Strong G2667καταπίπτω
to fall down
- Transliteration
- katapiptō
- Pronunciation
- kat-ap-ip'-to
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
κατα-πίπτω
[in LXX: Psa.145:14 (נָפַל), etc.;]
to fall down: Act.28:6; before εἰς, Act.26:14; ἐπί with accusative, Luk.8:6.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Psa.145:14 (נָפַל), etc.;]
to fall down: Act.28:6; before εἰς, Act.26:14; ἐπί with accusative, Luk.8:6.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2667 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- fall2
First verses
- Acts 26:14And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
- Acts 28:6Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
καταπίπτω,
future -πεσοῦμαι: aorist κατέπεσον, poetry κάππεσον (the only tense used by [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus), _Doric dialect_ κάπετον (which see), also κατέπετον “IG” 4.951.80)](Epid.); late 3rd.person etc for 1st.person, 2nd.person singular optative -πέσειεν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus “Abhandlungen der Göttinger Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften (Phil.-hist. Klasse)” 168.5)] (variant{-οιεν}): perfect -πέπτωκα:—fall, drop, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (καππεσέτην 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.560; κάππεσον ἐν Λήμνῳ 1.593; κάππεσον ἐν κονίῃσι 12.23; πρηνὴς ἐπὶ γαίῃ κάππεσε 16.311, 414; πρηνὴς ἁλὶ κάππεσε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.374; ἀφ᾽ ὑψηλοῦ πύργου 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.386; ἀπὸ τῶν ἡμιπλινθίων 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.50; ἀπὸ τῆς κλίμακος Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Aves” 840; ἀπ᾽ ὄνου [prev\. author] “Nu.” 1273; ἀφ᾽ ἵππου Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Oeconomicus” 1.8; ἐς μέσους τοὺς ἄνθρακας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 671; ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.5.54)]; πληγεὶς κ. [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.27; οἰκίαι καταπεπτωκυῖαι Andocides Orator [{5-6th c.BC}] 1.108, “BGU” 282.7 (2nd c.AD), etc.: used as)]passive of καταβάλλω, πρὸς ἡμῶν κάππεσε, ={κατεβλήθη}, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Ag.” 1553 (Lyric poetry).)]
2 metaphorically, παραὶ ποσὶ κάππεσε θυμός their spirit fell, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.280; μήτε καταπεσὼν ὀδύρεο 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 66.5; πρὸς τὴν φήμην τῆς ἐφόδου -πεσόντες 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 7.4.2, compare 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 10.20.1; κ. τὴν ψυχήν variant in 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “AJ” 6.14.2)]: frequently in perfect participle καταπεπτωκώς, base, contemptible, λόγος Aristeas[Refs 1st c.AD+ (144; γένος ἄτιμον καὶ κ. 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Phoc.” 4; ἀγεννεῖς καὶ καταπεπτωκότες 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Declamationes” 30.45; ταῖς ψυχαῖς καὶ τοῖς σώμασι 4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista “Orationes” 10.136b)].
2.b [Refs 6th c.BC+ (κ. εἰς ἀπιστίαν Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Phaedo” 88d; εἰς ἀπορίαν [prev\. author] “Men.” 84c; πρὸς τὸ Χεῖρον 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 2.16.1)].
3 τὰ -πίπτοντα the accidents of fortune, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 40.15.)]
4 τὰς νυνὶ -πεπτωκυίας [ἐμβολάς] which have just been rejected, Hegetorap.[Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Apollonius Citiensis Medicus 3.)]
5 ἄλλα, ἃ -πέπτωκε τούτοις which fall under the same head, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 5.723.)]
II have the falling sickness, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tox.” 24, “Philops.” 16.)]
future -πεσοῦμαι: aorist κατέπεσον, poetry κάππεσον (the only tense used by [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus), _Doric dialect_ κάπετον (which see), also κατέπετον “IG” 4.951.80)](Epid.); late 3rd.person etc for 1st.person, 2nd.person singular optative -πέσειεν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus “Abhandlungen der Göttinger Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften (Phil.-hist. Klasse)” 168.5)] (variant{-οιεν}): perfect -πέπτωκα:—fall, drop, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (καππεσέτην 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.560; κάππεσον ἐν Λήμνῳ 1.593; κάππεσον ἐν κονίῃσι 12.23; πρηνὴς ἐπὶ γαίῃ κάππεσε 16.311, 414; πρηνὴς ἁλὶ κάππεσε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.374; ἀφ᾽ ὑψηλοῦ πύργου 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.386; ἀπὸ τῶν ἡμιπλινθίων 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.50; ἀπὸ τῆς κλίμακος Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Aves” 840; ἀπ᾽ ὄνου [prev\. author] “Nu.” 1273; ἀφ᾽ ἵππου Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Oeconomicus” 1.8; ἐς μέσους τοὺς ἄνθρακας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 671; ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.5.54)]; πληγεὶς κ. [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.27; οἰκίαι καταπεπτωκυῖαι Andocides Orator [{5-6th c.BC}] 1.108, “BGU” 282.7 (2nd c.AD), etc.: used as)]passive of καταβάλλω, πρὸς ἡμῶν κάππεσε, ={κατεβλήθη}, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Ag.” 1553 (Lyric poetry).)]
2 metaphorically, παραὶ ποσὶ κάππεσε θυμός their spirit fell, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.280; μήτε καταπεσὼν ὀδύρεο 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 66.5; πρὸς τὴν φήμην τῆς ἐφόδου -πεσόντες 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 7.4.2, compare 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 10.20.1; κ. τὴν ψυχήν variant in 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “AJ” 6.14.2)]: frequently in perfect participle καταπεπτωκώς, base, contemptible, λόγος Aristeas[Refs 1st c.AD+ (144; γένος ἄτιμον καὶ κ. 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Phoc.” 4; ἀγεννεῖς καὶ καταπεπτωκότες 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Declamationes” 30.45; ταῖς ψυχαῖς καὶ τοῖς σώμασι 4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista “Orationes” 10.136b)].
2.b [Refs 6th c.BC+ (κ. εἰς ἀπιστίαν Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Phaedo” 88d; εἰς ἀπορίαν [prev\. author] “Men.” 84c; πρὸς τὸ Χεῖρον 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 2.16.1)].
3 τὰ -πίπτοντα the accidents of fortune, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 40.15.)]
4 τὰς νυνὶ -πεπτωκυίας [ἐμβολάς] which have just been rejected, Hegetorap.[Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Apollonius Citiensis Medicus 3.)]
5 ἄλλα, ἃ -πέπτωκε τούτοις which fall under the same head, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 5.723.)]
II have the falling sickness, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tox.” 24, “Philops.” 16.)]