Quick Definition
I fall, fallunder
Strong's Definition
to fall (literally or figuratively)
Derivation: probably akin to G4072 (πέτομαι) through the idea of alighting;
KJV Usage: fail, fall (down), light on
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πίπτω; (imperfect ἔπιπτον (Mar_14:35 T Tr marginal reading WH)); future πεσοῦμαι; 2 aorist ἔπεσον and according to the Alex. form (received everywhere by Lachmann (except Luk_23:30), Tdf. (except Rev_6:16), Tr (except ibid.), WH; and also used by R G in Rev_1:17; Rev_5:14; Rev_6:13; Rev_11:16; Rev_17:10) ἔπεσα (cf. (WHs Appendix, p. 164; Tdf. Proleg., p. 123); Lob. ad Phryn., p. 724f; Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. ii., p. 277f, and see ἀπέρχομαι at the beginning); perfect πέπτωκα, 2 person singular πεπτωκες (Rev_2:5 T WH; see κοπιάω), 3 person plural πεπτωκαν (Rev_18:3, Lachmann's stereotyped edition; Tr text WH text; see γίνομαι); (from ΠΑΤΩ, as τίκτω from ΤΑΚΩ (cf. Curtius, Etymol. § 214; Verbum, ii., p. 398)); from Homer down; the Sept. chiefly for πΘτΗμ; to fall; used:
1. of descent from a higher place to a lower;
a. properly, to fall (either from or upon, equivalent to Latinincido, decido): ἐπί with the accusative of place, Mat_10:29; Mat_13:5,(),; (T omits; L WH Tr marginal reading brackets the verse); Mar_4:5; Luk_8:6 (here T Tr WH κατέπεσεν), 8 Rec.; Rev_8:10; εἰς τί (of the thing that is entered; into), Mat_15:14; Mat_17:15; Mar_4:7 (L marginal reading ἐπί); Luk_6:39, R G L marginal reading (but L text T Tr WH ἐμπεσοῦνται); G L T Tr WH (; L T Tr WH); Joh_12:24; εἰς (upon) τήν γῆν, Rev_6:13; Rev_9:1; ἐν μέσῳ, with the genitive of the thing, Luk_8:7; παρά τήν ὁδόν, Mat_13:4; Mar_4:4; Luk_8:5; to fall from or down: followed by ἀπό with the genitive of place, Mat_15:27; Mat_24:29 (here Tdf. ἐκ; Luk_16:21); Act_20:9; followed by ἐκ with the genitive of place (Mar_13:25 L T Tr WH); Rev_8:10; Rev_9:1; equivalent to to be thrust down, Luk_10:18.
b. metaphorically: οὐ πίπτει ἐπί τινα ὁ ἥλιος, i. e. the heat of the sun does not strike upon them or incommode them, Rev_7:16; (ἀχλύς καί σκότος, Act_13:11 L T Tr WH); ὁ κλῆρος πίπτει ἐπί τινα, the lot falls upon one, Act_1:20; φόβος πίπτει ἐπί τινα, falls upon or seizes one (Act_19:17 L Tr); Rev_11:11 Rec.; (τό πνεῦμα τό ἅγιον, Act_10:44 Lachmann); πίπτω ὑπό κρίσιν, to fall under judgment, come under condemnation, Jas_5:12 (where Rec.st εἰς ὑπόκρισιν).
