Strong G4363προσπίπτω
to fall/beat
- Transliteration
- prospiptō
- Pronunciation
- pros-pip'-to
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
προσ-πίπτω
[in LXX for נָפַל, נָגַע hi., כָּרַע;]
1. to fall upon, strike against: with dative, of wind, Mat.7:25.
2. to fall down at one's feet, fall prostrate before: absol., before πρός, Mrk.7:25; with dative of person(s), Mrk.3:11 5:33, Luk.8:28, Act.16:29; τ. γόνασιν, Luk.5:8.†
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[in LXX for נָפַל, נָגַע hi., כָּרַע;]
1. to fall upon, strike against: with dative, of wind, Mat.7:25.
2. to fall down at one's feet, fall prostrate before: absol., before πρός, Mrk.7:25; with dative of person(s), Mrk.3:11 5:33, Luk.8:28, Act.16:29; τ. γόνασιν, Luk.5:8.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4363 appears in 8 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- fall7
- beat1
First verses
- Matthew 7:25And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
- Mark 3:11And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God.
- Mark 5:33But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.
- Mark 7:25For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet:
- Luke 5:8When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.
- Luke 8:28When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not.
- Luke 8:47And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared unto him before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately.
- Acts 16:29Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,
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Detailed Greek dictionary
προσπίπτω,
Doric dialect ποτιπίπτω [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Archytas Tarentinus Philosophus 1)]: future -πεσοῦμαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 350: for ποτιπεπτηυῖαι)], see at {προσπτήσσω}:—fall upon, strike against, ἔς τι variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 855)]; τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 7.6, etc.; πρός τι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Audibilibus” 800a2, +others)]; fall against, as a mound against a wall, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.75)]; but πρὸς τὸ οὖς προσπίπτων is uncertain reading in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 2.10 (προσκύπτων conjecture Valckenaer).)]
2 fall upon, attack, assault, πόλεσιν, ὁπλίταις, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.5, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.2.3, etc.: _absolutely_, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.30, 103, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.1.38.)]
3 simply, run to, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.2, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.4.)]
4 fall upon, embrace, τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus [same place], “IA” 1191: hence, π. τινί)] join the party of another, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.1.42)]; also, fasten on, in argument, τῇ διαφορᾷ [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ σημείων καὶ σημειώσεων” 36.)]
5 fall in with, meet with, encounter, μὴ λάθῃ με προσπεσών [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 46, compare 156 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 270a: with _dative_ _of things_, [prev. author] “Tht.” 154b)]; fall in with, δυστυχεστάτῳ κλήρῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 291 (Lyric poetry); αἰσχρᾷ ἐπιθυμίᾳ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Apologia Socratis” 30; μεγίσταις ἡδοναῖς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 637a)]; δήγματι to be bitten, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 6.51: with _accusative_, μείζω βροτείας π. ὁμιλίας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 19)]: with a preposition, πρὸς τὰς τῶν φυλάκων ψυχάς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 906b)]; εἰς βράχεα, πρὸς τὰ κοινά, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.39.3, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.788c.)]
II of things,
II.1 of events, accidents, etc., come suddenly upon, befall one, τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 225, “IT” 1229 (troch.), 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.3.8, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 396d; τὰ προσπίπτονθ᾽ ἡμῖν δείματα [prev. author] “Lg.” 791c, etc.: _absolutely_, ἄτην προσπεσοῦσαν ἐνεῖκαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.32)]; αἱ συμφοραὶ προσπίπτουσαι misfortunes by befalling, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 7.46, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator “Epistulae” 5.4; αἱ π. χρεῖαι “PCair.Zen.” 31.7 (3rd c.BC))]; αἱ π. τύχαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.84; τὰ προσπεσόντα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 505; γενναίως φέρειν τὰ προσπίπτοντα 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 4.44 at Title Page; οἱ τὰ π. κρίναντες χρηματισταί “PPetr.” 3p.53 (3rd c.BC))]; ἡ π. ἐπιθυμία [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 561c)]; πρὸς τὰ προσπίπτοντα according to circumstances, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1286a11; οἱ προσπίπτοντες κίνδυνοι 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “Fragmenta” 117)]; τὰ π. εἰς τὸν ἀνθρώπινον βίον [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Epit.” 43; ὅ τι ἂν προσπέσῃ ἰχθύδιον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 590a27, compare “PCair.Zen.” 186.15 (3rd c.BC))]; προσπεσούσης μοι τῆς.. ἐπιστολῆς when the letter came to hand, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (PStrassb. 111.2 (3rd c.BC),compare “PPetr.” 3p.71 (3rd c.BC), “PCair.Zen.” 240.9 (3rd c.BC).)]
II.2 of expenses, to be incurred, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.28, “PCair.Zen.” 60.3 (3rd c.BC).)]
