Strong G2177ἐφάλλομαι

to jump on

Transliteration
ephallomai
Pronunciation
ef-al'-lom-ahee
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G1909 and G242; to spring upon: - leap on.

Detailed definition

ἐφάλλομαι
[in LXX for צָלַח, 1Ki.10:6 11:6 16:13 *;]
to leap upon: before ἐπί with accusative of person(s) Act.19:16.†
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In the Bible

Strong G2177 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • leap1

First verses

  1. Acts 19:16
    And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐφάλλομαι,
future - αλοῦμαι [LXX (LXX.1Ki.10.6: _Epic dialect_)]aorist 2 ἐπᾶλτο, participle ἐπάλμενος, ἐπιάλμενος (see. below): regular aorist 2 infinitive -αλέσθαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 4.951.27 (Epid., 4th c.BC))]:—spring upon, so as to attack, with dative, Ἀστεροπαίῳ ἐπᾶλτο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.140, compare 13.643; Τρώεσσιν ἐπάλμενος 11.489, etc.)]; ἐπάλμενος ὀξέϊ δουρί[Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 421, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.220: without hostile sense, with _genitive_, ἵππων ἐπιάλμενος)] having leaped upon the chariot, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.15; κύσσε.. μιν.. ἐπιάλμενος 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.320)]; of fame, ἐς Αἰθίοπας ἐπᾶλτο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 6.50: rare in Prose, ἐπὶ τὸν οὐδὸν ἐ. (a Homeric reminiscence) 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Ion” 535b)]; ἐπὶ τὰν χῆρα [NT+1st c.AD+ (“IG” [same place]; ἐπί τινας NT.Act.19.16; ἵπποις 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.139b; θαλάττης 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 1.10)]; ζῴῳ, in hostile sense, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Philumenus Medicus “de Venenatis Animalibus” 33.3)]; εἰς τοὐπίσω ἐ., of an exercise, [LXX+2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.145: _metaphorically_, of the spirit of prophecy, LXX [same place])]