2. of descent from an erect to a prostrate position (Latinlabor, ruo; prolabor, procido; collabor, etc.);
a. properly; α. to fall down: ἐπί λίθον, Luk_20:18; λίθος πίπτει ἐπί τινα, Mat_21:44 (T omits; L WH Tr marginal reading brackets the verse); Luk_20:18; τό ὄρος ἐπί τινα, Luk_23:30; Rev_6:16. β. to be prostrated, fall prostrate; of those overcome by terror or astonishment or grief: χαμαί, Joh_18:6; εἰς τό ἔδαφος, Act_22:7; ἐπί τήν γῆν, Act_9:4; (ἐπί πρόσωπον, Mat_17:6); or under the attack of an evil spirit: ἐπί τῆς γῆς, Mar_9:20; or falling dead suddenly: πρός τούς πόδας τίνος ὡς νεκρός, Rev_1:17; πεσών ἐξέψυξε, Act_5:5; ἔπεσεν παρά (L T Tr WH πρός) τούς πόδας τίνος, Act_5:10; absolutely, 1Co_10:8; στόματι μαχαριας, Luk_21:24; absolutely of the dismemberment of corpses by decay, Heb_3:17 (Num_14:29; Num_14:32). γ. to prostrate oneself; used now of suppliants, now of persons rendering homage or worship to one: ἐπί τῆς γῆς, Mar_14:35; participle with προσκυνεῖν, as finite verb, Mat_2:11; Mat_4:9; Mat_18:26; πίπτειν καί προσκυνεῖν, Rev_5:14; Rev_19:4; ἔπεσα προσκυνῆσαι, Rev_22:8; πεσών εἰς τούς πόδας (αὐτοῦ), Mat_18:29 Rec.; εἰς (T Tr WH πρός) τούς πόδας τίνος, Joh_11:32; πρός τούς πόδας τίνος, Mar_5:22; (παρά τούς πόδας τίνος, Luk_8:41); ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ποδῶν τίνος, Rev_19:10; ἐνώπιον τίνος, Rev_4:10; Rev_5:8; ἐπί πρόσωπον, Mat_26:39; Luk_5:12; ἐπί πρόσωπον παρά τούς πόδας τίνος, Luk_17:16; πεσών ἐπί τούς πόδας προσεκύνησε, Act_10:25; πεσών ἐπί πρόσωπον προσκυνήσει, 1Co_14:25; ἐπί τά πρόσωπα καί προσκυνεῖν, Rev_7:11 (ἐπί πρόσωπον Rec.); Rev_11:16. δ. to fall out, fall from: θρίξ ἐκ τῆς κεφαλῆς πεσεῖται, equivalent to shall perish, be lost, Act_27:34 Rec. ε. to fall down, fall in ruin: of buildings, walls, etc., Mat_7:25,(27); Luk_6:49 (where T Tr WH συνεπεσε); Heb_11:30; οἶκος ἐπ' οἶκον πίπτει, Luk_11:17 (see ἐπί, C. I. 2 c.); πύργος ἐπί τινα, Luk_13:4; σκηνή ἡ πεπτωκυῖα, the tabernacle that has fallen down, a figurative description of the family of David and the theocracy as reduced to extreme decay (cf. σκηνή, at the end), Act_15:16. of a city: ἔπεσε, i. e. has been overthrown, destroyed, Rev_11:13; Rev_14:8; Rev_16:19; Rev_18:2 (Jer_28:8 ().
b. metaphorically, α. to be cast down from a state of prosperity: πόθεν πέπωκας, from what a height of Christian knowledge and attainment thou hast declined, Rev_2:5 G L T Tr WH (see above at the beginning). β. to fall from a state of uprightness, i. e. to sin: opposed to ἑστάναι, 1Co_10:12; opposed to στήκειν, with a dative of the person whose interests suffer by the sinning (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 31, 1 k.), Rom_14:4; to fall into a state of wickedness, Rev_18:3; Lachmann's stereotyped edition; Tr WH text (see πίνω). γ. to perish, i. e. to come to an end, disappear, cease: of virtues, 1Co_13:8 L T Tr WH (R. V. fail); to lose authority, no longer have force, of sayings, precepts, etc., Luk_16:17 (ὥστε οὐ χαμαί πεσεῖται ὁ τί ἄν εἴπῃς, Plato, Euchyphr. § 17; irrita cadunt promissa, Livy 2, 31). equivalent to to be removed from power by death, Rev_17:10; to fail of participating in, miss a share in, the Messianic salvation, Rom_11:11,(22); Heb_4:11 ((yet see ἐν, I. 5 f.). Compare: ἀναπίπτω, ἀντιπίπτω, ἀποπίπτω, ἐκπίπτω ἐνπίπτω, ἐπιπίπτω, καταπίπτω, παραπίπτω, περιπίπτω, προσπίπτω, συμπίπτω.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πίπτω piptō 90x
to fall, Mat_15:27 ; Luk_10:18 ;
to fall, fall prostrate, fall down, Mat_17:6 ; Mat_18:29 ; Luk_17:16 ;
to fall down dead, Luk_21:24 ;
to fall, fall in ruins, Mat_7:25 ; Mat_7:27 ; Luk_11:17 ;
met. to fall, come by chance, as a lot, Act_1:26 ;
to fall, to fail, become null and void, fall to the ground, Luk_16:17 ;
to fall into a worse state, Rev_2:5 ;
to come to ruin, Rom_11:11 ; Heb_4:11 ;
to fall into sin, Rom_11:22 ; 1Co_10:2 ;
to fall in judgment, by condemnation, Rev_14:8 ;
to fall upon, seize, Rev_11:11 ;
to light upon, Rev_7:16 ;
to fall under, incur, Jas_5:12 bow down; collapse; fall.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
πίπτω ,
[in LXX chiefly for H5307 ;]
to fall;
1. of descent, to fall, fall down or from: seq . ἐπί , c . acc loc ., Mat_10:29 , al. ; εἰς , Mat_15:14 , al. ; ἐς μέσῳ , c . gen ., Luk_8:7 ; παρὰ τ . ὁδόν , Mat_13:4 , Mar_4:4 , Luk_8:5 ; seq . ἀπό , Mat_15:27 , al. ; ἐκ , Mar_13:25 , Luk_10:18 , Rev_8:10 ; Rev_9:1 . Metaph .: ὁ ἥλιος , seq . ἐπί , Rev_7:16 ; ἀχλὺς κ . σκότος , Act_13:11 ; ὁ κλῆρος , Act_1:26 ; ὑπὸ κρίσιν , Jas_5:12 .
