Quick Definition
I fall upon, press upon
Strong's Definition
to embrace (with affection) or seize (with more or less violence; literally or figuratively)
Derivation: from G1909 (ἐπί) and G4098 (πίπτω);
KJV Usage: fall into (on, upon) lie on, press upon
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐπιπίπτω; 2 aorist ἐπέπεσον, 3 person plural ἐπέπεσαν, Rom_15:3 L T Tr WH (cf. ἀπέρχομαι at the beginning); perfect participle ἐπιπεπτωκως; (see πίπτω); the Sept. for πΘτΗμ; to fall upon; to rush or press upon;
a. properly: τίνι, upon one, Mar_3:10; to lie upon one, Act_20:10; ἐπί τόν τράχηλον τίνος, to fall into one's embrace, Luk_15:20; Act_20:37 (Gen_46:29; Tob_11:8; Tob_11:12; 3Ma_5:49); to fall back upon, ἐπί τό στῆθος τίνος, Joh_13:25 R G T.
b. metaphorically, ἐπί τινα, to fall upon one, i. e. to seize, take possession of him: φόβος, Luk_1:12; Act_19:17 (L Tr ἔπεσεν); Rev_11:11 L T Tr WH; ἔκστασις, Act_10:10 Rec.; ἀχλύς, Act_13:11 (R G). used also of the Holy Spirit, in its inspiration and impulse: ἐπί τίνι, Act_8:16; ἐπί τινα, (Lachmann ἔπεσε); (Eze_11:5); of reproaches cast upon one: Rom_15:3. (Noteworthy is the absolutely use in Act_23:7 WH marginal reading ἐπέπεσεν (others, ἐγένετο) στάσις. (From Herodotus down.))
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐπιπίπτω epipiptō 11x
to fall upon;
to throw one s self upon, Luk_15:20 ; Joh_13:25 ; Act_20:10 ; Act_20:37 ;
to press, urge upon, Mar_3:10 ;
to light upon, Rom_15:3 ;
to come over, Act_13:11 ;
to come upon, fall upon mentally or spiritually, Luk_1:12 ; Act_8:16 ; Act_10:10 ; Act_10:44 ; Act_11:15 ; Act_19:17 come upon; embrace; fall upon.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐπι -πίπτω ,
[in LXX chiefly for H5307 ;]
to fall upon ( Field, Notes , 25): c. dat. pers ., Mar_3:10 ( v. Swete , in l ), Act_20:10 ; seq . ἐπὶ τ . τράχηλον (as Gen_46:29 , Tob_11:8 , 3Ma_5:49 , al. ), Luk_15:20 , Act_20:37 . Metaph ., φόβος , Luk_1:12 , Act_19:17 , Rev_11:11 ; ὀνειδισμοί , Rom_15:3 ( LXX ); of the Holy Spirit: seq . ἐπί , c . dat ., Act_8:16 ; ἐπί , c . acc , Act_10:44 ; Act_11:15 ; absol. , Act_23:7 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐπιπίπτω [page 243]
The idea of hostility appears in P Petr II. 18(2 b ) .14 (B.C. 246) καὶ ἐπιπεσὼν ἔτυπτεν [αὐ ]τ [ὸ ]ν κατὰ τοῦ τραχήλου : cf. P Flor II. 168 .4 (iii/A.D.). In illustration of Mar_3:10 Field Notes , p. 25, aptly cites Thuc. vii. 84 ἄθροοι γὰρ ἀναγκαζόμενοι χωρεῖν ἐπέπιπτόν τε ἀλλήλοις καὶ κατεπάτουν . The subst. ἐπίπτωμα is found in PSI III. 252 .28 (iii/A.D. ?) as a medical term; cf. Hobart, p. 44, on the use of the verb in the TR of Act_13:11 .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἐπιπίπτω fut. -πεσοῦμαι "to fall upon or over" another, c. dat., Thuc. "to fall upon, attack, assail", τινί Hdt. , Thuc. , etc.; of storms, Hdt. , Plat. : of disease and accidents, Thuc. , Eur.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἐπι-πίπτω
[in LXX chiefly for נָפַל ;]
to fall upon (Field, Notes, 25): with dative of person(s), Mrk.3:10 (see Swete, in l), Act.20:10; before ἐπὶ τ. τράχηλον (as Gen.46:29, Tob.11:8, 3Ma.5:49, al.), Luk.15:20, Act.20:37. Metaphorical, φόβος, Luk.1:12, Act.19:17, Rev.11:11; ὀνειδισμοί, Rom.15:3 (LXX); of the Holy Spirit: before ἐπί, with dative, Act.8:16; ἐπί, with accusative, Act.10:44 11:15; absol., Act.23:7.†
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