Be downcast
συμπίπτωStrong’s G6081sumpiptō
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Sumpiptō is the Greek word usually translated “it fell”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.”
Meaning
Usually translated “it fell”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- it fell 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
συμπίπτω sumpiptō · be downcast
1. to fall together, meet in battle, come to blows , Lat. concurrere, (Homer): ς. ἐς νείκεα (Herdotus Historicus): to encounter , κλύδωνι (Euripides); νηί (Thucydides) 2. generally, to fall in with, meet with accidents, misfortunes, with dative, (Herdotus Historicus) 3. of ailments, events, to fall upon, happen to , with dative pers., (Aeschulus Tragicus); also ἔς τινα (Herdotus Historicus) 4. absolute to happen or fall out at the same time, concur , (Herdotus Historicus) 5. with part, like τυγχάνω, τόδε συνέπεσε γενόμενον (Herdotus Historicus) …
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.