II.3 of money, to be paid in to an account, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. work] 701.9 (3rd c.BC), “PPetr.” 3p.290 (3rd c.BC).)]
II.4 of rights and duties, etc., pass to, devolve or fall upon, ὅταν λειτουργία προσπέσῃ ἀπολύειν αὐτούς [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PHib.” 1.78.4 (3rd c.BC))]; ὥστε μηδεμίαν ὑποψίαν ἐκείνῳ γε προσπεσεῖν [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PSI” 4.340.12 (3rd c.BC))]; κληρονομίας -πεσούσης μοι [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“BGU” 340.9 (3rd c.AD).)]
II.5 come to one's ears, be told as news, εἴ τισιν ἀπιστότερος προσπέπτωκεν ὁ λόγος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.59, compare “PSI” 6.614.13 (3rd c.BC), “UPZ” 9.9 (2nd c.BC), 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.101.3, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pericles” 16, etc.; εἰς τὴν Ῥώμην 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 9.6.1: _impersonal_, προσέπεσε)] news came that.., with accusative et infinitive, [Refs ([prev. author] 24.14.10, compare 31.14.8)]; προσπέπτωκεν Παῶν ἀναπλεῖν Wilcken [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“Chr.” 10 (2nd c.BC))]; προσπεσόντων τῷ βασιλεῖ περὶ τῶν γεγονότων [LXX (LXX.2Mac.5.11.)]
II.5.b π. δι᾽ ἑαυτοῦ or αὐτόθεν to be self-evident, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 2.168, “M.” 1.300; τὰ ποτιπίπτοντα ποτὶ τὰν αἴσθησιν 4th c.BC: Archytas Tarentinus Philosophus 1, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Sensu” 5, 41.)]
II.6 sit or fit closely, of a bandage, προσπεπτωκός, opposed to χαλαρόν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀγμῶν” 5.)]
II.7 Geometry texts, meet, πόλος πρὸς ὃν αἱ γραμμαὶ προσπίπτουσιν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 376a19, compare 3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ ἑλίκων” 6)]; of lines, to be drawn to meet, πρὸς κύκλον [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Euclides Geometra 3.37)]; π. ἐπὶ.. pass through a point, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ ἑλίκων” 14.)]
II.8 of the pulse, ={ὑποπίπτω}, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus “Puls.” 6.2)]; of the womb, ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ γυναικείης φύσιος” 44, compare “Mul.” 2.125, +others)]
III fall down at another's feet, prostrate oneself, προσπίπτων προσκυνέει τὸν ἕτερον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.134; προσπεσὼν ἔχου 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1181; ἱκέτης προσπίπτω 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.6.2: with _dative_, π. βωμοῖσι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 904, compare “OC” 1157; τινὸς γόνασι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1332, “Andr.” 860 (Lyric poetry), etc.; προσπεσὼν αὐτῷ.. ἱκέτευε 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 349a; θεῶν πρὸς βρέτας 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 31; πρὸς γόνυ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 79: also with _accusative_, π. βρέτη δαιμόνων 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 94 (Lyric poetry))]; compare προσπίτνω.
Doric dialect ποτιπίπτω [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Archytas Tarentinus Philosophus 1)]: future -πεσοῦμαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 350: for ποτιπεπτηυῖαι)], see at {προσπτήσσω}:—fall upon, strike against, ἔς τι variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 855)]; τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 7.6, etc.; πρός τι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Audibilibus” 800a2, +others)]; fall against, as a mound against a wall, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.75)]; but πρὸς τὸ οὖς προσπίπτων is uncertain reading in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 2.10 (προσκύπτων conjecture Valckenaer).)]
2 fall upon, attack, assault, πόλεσιν, ὁπλίταις, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.5, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.2.3, etc.: _absolutely_, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.30, 103, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.1.38.)]
3 simply, run to, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.2, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.4.)]
4 fall upon, embrace, τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus [same place], “IA” 1191: hence, π. τινί)] join the party of another, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.1.42)]; also, fasten on, in argument, τῇ διαφορᾷ [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ σημείων καὶ σημειώσεων” 36.)]
5 fall in with, meet with, encounter, μὴ λάθῃ με προσπεσών [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 46, compare 156 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 270a: with _dative_ _of things_, [prev. author] “Tht.” 154b)]; fall in with, δυστυχεστάτῳ κλήρῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 291 (Lyric poetry); αἰσχρᾷ ἐπιθυμίᾳ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Apologia Socratis” 30; μεγίσταις ἡδοναῖς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 637a)]; δήγματι to be bitten, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 6.51: with _accusative_, μείζω βροτείας π. ὁμιλίας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 19)]: with a preposition, πρὸς τὰς τῶν φυλάκων ψυχάς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 906b)]; εἰς βράχεα, πρὸς τὰ κοινά, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.39.3, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.788c.)]
