To fall upon
περιπίπτωStrong’s G4045peripiptō
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Peripiptō is the Greek word usually translated “fell among”, “having fallen” and “may fall into”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.”
Meaning
Usually translated “fell among”, “having fallen” and “may fall into”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- fell among 1
- having fallen 1
- you may fall into 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 1
- Acts 1
- James 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
περιπίπτω peripiptō · to fall upon
περι-πίπτω [in LXX: Rut.2:3, 2Ki.1:6 (קָרָה), Pro.11:5 (נָפַל), Dan LXX 2:9, 2Ma.6:13 2Mac 9:7 2Mac 9:21 2Mac 10:4 * ;] 1. to fall around. 2. to fall in with, light upon, come across: with dative, λῃσταῖς, Luk.10:30; πειρασμοῖς, Jas.1:2; before εἰς, Act.27:41.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.