Strong G1706ἐμπίπτω
to fall into
- Transliteration
- empiptō
- Pronunciation
- em-pip'-to
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἐμ-πίπτω
[in LXX chiefly for נָפַל;]
to fall into: before εἰς, Mat.12:11, Luk.6:39 10:36; metaphorically, εἰς κρίμα, 1Ti.3:6; ὀνειδισμόν 1Ti.3:7; πειρασμόν, 1Ti.6:9; εἰς χεῖρας θεοῦ (cf. 2Ki.24:14, 1Ch.21:13, Sir.2:18), Heb.10:31.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for נָפַל;]
to fall into: before εἰς, Mat.12:11, Luk.6:39 10:36; metaphorically, εἰς κρίμα, 1Ti.3:6; ὀνειδισμόν 1Ti.3:7; πειρασμόν, 1Ti.6:9; εἰς χεῖρας θεοῦ (cf. 2Ki.24:14, 1Ch.21:13, Sir.2:18), Heb.10:31.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1706 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- fall7
- have1
First verses
- Matthew 12:11And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?
- Luke 10:36Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves?
- Luke 14:5And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?
- 1 Timothy 3:6Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
- 1 Timothy 3:7Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
- 1 Timothy 6:9But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
- Hebrews 10:31It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐμπίπτω,
future -πεσοῦμαι: aorist ἐνέπεσον, Epic dialect ἔμπεσον (see. below): Lyric poetry aorist ἔμπετες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 8.81)]:—fall in or on, with dative, τρύφος ἔμπεσε πόντῳ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.508; ὁ δ᾽ ὕπτιος ἔμπεσε πέτρῃ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.108; ἐν δ᾽ ἔπεσ᾽ ὠκεανῷ, of the Sun, 8.485)]; πῦρ ἔμπεσε νηυσίν fire fell upon them,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (16.113; αὐχένι.. ἔμπεσεν ἰός 15.451, compare 624; with ἐν, ὡς δ᾽ ὅτε πῦρ.. ἐν ἀξύλῳ ἐμπέσῃ ὕλῃ 11.155; κεραυνοὶ αὐτοῖσι ἐνέπιπτον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.37)]; ἐμπέσοι γέ σοι (i.e. ὁ πύργος) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 180, etc.: _absolutely_, ῥύμῃ ἐ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.76, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.34: with _genitive_, ὠκεανοῖο 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 635.)]
b Geometry texts, meet, of a line meeting another, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Euclides Geometra 1 “Post.” 5, etc.)]; to be placed, ἐὰν εἰς τὸν κύκλον εὐθεῖα ἐμπέσῃ [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ σφαίρας καὶ κυλίνδρου” 1.9; ἡ ἐμπεσοῦσα [prev. passage])]
c of a dislocated limb, fall into place, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 8.)]
2 fall upon, attack, ἐν δ᾽ ἔπεσον προμάχοις [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.526, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.81; στρατῷ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 127; τοῖς πολεμίοις 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitum magistro” 8.25, etc.)]; ἐμπεσόντες having fallen on them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.146, compare 7.16.ά)]: metaphorically, insult, ἄλλοισι δ᾽ ἐμπίπτων γελᾷ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 1.68)]; so,
3 of evils, diseases, etc., fall on one, attack, κακὸν ἔμπεσε οἴκῳ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.45; λὺγξ τοῖς πλέοσιν ἐνέπιπτε κενή 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.49; νόσημα ἐμπέπτωκεν εἰς τὴν Ἑλλάδα 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.259; πρὶν ἐμπεσεῖν σπαραγμόν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1253)]; ὕπνος ἐ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 45e: of passions, of frames of mind, χόλος, δέος ἔμπεσε θυμῷ, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.436, 17.625; ἔρως μή τις ἐμπίπτῃ στρατῷ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 341; Ἔρως, ὃς ἐν κτήμασι πίπτεις 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 782 (Lyric poetry); ἐμοὶ.. οἶκτος [prev. author] “Ph.” 965; τοῖς Ἀθηναίοις ἐνέπεσέ τι γέλωτος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.28; μὴ λύσσα τις ἡμῖν ἐμπεπτώκοι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.7.26; ἔλεος ἐμπέπτωκέ τίς μοι 4th-3rd c.BC: Philippides Comicus 9.1)]; ἐ. εἰς.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.43, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 443, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.48 codices, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.18, etc.: rarely with _accusative_, οὐδείς ποτ᾽ αὐτοὺς.. ἂν ἐμπέσοι ζῆλος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 942; ἐμπέπτωκ᾽ ἔρως.. Ἑλλάδα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 808.)]
