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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #4363 - προσπίπτω

Transliteration

prospíptō

Phonetics

pros-pip'-to

Origin

from (G4314) and (G4098)

Parts of Speech

verb

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to fall forwards, fall down, prostrate one's self before, in homage or supplication: at one's feet
to rush upon, beat against
1. of winds beating upon a house

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 3318 ‑ יָצָא (yaw‑tsaw'); 3766 ‑ כָּרַע (kaw‑rah'); 5060 ‑ נָגַע (naw‑gah'); 5307 ‑ נָפַל (naw‑fal');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (8)

Matthew 1

Mark 3

Luke 3

Acts 1

BSB (8)

Matthew 1

Mark 3

Luke 3

Acts 1

CSB (8)

Matthew 1

Mark 3

Luke 3

Acts 1

ESV (8)

Matthew 1

Mark 3

Luke 3

Acts 1

KJV (8)

Matthew 1

Mark 3

Luke 3

Acts 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (19)

Matthew 2

Mark 7

Luke 7

Acts 3

N95 (19)

Matthew 2

Mark 7

Luke 7

Acts 3

NAS (20)

Matthew 2

Mark 7

Luke 7

Acts 3

NLT (8)

Matthew 1

Mark 5

Luke 8

Acts 1

WEB (8)

Matthew 1

Mark 3

Luke 3

Acts 1

YLT (7)

Matthew 1

Mark 3

Luke 2

Acts 1

ASV (8)

and fell 1

and fell down 1

beat upon 1

falling down before 1

fell down before 2

for fear, fell down 1

it, fell down at 1

BSB (8)

and fell 1

and fell down before 1

beat against 1

fell 1

fell down before 2

he fell at 1

they fell down before 1

CSB (8)

at 1

before 4

down 1

fell 1

pounded 1

ESV (8)

beat on 1

down 1

down at 1

down before 4

fell 1

KJV (8)

at 1

before 5

fell 1

upon 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (19)

against 1

before 5

down 5

fall 1

falling 1

fell 6

N95 (19)

against 1

before 5

down 5

fall 1

fell 6

slammed 1

NAS (20)

against 1

before 5

down 6

fall 1

fell 6

slammed 1

NLT (8)

against 1

at 1

before 2

of 4

WEB (8)

and fell 1

and fell down 1

beat on 1

falling down before 1

fell down 1

fell down before 2

YLT (7)

