ἐπιπίπτω epipiptō
Greek word for “to fall/press upon” · Strong’s G1968 · used 11 times in 11 verses
Meaning
ἐπι-πίπτω; to fall upon (Field, Notes, 25): with dative of person(s), (see Swete, in l);
How it is translated
Glosses given for epipiptō in context, with how often each is used:
- fell 7
- having fallen 2
- press upon 1
- fell upon 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acts | 6 | 0.3 | |
| Luke | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Mark | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Romans | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Revelation | 1 | 0.1 |
Chapters where it is used most
Acts 20 (2), Mark 3 (1), Luke 1 (1), Luke 15 (1), Acts 8 (1), Acts 10 (1), Acts 11 (1), Acts 19 (1), Romans 15 (1), Revelation 11 (1)
Forms
- ἐπέπεσεν 7
- ἐπιπίπτειν 1
- ἐπιπεπτωκός 1
- ἐπιπεσόντες 1
- ἐπέπεσαν 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with epipiptō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- φόβος phobos “fear” 3
- καταφιλέω kataphileō “to kiss” 2
- τράχηλος trachēlos “neck” 2
- πνεῦμα pneuma “spirit/breath” 3
- ἔτι eti “still” 2
- Παῦλος Paulos “Paul” 2
- ἅγιος hagios “holy” 2
- ὄνομα onoma “name” 2
- λαλέω laleō “to speak” 2
- ἑαυτοῦ heautou “themself” 2
- εἴδω eidō “to perceive” 2
Key verses
The verses using epipiptō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Mark 3:10 — For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues.
- Luke 1:12 — And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him.
- Luke 15:20 — And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed…
- Acts 8:16 — (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)
- Acts 10:44 — While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word.
- Acts 11:15 — And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning.
- Acts 19:17 — And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
- Acts 20:10 — And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him said, Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him.
- Acts 20:37 — And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul’s neck, and kissed him,
- Romans 15:3 — For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.
- Revelation 11:11 — And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.
See all 11 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.