3.b of words, καί μοι ἔπος ἔμπεσε θυμῷ came into my mind, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.266)]; λόγος ἐμπέπτωκεν ἀρτίως ἐμοί came to my ears, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1150)]; κἂν περὶ ἀνδρῶν γ᾽ ἐμπέσῃ λόγος τις a report arose, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 858, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 354b, “Lg.” 799d, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 2.2)]; so τόποι ἐμπίπτοντες available, suitable topics, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Hermogenes Rhetor “προγυμνάσματα” 7, etc., compare 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.179.)]
4 light or fall upon, πρὶν ἁλίῳ γυῖον ἐμπεσεῖν before his body was exposed to the sun, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.73; [θηρία] ἐμπίπτοντα ταῖς ὄψεσι 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 3.9.5)]; also εἰς τὴν ὄψιν, εἰς τὴν αἴσθησιν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 67d, “R.” 524d.)]
4.b fall into, ἐ. ἐν ἀπορίᾳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Euthd.” 293a; ἐπὶ συμφορήν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.88; more frequently ἐ. εἰς.., ἐ. εἰς ἄτας 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 216 (Lyric poetry); εἰς βάρβαρα φάσγανα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 864; εἰς ἐνέδραν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.5.14; εἰς ἔρωτα 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 235.3; εἰς νόσον 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.20; εἰς ὑποψίας [prev. author] 2.2.3; εἰς φαῦλον σκέμμα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 435c; εἴς τινα βυθὸν φλυαρίας [prev. author] “Prm.” 130d; εἰς πράγματα 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.292)]; ἐ. εἰς τὰ πεπραγμένα, in speaking, come upon the exploits, [Refs ([prev. work]211; εἰς λόγους [prev. work]42, compare 59.)]
5 τῷ ἀκοντίῳ ἐ. τῷ ὤμῳ throw oneself on the javelin with one's shoulder, i.e. to give all one's force to the throw, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 20.)]
6 break in, burst in, στέγῃ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1262; πύλαις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1146; εἰς τὴν θύραν κριηδόν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 309)]; intrude, εἰς τὸ ἀρχεῖον [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1270b9: _absolutely_, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1350)]; ἐμπεσών violently, rashly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.81.)]
7 εἴς τι fall within the province of, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 205d; εἰς τὰς εἰρημένας αἰτίας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 986a15, compare “Rh.” 1401b29, “Ph.” 196b9; εἰς ἄλλο πρόβλημα [prev. author] “Pol.” 1268b25.)]
7.b of income, εἰς τὸν λόγον τινὸς ἐ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PLille” 16.5 (3rd c.BC),compare “POxy.” 494.21 (2nd c.AD).)]
7.c of suits, come before, εἰς δικαστῶν πλῆθος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1300b35, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Solon” 18.)]
8 ἐ. εἰς δεσμωτήριον to be thrown into prison, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 2.9, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.60)](absolutely, get into prison, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tox.” 28); εἰς ζήτρειον 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 19 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator; so ἐ. εἰς τὸν Τάρταρον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 114a: Comedy texts, εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν “Comica Adespota” 9D.)]
9 of circumstances, happen, occur, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 7.8.4.)]
10 desert, πρός τινα [LXX (LXX.2Ki.25.11.)]
future -πεσοῦμαι: aorist ἐνέπεσον, Epic dialect ἔμπεσον (see. below): Lyric poetry aorist ἔμπετες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 8.81)]:—fall in or on, with dative, τρύφος ἔμπεσε πόντῳ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.508; ὁ δ᾽ ὕπτιος ἔμπεσε πέτρῃ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.108; ἐν δ᾽ ἔπεσ᾽ ὠκεανῷ, of the Sun, 8.485)]; πῦρ ἔμπεσε νηυσίν fire fell upon them,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (16.113; αὐχένι.. ἔμπεσεν ἰός 15.451, compare 624; with ἐν, ὡς δ᾽ ὅτε πῦρ.. ἐν ἀξύλῳ ἐμπέσῃ ὕλῃ 11.155; κεραυνοὶ αὐτοῖσι ἐνέπιπτον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.37)]; ἐμπέσοι γέ σοι (i.e. ὁ πύργος) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 180, etc.: _absolutely_, ῥύμῃ ἐ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.76, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.34: with _genitive_, ὠκεανοῖο 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 635.)]
b Geometry texts, meet, of a line meeting another, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Euclides Geometra 1 “Post.” 5, etc.)]; to be placed, ἐὰν εἰς τὸν κύκλον εὐθεῖα ἐμπέσῃ [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ σφαίρας καὶ κυλίνδρου” 1.9; ἡ ἐμπεσοῦσα [prev. passage])]
c of a dislocated limb, fall into place, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 8.)]
