
Translations: fall among, fall into, encounter, happen upon, come upon, befall
From the root: ΠΕΡΙΠΙΠΤΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means to fall into, fall among, or encounter something or someone. It implies an unexpected or accidental meeting or a situation one finds oneself in. It is often used to describe falling into danger, trouble, or the hands of others.
Inflection: Aorist, Subjunctive, Active, Third Person, Singular
Strong’s number: G4045 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΕΡΙΠΙΠΤΩ.
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.
- ΠΕΡΙΕΠΕΣΑΝ — fell among, fell into, fell upon, encountered, met with, happened upon
- ΠΕΡΙΕΠΕΣΕ — fell upon, fell among, fell into, encountered, met with, happened to, was overtaken by
- ΠΕΡΙΕΠΕΣΕΝ — fell among, fell into, happened upon, encountered, befell
- ΠΕΡΙΕΠΙΠΤΟΝ — they were falling into, they were encountering, they were happening upon, they were falling among
- ΠΕΡΙΠΕΠΤΩΚΑΤΕ — you have fallen into, you have encountered, you have met with
- ΠΕΡΙΠΕΣΕΙΝ — to fall among, to fall into, to encounter, to happen upon, to befall
- ΠΕΡΙΠΕΣΕΙΣΘΑΙ — to fall into, to fall among, to encounter, to happen upon, to befall
- ΠΕΡΙΠΕΣΕΙΣΘΕ — you will fall into, you will encounter, you will befall, you will happen upon
- ΠΕΡΙΠΕΣΗΤΑΙ — will fall upon, will fall among, will happen, will encounter
- ΠΕΡΙΠΕΣΗΤΕ — you may fall into, you may encounter, you may happen upon
- ΠΕΡΙΠΕΣΟΙ — fall into, fall among, encounter, happen upon, befall
- ΠΕΡΙΠΕΣΟΙΕΝ — they might fall, they might fall among, they might encounter, they might happen upon
- ΠΕΡΙΠΕΣΟΝΤΑ — falling among, falling into, encountering, meeting with, happening upon
- ΠΕΡΙΠΕΣΟΝΤΑΣ — having fallen upon, having encountered, having met with, having fallen among, those who fell upon, those who encountered
- ΠΕΡΙΠΕΣΟΝΤΕΣ — having fallen upon, having fallen among, having encountered, having run into, having met with
- ΠΕΡΙΠΕΣΟΝΤΩΝ — having fallen around, having fallen among, having fallen upon, having encountered
- ΠΕΡΙΠΕΣΩΝ — falling upon, falling among, encountering, meeting with, happening upon, running into
- ΠΕΡΙΠΙΠΤΕΙ — falls, falls into, falls among, happens, encounters, meets with, comes upon
- ΠΕΡΙΠΙΠΤΕΙΝ — to fall into, to fall among, to encounter, to happen upon, to incur
- ΠΕΡΙΠΙΠΤΙ — fall around, fall upon, fall among, encounter, happen upon, befall, run into
- ΠΕΡΙΠΙΠΤΟ — fall around, fall upon, fall among, encounter, happen upon, run into, befall, incur
- ΠΕΡΙΠΙΠΤΟΝΤΩΝ — of falling among, of falling upon, of encountering, of happening to, of being involved in
- ΠΕΡΙΠΙΠΤΟΥΣΙ — they fall into, they fall among, they encounter, they happen upon, they come across, they meet with
- ΠΕΡΙΠΙΠΤΩ — to fall among, to fall in with, to encounter, to happen upon, to befall, to run into
- ΠΕΡΙΠΙΠΤΩΝ — falling into, encountering, happening upon, running into, coming upon
- ΠΕΡΙΠΤΑΙΩΝ — falling around, falling upon, encountering, meeting with, being involved in
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