fell 1

fell down 1

fell down before 1

having fallen before 1

he fell down before 1

they beat on 1

were falling down before 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

V-2AAI-3P 1

V-2AAI-3S 5

V-2AAP-NSF 1

V-IAI-3P 1

ANT

V-2AAI-3P 1

V-2AAI-3S 5

V-2AAP-NSF 1

V-IAI-3S 1

BEZ

V-AAI-3P 1

V-AAI-3S 5

V-AAP-NSF 1

V-IAI-3P 1

BGB

V-2AAI-3P 1

V-2AAI-3S 4

V-2AAP-NSF 1

V-IAI-3S 1

BMT

V-2AAI-3P 1

V-2AAI-3S 4

V-2AAP-NSF 1

V-IAI-3S 1

BYZ

V-2AAI-3P 1

V-2AAI-3S 5

V-2AAP-NSF 1

V-IAI-3S 1

ELZ

V-AAI-3P 1

V-AAI-3S 5

V-AAPNSF 1

V-IAI-3P 1

NA26

V-3AAIP 1

V-3AAIS 5

V-3IAIP 1

V-AAPNSF 1

SBL

V-2AAI-3P 1

V-2AAI-3S 5

V-2AAP-NSF 1

V-IAI-3S 1

SCV

V-2AAI-3P 1

V-2AAI-3S 5

V-2AAP-NSF 1

V-IAI-3S 1

STV

V-2AAI-3S 5

V-2AAP-NSF 1

V-AAI-3P 1

V-IAI-3P 1

TIS

V-2AAI-3P 1

V-2AAI-3S 5

V-2AAP-NSF 1

V-IAI-3S 1

V-2AAI-3S 5

V-2AAP-NSF 1

V-AAI-3P 1

V-IAI-3P 1

TRG

V-AAI-3P 1

V-AAI-3S 5

V-AAPNSF 1

V-IAI-3P 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

προσπίπτω, Dor. ποτιπίπτω Archyt. 1: fut. -πεσοῦμαι E. Alc. 350: for ποτιπεπτηυῖαι, v. cross προσπτήσσω: — fall upon, strike against, ἔς τι v.l. in S. Ant. 855; τινι X. Eq. 7.6, etc.; πρός τι Arist. Aud. 800a2, al.; fall against, as a mound against a wall, Th. 2.75; but πρὸς τὸ οὖς προσπίπτων is dub. l. in Thphr. Char. 2.10 ( προσκύπτων cj. Valckenaer).

2. fall upon, attack, assault, πόλεσιν, ὁπλίταις, Th. 1.5, X. HG 3.2.3, etc.: abs., Th. 3.30, 103, X. Cyr. 7.1.38 .

3. simply, run to, Hdt. 2.2, X. Cyr. 1.4.4 .

4. fall upon, embrace, τινι E. l.c., IA 1191: hence, π. τινί join the party of another, X. HG 7.1.42; also, fasten on, in argument, τῇ διαφορᾷ Phld. Sign. 36 .

5. fall in with, meet with, encounter, μὴ λάθῃ με προσπεσών S. Ph. 46, cf. 156 (lyr.), Pl. Phdr. 270a: c. dat. rei, Id. Tht. 154b; fall in with, δυστυχεστάτῳ κλήρῳ E. Tr. 291 (lyr.); αἰσχρᾷ ἐπιθυμίᾳ X. Ap. 30; μεγίσταις ἡδοναῖς Pl. Lg. 637a; δήγματι to be bitten, Ael. NA 6.51: c. acc., μείζω βροτείας π. ὁμιλίας E. Hipp. 19: with a Prep., πρὸς τὰς τῶν φυλάκων ψυχάς Pl. Lg. 906b; εἰς βράχεα, πρὸς τὰ κοινά, Plb. 1.39.3, Plu. 2.788c.

II of things,

1 of events, accidents, etc., come suddenly upon, befall one, τινι E. Med. 225, IT 1229 (troch.), Antipho 3.3.8, Pl. Cra. 396d; τὰ προσπίπτονθ' ἡμῖν δείματα Id. Lg. 791c, etc.: abs., ἄτην προσπεσοῦσαν ἐνεῖκαι Hdt. 1.32; αἱ συμφοραὶ προσπίπτουσαι misfortunes by befalling, Id. 7.46, cf. Isoc. Ephesians 5:4; αἱ π. χρεῖαι PCair.Zen. 31.7 (iii B.C.); αἱ π. τύχαι Th. 1.84; τὰ προσπεσόντα E. Fr. 505; γενναίως φέρειν τὰ προσπίπτοντα Stob. 4.44 tit.; οἱ τὰ π. κρίναντες χρηματισταί PPetr. 3p.53 (iii B.C.); ἡ π. ἐπιθυμία Pl. R. 561c; πρὸς τὰ προσπίπτοντα according to circumstances, Arist. Pol. 1286a11; οἱ προσπίπτοντες κίνδυνοι Hyp. Fr. 117; τὰ π. εἰς τὸν ἀνθρώπινον βίον Id. Epit. 43; ὅ τι ἂν προσπέσῃ ἰχθύδιον Arist. HA 590a27, cf. PCair.Zen. 186.15 (iii B.C.); προσπεσούσης μοι τῆς . . ἐπιστολῆς when the letter came to hand, PStrassb. 111.2 (iii B.C.), cf. PPetr. 3p.71 (iii B.C.), PCair.Zen. 240.9 (iii B.C.) .

2. of expenses, to be incurred, Th. 7.28, PCair.Zen. 60.3 (iii B.C.) .

