Strong's Lexicon

G2667

G2667 — καταπίπτω

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekkatapiptoverbOccurrences: 3

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:G2667
Word:καταπίπτω
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:from G2596 and G4098
Language:Greek
Occurrences:3
Transliteration:katapipto
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:kat-ap-ip'-to
Meaning:1. to fall down
KJV Renderings:fall (down)

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

καταπίπτω; 2 aorist κατέπεσον; (from Homer down); to fall down: Act 28:6; εἰς τήν γῆν, Act 26:14; ἐπί τήν πέτραν, Luk 8:6 T Tr WH.

Other Resources

Dictionary of New Testament Theology
Colin Brown

Englishman's Greek Concordance

καταπίπτω (fall (down))

Acts 26:14

KJV: And when we were all fallen to the earth I heard a voice speaking unto me and saying in the Hebrew tongue Saul Saul why persecutest thou me hard for thee to kick against the pricks
GK: πάντων δε καταπεσόντων ημών εις την γην ήκουσα φωνήν λαλούσαν προς με και λέγουσαν τη Εβραϊδι διαλέκτω Σαούλ Σαούλ τι με διώκεις σκληρόν σοι προς κέντρα λακτίζειν

Acts 28:6

KJV: Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen or fallen down dead suddenly but after they had looked a great while and saw no harm come to him they changed their minds and said that he was a god
GK: οι δε προσεδόκων αυτόν μέλλειν πίμπρασθαι η καταπίπτειν άφνω νεκρόν επί πολύ δε αυτών προσδοκώντων και θεωρούντων μηδέν άτοπον εις αυτόν γινόμενον μεταβαλλόμενοι έλεγον θεόν αυτόν είναι
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