2. Of prostration,
(a) of persons, to fall prostrate, prostrate oneself: χαμαί Joh_18:6 ; seq . ἐπί , c . acc , Mat_17:6 , Act_9:4 ; id . c . gen ., Mar_9:20 ; πρὸς τ . πόδας , Act_5:10 , Rev_1:17 ; πεσὼν ἐξέψυξε , Act_5:5 ; of supplication, homage or worship: πρὸς (παρὰ , ἐπὶ ) τ . πὸδας , Mar_5:22 , Luk_8:41 , Act_10:25 , al. ; Papyri καὶ προσκυνεῖν , Rev_5:14 ; Rev_19:4 ; ptcp . c . προσκυνεῖν , Mat_2:11 , al. ; ἐνώπιον , Rev_4:10 ; Rev_5:8 ; ἐπὶ πρόσωπον , Mat_26:39 , al. ;
(b) of things, to fall, fall down: Mat_21:44 , Luk_23:30 ; of falling to ruin and destruction, Mat_7:25 , Act_15:16 , Heb_11:30 ; ἔπεσε (timeless aorist; M , Pr.,134), Rev_18:2 . Metaph .: Rom_11:11 ; πόθεν πέπτωκας , Rev_2:5 ; opp . to ἑστόναι , 1Co_10:12 ; to στήκειν , Rom_14:4 ; of virtues, 1Co_13:8 ; of precepts, Luk_16:17 .
( Cf. ἀνα -, ἀντι -, ἀπο -, ἐκ -, ἐπι -, κατα -, παρα -, περι -, προσ -, συν -πίπτω .)
συν -πίπτω ( Rec. συμπ -),
[in LXX for H5307 , etc.;]
to fall together, fall in, etc.: of a house ( cf. MM , xxiv), Luk_6:49 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πίπτω [page 514]
fall down, (1) of things P Petr II, 13 (3) .2 (B.C. 258 3) τὸ πρὸς νότον [τ ]οῦ ὀχυρώματος τεῖχος μέρος μέν τι αὐτοῦ πεπτωκός ἐστιν , the wall to the south of the prison, part of it has fallen (Ed.); (2) of persons P Oxy III. 475 .25 (A.D. 182) ἔπεσεν καὶ ἐτελε [ύ ]τησεν , he fell and was killed, the report of an accident.
Πέπτωκεν is common = paid in documents of iii ii B.C. : cf. P Lond 1200 .2 (B.C. 192 or 168) (= III. p. 2) πέπτωκεν ἐπὶ τὴν ἐν Διοσπόλει τῆι μεγαλῆι τράπεζαν , paid into the bank at Diospolis Magna, and P Fay 17 .1 (B.C. 121), P Tebt I. 101 .1 (B.C. 120) with the editors notes. See also P Hib I. 66 .2 (B.C. 228) ( = Witkowski .2 , p. 38) πίπτει [σοι ] ( tibi solvitur ) ἐν̣ τοῖς κατὰ σὲ τόποις εἰκοστή , and Wilcken Ostr. i. p. 64. For a somewhat similar use of πέπτωκεν in dockets attached to contracts etc. cf. P Tebt II. 279 .1 (B.C. 231) πέπτωκεν εἰς κιβωτὸν τὸ συνάλλαγμα ἐν Τεβτύνει , there has been placed in the chest at Tebtunis the contract of nurture.
