Strong G4431πτῶσις
fall
- Transliteration
- ptōsis
- Pronunciation
- pto'-sis
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From the alternate of G4098; a crash that is downfall (literally or figuratively): - fall.
Detailed definition
πτῶσις, -εως, ἡ
(πίπτω), [in LXX chiefly for נֶגֶף, מַפֶּלֶת, and cogn. forms;]
a falling, fall (Plat., Plut., al.): Mat.7:27; metaphorically, Luk.2:34.†
(AS)
(πίπτω), [in LXX chiefly for נֶגֶף, מַפֶּלֶת, and cogn. forms;]
a falling, fall (Plat., Plut., al.): Mat.7:27; metaphorically, Luk.2:34.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4431 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- fall2
First verses
- Matthew 7:27And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
- Luke 2:34And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;
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Detailed Greek dictionary
πτῶσις, εως, ἡ,
(πίπτω, πέ-πτωκα) falling, fall, κύβων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 604c, compare 3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.282 (_plural_); κεραυνῶν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 339a3, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1005b (_plural_); Φαέθοντος 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.16.13: _metaphorically_, π. τῆς ψυχῆς, opposed to ἔπαρσις, 4th-3rd c.BC: Zeno Citieus Stoicus 1.51 (_plural_))]: absolutely, calamity, ἐν καιρῷ πτώσεως [LXX+5th c.AD+ (LXX.Sir.3.31, cf. LXX.Exo.30.12; πτώσεις ἀνθρώπων 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Fragmenta” 251, +others)]; death, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Lydus, Joannes Laurentius Historicus “de Ostentis” 12, 14, 20.)]
II Grammars, mode or modification of a word, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1457a18, +others)]; applied to cases, including nominative,[Refs ([prev. work] 20, “Int.” 16b1: to genders, [prev. author] “SE” 173b27)]: to superlative of adjectives, [Refs ([prev. author] “Top.” 136b30: to _adverbs_, [prev. work] 15, “Rh.” 1397a20: to _adjectives_ derived from nouns, e.g. χαλκοῦς, [prev. work] 1410a32: to tenses (except the _present_), [prev. author] “Int.” 16b17)]: so by the Stoics to variety of flexion, [Refs (“Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 3.263, but most frequently to cases of the Noun, περὶ τῶν πέντε π)]., title of work by Chrysipp.,[Refs 2nd c.BC+ (compare 2nd c.BC: Dionysius Thrax Grammaticus 634.16, etc.)]; κατὰ μίαν πτῶσιν indeclinable, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Adverbiis;” 165.10.)]
III in the Logic of [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus)], mood of syllogisms, [Refs (“APr.” 42b30.)]
III.b arrangement of terms in a syllogism, [Refs ([prev. author] “APo.” 94a12.)]
(πίπτω, πέ-πτωκα) falling, fall, κύβων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 604c, compare 3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.282 (_plural_); κεραυνῶν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 339a3, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1005b (_plural_); Φαέθοντος 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.16.13: _metaphorically_, π. τῆς ψυχῆς, opposed to ἔπαρσις, 4th-3rd c.BC: Zeno Citieus Stoicus 1.51 (_plural_))]: absolutely, calamity, ἐν καιρῷ πτώσεως [LXX+5th c.AD+ (LXX.Sir.3.31, cf. LXX.Exo.30.12; πτώσεις ἀνθρώπων 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Fragmenta” 251, +others)]; death, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Lydus, Joannes Laurentius Historicus “de Ostentis” 12, 14, 20.)]
II Grammars, mode or modification of a word, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1457a18, +others)]; applied to cases, including nominative,[Refs ([prev. work] 20, “Int.” 16b1: to genders, [prev. author] “SE” 173b27)]: to superlative of adjectives, [Refs ([prev. author] “Top.” 136b30: to _adverbs_, [prev. work] 15, “Rh.” 1397a20: to _adjectives_ derived from nouns, e.g. χαλκοῦς, [prev. work] 1410a32: to tenses (except the _present_), [prev. author] “Int.” 16b17)]: so by the Stoics to variety of flexion, [Refs (“Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 3.263, but most frequently to cases of the Noun, περὶ τῶν πέντε π)]., title of work by Chrysipp.,[Refs 2nd c.BC+ (compare 2nd c.BC: Dionysius Thrax Grammaticus 634.16, etc.)]; κατὰ μίαν πτῶσιν indeclinable, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Adverbiis;” 165.10.)]
III in the Logic of [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus)], mood of syllogisms, [Refs (“APr.” 42b30.)]
III.b arrangement of terms in a syllogism, [Refs ([prev. author] “APo.” 94a12.)]