Strong's Lexicon

G4045

G4045 — περιπίπτω

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekperipiptoverbOccurrences: 3

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.

Other Resources

Dictionary of New Testament Theology
Colin Brown

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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