Quick Definition
I fall on my knees before, supplicate, entreat
Strong's Definition
to fall on the knee
Derivation: from a compound of G1119 (γόνυ) and the alternate of G4098 (πίπτω);
KJV Usage: bow the knee, kneel down
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
γονυπετέω, γονυπέτω; 1 aorist participle γονυπετήσας; (γονυπετής, and this from γόνυ and ΠΑΤΩ equivalent to πίπτω); to fall on the knees, the act of one imploring aid, and of one expressing reverence and honor: τίνι, Mat_17:14 Rec.; τινα, ibid. G L T Tr WH; Mar_1:40 R G Tr text brackets WH brackets; ; cf. Winers Grammar, 210 (197); (Buttmann, 147f (129)); ἔμπροσθεν τίνος, Mat_27:29. (Polybius, Heliodorus; ecclesiastical writings.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
γονυπετέω gonypeteō 4x
to fall upon one s knees, to kneel before, Mat_17:14 ; Mat_27:29 ; Mar_1:40 ; Mar_10:17
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† γονυπετέω , -ῶ
( <γόνυ , πίπτω );
1. to fall on the knees: seq . ἔμπροσθεν , Mat_27:29 .
2. to fall down before one: c . acc , Mat_17:14 , Mar_1:40 , R , txt ., Mar_10:17 .†
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
γονυπετέω [Etym: from γονυπετής] "to fall on the knee, to fall down before" one, τινι or τινα NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
γονυπετέω, -ῶ) (γόνυ, πίπτω);
__1. to fall on the knees: before ἔμπροσθεν, Mat.27:29.
__2. to fall down before one: with accusative, Mat.17:14, Mrk.1:40, R, txt., 10:17.
† (AS)