πίπτω piptō

Greek word for “to collapse” · Strong’s G4098 · used 90 times in 85 verses

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Meaning

πίπτω; to fall; 1. of descent, to fall, fall down or from: before ἐπί, with accusative loc., al.;

How it is translated

Glosses given for piptō in context, with how often each is used:

• fell 34
• having fallen 13
• may fall 6
• will fall 5
• falling 5
• falls 5
• fell down 5
• having fallen down 4
• fallen 3
• do fall 2
• fallen is 2
• falling down 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Luke 8 (5), Matthew 13 (4), Mark 4 (4), Matthew 7 (2), Matthew 15 (2), Matthew 17 (2), Matthew 18 (2), Luke 16 (2), Acts 5 (2), Romans 11 (2)

Forms

• ἔπεσεν 29
• πεσὼν 12
• ἔπεσαν 12
• πίπτει 5
• πέσῃ 5
• πεσοῦνται 4
• ἔπεσα 3
• πεσεῖται 2
• πιπτόντων 2
• πέσετε 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with piptō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• προσκυνέω proskuneō “to worship” 12
• γῆ gē “earth” 14
• πούς pous “foot” 9
• πρόσωπον prosōpon “face” 8
• ἄλλος allos “another” 9
• οὐρανός ouranos “heaven” 10
• εἴκοσι eikosi “twenty” 5
• τέσσαρες tessares “four” 6
• ἀστήρ astēr “star” 5
• πρεσβύτερος presbuteros “elder” 6
• μέγας megas “great” 8
• δίδωμι didōmi “to give” 9

Key verses

The verses using piptō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 2:11 — And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their…
• Matthew 15:14 — Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
• Matthew 24:29 — Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the…
• Matthew 26:39 — And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will,…
• Luke 21:24 — And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the…
• Acts 9:4 — And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
• Revelation 1:17 — And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
• Revelation 5:8 — And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of…
• Revelation 6:16 — And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
• Revelation 11:13 — And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant…
• Revelation 18:2 — And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul…
• Revelation 19:10 — And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus:…

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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.