to collapse

Greek Verb

πίπτω [in LXX chiefly for נָפַל;] to fall; 1) of descent, to fall, fall down or from: before ἐπί, with accusative loc, Mat.10:29, al; εἰς, Mat.15:14, al; ἐς μέσῳ, with genitive, Luk.8:7; παρὰ τ. ὁδόν, Mat.13:4, Mrk.4:4, Luk.8:5; before ἀπό, Mat.15:27, al; ἐκ, Mrk.13:25, Luk.10:18, Rev.8:10 9:1. Metaphorical: ὁ ἥλιος, before ἐπί, Rev.7:16; ἀχλὺς κ. σκότος, Act.13:11; ὁ κλῆρος, Act.1:26; ὑπὸ κρίσιν, Jas.5:12. 2) Of prostration, (a) of persons, to fall prostrate, prostrate oneself: χαμαί Jhn.18:6; before ἐπί, with accusative, Mat.17:6, Act.9:4; id. with genitive, Mrk.9:20; πρὸς τ. πόδας, Act.5:10, Rev.1:17; πεσὼν ἐξέψυξε, Act.5:5; of supplication, homage or worship: πρὸς (παρὰ, ἐπὶ) τ. πὸδας, Mrk.5:22, Luk.8:41, Act.10:25, al; π. καὶ προσκυνεῖν, Rev.5:14 19:4; ptcp. with προσκυνεῖν, Mat.2:11, al; ἐνώπιον, Rev.4:10 5:8; ἐπὶ πρόσωπον, Mat.26:39, al; (b) of things, to fall, fall down: Mat.21:44, Luk.23:30; of falling to ruin and destruction, Mat.7:25, Act.15:16, Heb.11:30; ἔπεσε (timeless aorist; M, Pr.,134), Rev.18:2. Metaphorical: Rom.11:11; πόθεν πέπτωκας, Rev.2:5; opposite to ἑστόναι, 1Co.10:12; to στήκειν, Rom.14:4; of virtues, 1Co.13:8; of precepts, Luk.16:17. (cf. ἀνα, ἀντι, ἀπο, ἐκ, ἐπι, κατα, παρα, περι, προσ, συν-πίπτω.) συν-πίπτω (Rec. συμπ-), [in LXX for נָפַל, etc;] to fall together, fall in, etc: of a house (cf. MM, xxiv), Luk.6:49. (AS)

