To stumble
πταίωStrong’s G4417ptaiō
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Ptaiō is the Greek word usually translated “did stumble”, “may stumble” and “we stumble”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:”
Meaning
Usually translated “did stumble”, “may stumble” and “we stumble”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- they did stumble 1
- may stumble 1
- we stumble 1
- does stumble 1
- shall you stumble 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- James 2
- Romans 1
- 2 Peter 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Romans 11:11I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.
- James 2:10For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
- James 3:2For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.
Greek dictionary
πταίω ptaiō · to stumble
πταίω [in LXX chiefly for נָגַף ni. ;] 1. trans., to cause to stumble (1Ki.4:3, cf. Deiss., BS, 681). 2. Intrans., to stumble. Metaphorical, in moral sense, Rom.11:11, Jas.2:10 3:2, 2Pe.1:10.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “stumble” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
STUMBLE, verb intransitive
[This word is probably from a root that signifies to stop or to strike, and may be allied to stammer.]
- To trip in walking or moving in any way upon the legs; to strike the foot so as to fall, or to endanger a fall; applied to any animal.“The way of the wicked is as darkness; they know not at what they stumble” Proverbs 4:19
- To err; to slide into a crime or an error.“He that loveth his brother, abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. 1” 1 John 2:10
- To strike upon without design; to fall on; to light on by chance.
All definitions and other forms of “stumble”
STUMBLE, verb transitive
- To obstruct in progress; to cause to trip or stop.
- To confound; to puzzle; to put to a nonplus; to perplex.
STUMBLE, noun
- A trip in walking or running.
- A blunder; a failure.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.