Peripiptō περιπίπτω

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Peripiptō
περιπίπτω
Transliterationperipiptō
Strong's numberG4045
LanguageGreek
Part of speechverb
Glossto fall upon
Occurrences3 in 3 verses
Most frequent inLuke (1)

Peripiptō (Greek περιπίπτω, Strong's G4045) is a Greek verb meaning “to fall upon”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

περι-πίπτω
[in LXX: Rut.2:3, 2Ki.1:6 (קָרָה), Pro.11:5 (נָפַל), Dan LXX 2:9, 2Ma.6:13 2Mac 9:7 2Mac 9:21 2Mac 10:4 * ;]
1. to fall around.
2. to fall in with, light upon, come across: with dative, λῃσταῖς, Luk.10:30; πειρασμοῖς, Jas.1:2; before εἰς, Act.27:41.†
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVfell among (1), falling (1), into (1)
BSBhe fell into the hands (1), struck (1), you encounter (1)

Verses

Every verse with Peripiptō, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Luke

Acts

James

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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