2 fall upon, attack, ἐν δ᾽ ἔπεσον προμάχοις [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.526, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.81; στρατῷ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 127; τοῖς πολεμίοις 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitum magistro” 8.25, etc.)]; ἐμπεσόντες having fallen on them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.146, compare 7.16.ά)]: metaphorically, insult, ἄλλοισι δ᾽ ἐμπίπτων γελᾷ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 1.68)]; so,
3 of evils, diseases, etc., fall on one, attack, κακὸν ἔμπεσε οἴκῳ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.45; λὺγξ τοῖς πλέοσιν ἐνέπιπτε κενή 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.49; νόσημα ἐμπέπτωκεν εἰς τὴν Ἑλλάδα 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.259; πρὶν ἐμπεσεῖν σπαραγμόν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1253)]; ὕπνος ἐ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 45e: of passions, of frames of mind, χόλος, δέος ἔμπεσε θυμῷ, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.436, 17.625; ἔρως μή τις ἐμπίπτῃ στρατῷ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 341; Ἔρως, ὃς ἐν κτήμασι πίπτεις 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 782 (Lyric poetry); ἐμοὶ.. οἶκτος [prev. author] “Ph.” 965; τοῖς Ἀθηναίοις ἐνέπεσέ τι γέλωτος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.28; μὴ λύσσα τις ἡμῖν ἐμπεπτώκοι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.7.26; ἔλεος ἐμπέπτωκέ τίς μοι 4th-3rd c.BC: Philippides Comicus 9.1)]; ἐ. εἰς.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.43, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 443, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.48 codices, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.18, etc.: rarely with _accusative_, οὐδείς ποτ᾽ αὐτοὺς.. ἂν ἐμπέσοι ζῆλος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 942; ἐμπέπτωκ᾽ ἔρως.. Ἑλλάδα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 808.)]
3.b of words, καί μοι ἔπος ἔμπεσε θυμῷ came into my mind, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.266)]; λόγος ἐμπέπτωκεν ἀρτίως ἐμοί came to my ears, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1150)]; κἂν περὶ ἀνδρῶν γ᾽ ἐμπέσῃ λόγος τις a report arose, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 858, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 354b, “Lg.” 799d, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 2.2)]; so τόποι ἐμπίπτοντες available, suitable topics, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Hermogenes Rhetor “προγυμνάσματα” 7, etc., compare 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.179.)]
4 light or fall upon, πρὶν ἁλίῳ γυῖον ἐμπεσεῖν before his body was exposed to the sun, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.73; [θηρία] ἐμπίπτοντα ταῖς ὄψεσι 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 3.9.5)]; also εἰς τὴν ὄψιν, εἰς τὴν αἴσθησιν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 67d, “R.” 524d.)]
4.b fall into, ἐ. ἐν ἀπορίᾳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Euthd.” 293a; ἐπὶ συμφορήν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.88; more frequently ἐ. εἰς.., ἐ. εἰς ἄτας 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 216 (Lyric poetry); εἰς βάρβαρα φάσγανα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 864; εἰς ἐνέδραν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.5.14; εἰς ἔρωτα 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 235.3; εἰς νόσον 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.20; εἰς ὑποψίας [prev. author] 2.2.3; εἰς φαῦλον σκέμμα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 435c; εἴς τινα βυθὸν φλυαρίας [prev. author] “Prm.” 130d; εἰς πράγματα 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.292)]; ἐ. εἰς τὰ πεπραγμένα, in speaking, come upon the exploits, [Refs ([prev. work]211; εἰς λόγους [prev. work]42, compare 59.)]
5 τῷ ἀκοντίῳ ἐ. τῷ ὤμῳ throw oneself on the javelin with one's shoulder, i.e. to give all one's force to the throw, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 20.)]
6 break in, burst in, στέγῃ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1262; πύλαις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1146; εἰς τὴν θύραν κριηδόν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 309)]; intrude, εἰς τὸ ἀρχεῖον [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1270b9: _absolutely_, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1350)]; ἐμπεσών violently, rashly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.81.)]
7 εἴς τι fall within the province of, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 205d; εἰς τὰς εἰρημένας αἰτίας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 986a15, compare “Rh.” 1401b29, “Ph.” 196b9; εἰς ἄλλο πρόβλημα [prev. author] “Pol.” 1268b25.)]
7.b of income, εἰς τὸν λόγον τινὸς ἐ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PLille” 16.5 (3rd c.BC),compare “POxy.” 494.21 (2nd c.AD).)]
7.c of suits, come before, εἰς δικαστῶν πλῆθος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1300b35, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Solon” 18.)]
8 ἐ. εἰς δεσμωτήριον to be thrown into prison, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 2.9, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.60)](absolutely, get into prison, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tox.” 28); εἰς ζήτρειον 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 19 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator; so ἐ. εἰς τὸν Τάρταρον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 114a: Comedy texts, εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν “Comica Adespota” 9D.)]
9 of circumstances, happen, occur, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 7.8.4.)]
10 desert, πρός τινα [LXX (LXX.2Ki.25.11.)]