II of things,
II.1 of events, accidents, etc., come suddenly upon, befall one, τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 225, “IT” 1229 (troch.), 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.3.8, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 396d; τὰ προσπίπτονθ᾽ ἡμῖν δείματα [prev. author] “Lg.” 791c, etc.: _absolutely_, ἄτην προσπεσοῦσαν ἐνεῖκαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.32)]; αἱ συμφοραὶ προσπίπτουσαι misfortunes by befalling, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 7.46, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator “Epistulae” 5.4; αἱ π. χρεῖαι “PCair.Zen.” 31.7 (3rd c.BC))]; αἱ π. τύχαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.84; τὰ προσπεσόντα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 505; γενναίως φέρειν τὰ προσπίπτοντα 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 4.44 at Title Page; οἱ τὰ π. κρίναντες χρηματισταί “PPetr.” 3p.53 (3rd c.BC))]; ἡ π. ἐπιθυμία [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 561c)]; πρὸς τὰ προσπίπτοντα according to circumstances, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1286a11; οἱ προσπίπτοντες κίνδυνοι 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “Fragmenta” 117)]; τὰ π. εἰς τὸν ἀνθρώπινον βίον [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Epit.” 43; ὅ τι ἂν προσπέσῃ ἰχθύδιον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 590a27, compare “PCair.Zen.” 186.15 (3rd c.BC))]; προσπεσούσης μοι τῆς.. ἐπιστολῆς when the letter came to hand, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (PStrassb. 111.2 (3rd c.BC),compare “PPetr.” 3p.71 (3rd c.BC), “PCair.Zen.” 240.9 (3rd c.BC).)]
II.2 of expenses, to be incurred, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.28, “PCair.Zen.” 60.3 (3rd c.BC).)]
II.3 of money, to be paid in to an account, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. work] 701.9 (3rd c.BC), “PPetr.” 3p.290 (3rd c.BC).)]
II.4 of rights and duties, etc., pass to, devolve or fall upon, ὅταν λειτουργία προσπέσῃ ἀπολύειν αὐτούς [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PHib.” 1.78.4 (3rd c.BC))]; ὥστε μηδεμίαν ὑποψίαν ἐκείνῳ γε προσπεσεῖν [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PSI” 4.340.12 (3rd c.BC))]; κληρονομίας -πεσούσης μοι [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“BGU” 340.9 (3rd c.AD).)]
II.5 come to one's ears, be told as news, εἴ τισιν ἀπιστότερος προσπέπτωκεν ὁ λόγος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.59, compare “PSI” 6.614.13 (3rd c.BC), “UPZ” 9.9 (2nd c.BC), 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.101.3, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pericles” 16, etc.; εἰς τὴν Ῥώμην 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 9.6.1: _impersonal_, προσέπεσε)] news came that.., with accusative et infinitive, [Refs ([prev. author] 24.14.10, compare 31.14.8)]; προσπέπτωκεν Παῶν ἀναπλεῖν Wilcken [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“Chr.” 10 (2nd c.BC))]; προσπεσόντων τῷ βασιλεῖ περὶ τῶν γεγονότων [LXX (LXX.2Mac.5.11.)]
II.5.b π. δι᾽ ἑαυτοῦ or αὐτόθεν to be self-evident, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 2.168, “M.” 1.300; τὰ ποτιπίπτοντα ποτὶ τὰν αἴσθησιν 4th c.BC: Archytas Tarentinus Philosophus 1, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Sensu” 5, 41.)]
II.6 sit or fit closely, of a bandage, προσπεπτωκός, opposed to χαλαρόν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀγμῶν” 5.)]
II.7 Geometry texts, meet, πόλος πρὸς ὃν αἱ γραμμαὶ προσπίπτουσιν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 376a19, compare 3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ ἑλίκων” 6)]; of lines, to be drawn to meet, πρὸς κύκλον [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Euclides Geometra 3.37)]; π. ἐπὶ.. pass through a point, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ ἑλίκων” 14.)]
II.8 of the pulse, ={ὑποπίπτω}, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus “Puls.” 6.2)]; of the womb, ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ γυναικείης φύσιος” 44, compare “Mul.” 2.125, +others)]
III fall down at another's feet, prostrate oneself, προσπίπτων προσκυνέει τὸν ἕτερον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.134; προσπεσὼν ἔχου 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1181; ἱκέτης προσπίπτω 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.6.2: with _dative_, π. βωμοῖσι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 904, compare “OC” 1157; τινὸς γόνασι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1332, “Andr.” 860 (Lyric poetry), etc.; προσπεσὼν αὐτῷ.. ἱκέτευε 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 349a; θεῶν πρὸς βρέτας 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 31; πρὸς γόνυ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 79: also with _accusative_, π. βρέτη δαιμόνων 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 94 (Lyric poetry))]; compare προσπίτνω.