For the form πέσατε in Luk_23:30 , Rev_6:16 , see Robertson Gr. p. 338 f., for the difficult ἐπέσαντο in Ev. Petr. 5, see Swete ad l. , and for the timeless aorists in Luk_10:18 (πεσόντα ) and Rev_18:2 (ἔπεσεν ), see Proleg. p. 134. Callimachus Ep. lvi. 4 ( A.P. vi, 148) Ἕσπερε , πῶς ἔπεσες a striking verbal resemblance to Isa_14:12 .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
πίπτω "to fall, fall down", Hom. , etc.; πίπτειν ἐν κονίηισιν "to fall in" the dust, i. e. "to fall and lie" there, Il. ; π. ἐν δεμνίοις Eur. , etc.; or without ἐν, πεδίωι πίπτειν Il. ; π. δεμνίοις Eur. ; also, π. ἐπὶ χθονί Od. ; ἐπὶ γᾶι Soph. ; πρὸς πέδωι Eur. ; with a Prep. of motion, π. ἐς πόντον Hes. ; ἐπὶ γᾶν Aesch. ; πρὸς οὖδας Eur. Special usages: πίπτειν ἔν τισι "to fall violently upon, attack", ἐνὶ νήεσσι πέσωμεν Il. ; πρὸς μῆλα καὶ ποίμνας Soph. "to throw oneself down, fall down", πρὸς βρέτη θεῶν Aesch. ; ἀμφὶ γόνυ τινός Eur. "to fall" in battle, πίπτε δὲ λαός Il. , etc.; οἱ πεπτωκότες "the fallen", Xen. ; π. δορί by the spear, Eur. ; —π. ὑπό τινος "to fall by" another's hand, Hdt. "to fall, be ruined", ὁ ?έρξεω στρατὸς αὐτὸς ὑπ᾽ ἑωυτοῦ ἔπεσε, Lat. mole sua corruit, id=Hdt. "to fall, sink", ἄνεμος πέσε the wind "fell" (so Virg. "cadunt austri)", Od. "to fall short, fail", Plat. ; of a play, "to fail", Ar. ἐκ θυμοῦ πίπτειν τινί "to fall out of" his favour, Il. ; so, π. ἐξ ἐλπίδων Eur. : —reversely, π. ἐς κακότητα Theogn. ; εἰς νόσον Aesch. ; φόβον, ἀνάγκας Eur. , Thuc. , etc.; also, π. ἐν φόβωι Eur. ; π. δυσπραξίαις Soph. π. εἰς ὕπνον "to fall" asleep, id=Soph. ; or simply ὕπνωι Aesch. πίπτειν μετὰ ποσσὶ γυναικός "to fall" between her feet, i. e. to be born, Il. of the dice, τὰ δεσποτῶν εὖ πεσόντα θήσομαι I shall count my master's throws good or lucky, Aesch. ; so of lots, ὁ κλῆρος π. τινί or παρά τινα Plat. ; ἐπί τινα NTest. generally, "to fall, turn out", εὖ, καλῶς πίπτειν "to be lucky", Eur. , etc. "to fall under, belong to" a class, Arist.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
πίπτω
[in LXX chiefly for נָפַל ;]
to fall;
__1. of descent, to fall, fall down or from: before ἐπί, with accusative loc., Mat.10:29, al.; εἰς, Mat.15:14, al.; ἐς μέσῳ, with genitive, Luk.8:7; παρὰ τ. ὁδόν, Mat.13:4, Mrk.4:4, Luk.8:5; before ἀπό, Mat.15:27, al.; ἐκ, Mrk.13:25, Luk.10:18, Rev.8:10 9:1. Metaphorical: ὁ ἥλιος, before ἐπί, Rev.7:16; ἀχλὺς κ. σκότος, Act.13:11; ὁ κλῆρος, Act.1:26; ὑπὸ κρίσιν, Jas.5:12.
__2. Of prostration,
__(a) of persons, to fall prostrate, prostrate oneself: χαμαί Jhn.18:6; before ἐπί, with accusative, Mat.17:6, Act.9:4; id. with genitive, Mrk.9:20; πρὸς τ. πόδας, Act.5:10, Rev.1:17; πεσὼν ἐξέψυξε, Act.5:5; of supplication, homage or worship: πρὸς (παρὰ, ἐπὶ) τ. πὸδας, Mrk.5:22, Luk.8:41, Act.10:25, al.; π. καὶ προσκυνεῖν, Rev.5:14 19:4; ptcp. with προσκυνεῖν, Mat.2:11, al.; ἐνώπιον, Rev.4:10 5:8; ἐπὶ πρόσωπον, Mat.26:39, al.;
__(b) of things, to fall, fall down: Mat.21:44, Luk.23:30; of falling to ruin and destruction, Mat.7:25, Act.15:16, Heb.11:30; ἔπεσε (timeless aorist; M, Pr.,134), Rev.18:2. Metaphorical: Rom.11:11; πόθεν πέπτωκας, Rev.2:5; opposite to ἑστόναι, 1Co.10:12; to στήκειν, Rom.14:4; of virtues, 1Co.13:8; of precepts, Luk.16:17.
(cf. ἀνα-, ἀντι-, ἀπο-, ἐκ-, ἐπι-, κατα-, παρα-, περι-, προσ-, συν-πίπτω.)
συν-πίπτω (Rec. συμπ-),
[in LXX for נָפַל, etc. ;]
to fall together, fall in, etc.: of a house (cf. MM, xxiv), Luk.6:49.†
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