to collapse

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πίπτω, Aeolic dialect πίσσω, accusative to Grammars in Hilgard Exc. ex libris Herodiani p.28 (cf. Hdn.Gr.2.377 note); poetry subjunctive πίπτῃσι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: Epic dialect imperfect πῖπτον [Refs 8th c.BC+] (for the quantity of ι[Refs 2nd c.AD+]; Ionic dialect πίπτεσκον (συμ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]: future πεσοῦμαι [Refs 4th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect3rd.pers. plural πεσέονται [Refs 8th c.BC+], 3rd.pers. singular πεσέεται [Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist ἔπεσον, infinitive πεσεῖν, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; 2nd pers. singular optative πεσοίης [Refs 1st c.AD+]; Aeolic dialect and Doric dialect ἔπετον [Refs 7th c.BC+]; in later writers ἔπεσα, [LXX+5th c.BC+] (προς-): perfect πέπτωκα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect participle πεπτεώς, εῶτος (the εω forming one syllable by synizesis), [Refs 8th c.BC+]; also πεπτηώς, ηυῖα, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Trag. participle πεπτώς [Refs 5th c.BC+]. (Redupl. from πετ, which appears in Aeolic dialect and Doric dialect aorist ἔ-πετ-ον (see. above), and the poetry form πίτ-ν; cognate with πέτομαι, which see) A) Radical sense, fall down, and (when intentional) cast oneself down, πρηνέα πεσεῖν, ὕπτιος πέσεν, [Refs 8th c.BC+]. fall in the dust, i.e. to rise no more, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. ἐν ἀγκοίνῃσί τινος fall into his arms, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐν χθονὶ πεπτηώς Simon. [prev. cited] (compare πτήσσω) π. ἐν δεμνίοις [Refs 8th c.BC+]; δεμνίοις π. [Refs 8th c.BC+]: with a preposition of motion first in [Refs 8th c.BC+] 2) in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. ἔραζε [Refs 8th c.BC+] 3) with Preps. denoting the point from which one falls, ἀπ᾽ ὤμων χαμαὶ πέσε [Refs 8th c.BC+] 4) Geometry texts, of perpendiculars or parts of applied figures, π. ἐπί τι fall upon, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; but π. ἐπί τι, ποτί τι, intersect, meet, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; π. διά τινος pass through, [Refs 3rd c.BC+] B) Special usages: B.I) πίπτειν ἔν τισι fall violently upon, attack, ἐνὶ νήεσσι πέσωμεν [Refs 8th c.BC+] tumbling into the ships, [Refs]; ἐν βουσὶ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ἔρως, ὃς ἐν κτήμασι π. [Refs]; ἐπ᾽ ἀλλήλοισι, of combatants, [Refs 8th c.BC+] B.I.2) throw oneself down, fall down, πρὸς βρέτη θεῶν[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς γόνατα on one's knees, of a wrestler, [Refs 5th c.BC+] B.II) fall in battle, πῖπτε δὲ λαός [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οἱ πεπτωκότες the fallen, [Refs 8th c.BC+] B.II.2) fall, be ruined, δόμον δοκοῦντα κάρτα νῦν πεπτωκέναι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀβουλίᾳ, ἐξ ἀβουλίας π, [Refs]; of an army, μεγάλα πεσόντα πρήγματα ὑπὸ ἡσσόνων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a city, π. δορί [Refs 5th c.BC+] B.II.3) fall, sink, ἄνεμος πέσε the wind fell, [Refs 8th c.BC+], falling on, blowing on one): metaph, πέπτωκεν κομπάσματα [Refs 5th c.BC+] fail in one's hopes, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] B.II.4) fall short, fail, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a playwright, fail, [Refs 5th c.BC+] B.III) πίπτειν ἔκ τινος fall out of, lose a thing, unintentionally, σοι ἐκ θυμοῦ πεσέειν fall out of, lose thy favour, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐξ ἐλπίδων π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also of set purpose, ἐξ ἀρκύων π. escape from, [Refs 5th c.BC+] B.III.2) reversely, πολλὴν ἐς κακότητα π. [Refs 6th c.BC+]; εἰς ἔρον, ἔριν, ὀργήν, φόβον, ἀνάγκας, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ἐν γυιοπέδαις π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἔχω ποῖ γνώμης πέσω I know not which way to turn, [Refs] B.III.3) εἰς ὕπνον π. fall asleep, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; simply ὕπνῳ, [Refs 4th c.BC+] B.III.4) π. εἰς (ἰατρικὴν) χρῆσιν to be applied to (medicinal) use, [Refs 1st c.AD+] B.III.5) π. ὑπ᾽ αἴσθησιν to be accessible to perception, [Refs 4th c.AD+] B.IV) πίπτειν μετὰ ποσσὶ γυναικός to fall between her feet, i.e. to be born, [Refs 8th c.BC+] B.V) of the dice, τὰ δεσποτῶν εὖ πεσόντα θήσομαι I shall count my master's lucky throws my own, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥσπερ ἐν πτώσει κύβων πρὸς τὰ πεπτωκότα τίθεσθαι τὰ πράγματα according to the throws, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὄνασθαι πρὸς τὰ νῦν π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸς τὸ πῖπτον as matters fall out, [Refs]; of tossing up with oystershells, κἂν μὲν πίπτῃσι τὰ λεύκ᾽ ἐπάνω [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of lots, ὁ κλῆρος π. τινί or παρά τινα, [NT+5th c.BC+] B.V.2) generally, fall, turn out, εὖ πίπτειν to be lucky, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; παρὰ γνώμαν π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a battle, καραδοκήσοντα τὴν μάχην τῇ πεσέεται to wait and see how it would fall, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λόγων κορυφαὶ ἐν ἀλαθείᾳ π. turn out true, [Refs 5th c.BC+] B.V.3) fall to one, i.e. to his lot, especially of revenues, accrue, τῷ δήμῳ πρόσοδος ἔπιπτε [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; τὴν πεπτωκότα (sic) μοι οἰκίαν [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τὰ πίπτοντα διάφορα ἐκ τῶν μυστηρίων [Refs 1st c.BC+]; τὸ πεσὸν ἀπὸ τῆς τιμῆς ἀργύριον [Refs 1st c.BC+]; to be paid, τῶν εἰς Καίσαρα πίπτειν ὀφειλόντων ἐξεταστής [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; π. ἐπὶ τράπεζαν [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; μὴ πιπτόντων τῶν τόκων [Refs]; πέπτωκεν ἁλικῆς διά τινος. [Refs 3rd c.BC+] deficiencies, [Refs] B.VI) fall, of a date or period of Time, π. κατὰ τὴν ρκθ᾽ Ὀλυμπιάδα [Refs 2nd c.BC+] B.VII) fall under, belong to a class, εἰς γένη ταῦτα [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ τὴν αὐτὴν ἐπιστήμην[Refs 4th c.BC+]

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to fall (literally or figuratively); fail, fall (down), light on; probably akin to g4072 (πέτομαι) through the idea of alighting