G2667: καταπίπτω (katapíptō)

G2667 καταπίπτω (katapíptō)

Greek

Quick Definition

καταπίπτω v. I fall down

Strong's Definition

from 2596 and 4098; to fall down

KJV Usage: fall (down)

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

καταπίπτω (G2667)

verb | aor. κατέπεσον · ptc. καταπεσών | πίπτω

15.118 · Linear Movement · Fall

to fall to fall from one level to another

LUK 8:6

15.119 · Linear Movement · Fall

to fall, to fall down to fall from a standing or upright position down to the ground or surface

ACT 26:14 · ACT 28:6

¹ In both instances (15.118 and 15.119) καταπίπτω may be somewhat more emphatic in meaning than πίπτω in view of the prefixial form κατα.

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

κατα-πίπτω; 2 aor. κατέπεσον; [fr. Hom. down]; to fall down: Acts xxviii. 6; εἰς τὴν γῆν, Acts xxvi. 14; ἐπὶ τὴν πέτραν, Lk. viii. 6 T Tr ΜῊ.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

καταπίπτω katapiptō 3x

to fall down, fall prostrate, Lk. 8:6; Acts 26:14; 28:6*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

κατα-πίπτω,

[in LXX: Ps 144 (145):14 (נפל), etc.;]

to fall down: Ac 28:6; seq. εἰς, Ac 26:14; ἐπί c. acc., Lk 8:6.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

καταπίπτω. P Oxy VIII. 111253 (a.p. 188) καταπεπτω(κνίας) of k(vias), BGU III. 735'9 (a.d. 235) olk((a) vuvel καταπίεπτωκυϊα) καὶ ψειλ(ός), and 70. 889% (A.D. 151). OG/S 4835} (ii/B.C.) τῶν δὲ δεομένων ἐπισκευῆς κοινῶ[ν τ]οιχῶν ἢ καταπεσόντων. The verb is used metaphorically of the accidents of fortune in Vett. Val. p. 4o!® γενναίως τὰ καταπίπτοντα φέρειν.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

καταπίπτω (katapiptō) — to fall down. καταπίπτω, future -πεσοῦμαι: aorist κατέπεσον, poetry κάππεσον (the only tense used by [Refs 8th c.BC+](Epid.); late 3rd.person etc for 1st.person, 2nd.person singular optative -πέσειεν [Refs 2nd c.AD+] (variant{-οιεν}): perfect -πέπτωκα:—fall, drop, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; πληγεὶς κ. [Refs 6th c.BC+]passive of καταβάλλω, πρὸς ἡμῶν κάππεσε, ={κατεβλήθη}, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

2. metaphorically, παραὶ ποσὶ κάππεσε θυμός their spirit fell, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: frequently in perfect participle καταπεπτωκώς, base, contemptible, λόγος Aristeas[Refs 1st c.AD+].

2. b [Refs 6th c.BC+].

3. τὰ -πίπτοντα the accidents of fortune, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

4. τὰς νυνὶ -πεπτωκυίας [ἐμβολάς] which have just been rejected, Hegetorap.[Refs 1st c.BC+]

5. ἄλλα, ἃ -πέπτωκε τούτοις which fall under the same head, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

II. have the falling sickness, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]