Strong's Lexicon
G4045 — περιπίπτω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4045 |
|---|---|
| Word: | περιπίπτω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G4012 and G4098 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | peripipto |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | per-ee-pip'-to |
| Meaning: | 1. to fall into something that is all around, i.e. light among or upon, be surrounded with |
| KJV Renderings: | fall among (into) |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
περιπίπτω: 2 aorist περιέπεσον; from Herodotus down; so to fall into as to be encompassed by (cf. περί, III. 1): λῃσταῖς, among robbers, Luk 10:30; τοῖς πειρασμοῖς, Jas 1:2 (αἰκίαις, Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 51, 2 [ET]; θανάτῳ, Dan 2:9; Diodorus 1, 77; νόσῳ, Josephus, Antiquities 15, 7, 7; συμφορά, ibid. 1, 1, 4; τοῖς δεινοῖς, Aesop 79 (110 edition Halm); ψευδέσι καί ἀσεβέσι δόγμασιν, Origen in Joann. t. ii. § 2; numerous other examples in Passow, under the word, the passage cited (Liddell and Scott, under the word, II. 3); to which add, 2Ma 6:13 2Ma 10:4; Polybius 1, 37, 1 and 9); εἰς τόπον τινα, upon a certain place, Act 27:41.
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Englishman's Greek Concordance
περιπίπτω (fall among (into))
Luke 10:30
- KJV: And Jesus answering said A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among thieves which stripped him of his raiment and wounded and departed leaving half dead
- GK: υπολαβών δε ο Ιησούς είπεν άνθρωπός τις κατέβαινεν από Ιερουσαλήμ εις Ιεριχώ και λησταίς περιέπεσεν οι και εκδύσαντες αυτόν και πληγάς επιθέντες απήλθον αφέντες ημιθανή τυγχάνοντα
Acts 27:41
- KJV: And falling into a place where two seas met they ran the ship aground and the forepart stuck fast and remained unmoveable but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves
- GK: περιπεσόντες δε εις τόπον διθάλασσον επώκειλαν την ναύν και η μεν πρώρα ερείσασα έμεινεν ασάλευτος η δε πρύμνα ελύετο υπό της βίας των κυμάτων
James 1:2
- KJV: My brethren count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations
- GK: πάσαν χαράν ηγήσασθε αδελφοί μου όταν πειρασμοίς περιπέσητε ποικίλοις
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