3. of money, to be paid in to an account, ib. 701.9 (iii B.C.), PPetr. 3p.290 (iii B.C.) .

4. of rights and duties, etc., pass to, devolve or fall upon, ὅταν λειτουργία προσπέσῃ ἀπολύειν αὐτούς PHib. 1.78.4 (iii B.C.); ὥστε μηδεμίαν ὑποψίαν ἐκείνῳ γε προσπεσεῖν PSI 4.340.12 (iii B.C.); κληρονομίας -πεσούσης μοι BGU 340.9 (iii A.D.) .

5. come to one's ears, be told as news, εἴ τισιν ἀπιστότερος προσπέπτωκεν ὁ λόγος Aeschin. 3.59, cf. PSI 6.614.13 (iii B.C.), UPZ 9.9 (ii B.C.), Plb. 5.101.3, Plu. Per. 16, etc.; εἰς τὴν Ῥώμην Plb. 9.6.1: impers., προσέπεσε news came that . ., c. acc. et inf., Id. 24.14.10, cf. 31.14.8; προσπέπτωκεν Παῶν ἀναπλεῖν Wilcken Chr. 10 (ii B.C.); προσπεσόντων τῷ βασιλεῖ περὶ τῶν γεγονότων LXX 2 Maccabees 5:11 . π. δι' ἑαυτοῦ or αὐτόθεν to be self- evident, S.E. P. 2.168, M. 1.300; τὰ ποτιπίπτοντα ποτὶ τὰν αἴσθησιν Archyt. 1, cf. Thphr. Sens. 5, 41 .

6. sit or fit closely, of a bandage, προσπεπτωκός, opp. χαλαρόν, Hp. Fract. 5 .

7. Geom., meet, πόλος πρὸς ὃν αἱ γραμμαὶ προσπίπτουσιν Arist. Mete. 376a19, cf. Archim. Spir. 6; of lines, to be drawn to meet, πρὸς κύκλον Euc. 3.37; π. ἐπὶ . . pass through a point, Archim. Spir. 14 .

8. of the pulse, = cross ὑποπίπτω, Ruf. Puls. 6.2; of the womb, ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα π . Hp. Nat.Mul. 44, cf. Mul. 2.125,al.

III fall down at another's feet, prostrate oneself, προσπίπτων προσκυνέει τὸν ἕτερον Hdt. 1.134; προσπεσὼν ἔχου S. Aj. 1181; ἱκέτης προσπίπτω X. Cyr. 4.6.2: c. dat., π. βωμοῖσι S. Tr. 904, cf. OC 1157; τινὸς γόνασι E. Or. 1332, Andr. 860 (lyr.), etc.; προσπεσὼν αὐτῷ . . ἱκέτευε Pl. Ep. 349a; θεῶν πρὸς βρέτας Ar. Eq. 31; πρὸς γόνυ E. HF 79: also c. acc., π. βρέτη δαιμόνων A. Th. 94 (lyr.); cf. προσπίτνω .

Thayer's Expanded Definition

προσπαίω (for the more common προσπταίω): 1 aorist προσεπαισα; to beat against, strike upon: intransitive προσεπαισαν τῇ οἰκία, Matthew 7:25 Lachmann; but cf. Buttmann, 40 (34) n. (Schol. ad Aeschylus Prom. 885; (Sophocles fragment 310 variant); Byzantine writings.)

STRONGS NT 4363: προσπίπτω προσπίπτω: imperfect προσέπιπτον; 2 aor, 3 person singular προσέπεσε, 3 person plural (Matthew 7:25) προσέπεσον R G. προσέπεσαν T Tr WH (see πίπτω, at the beginning), participle feminine προσπεσοῦσα; from Homer down; properly, to fall toward, fall upon (πρός, IV. 1) i. e.

1. to fall forward, to fall down, prostrate oneself before, in homage or supplication: with the dative of a person, at one's feet, Mark 3:11; Mark 5:33; Luke 8:28, 47; Acts 16:29 (Psalm 94:6 (); Polybius, Plutarch, others); τοῖς γόνασι τίνος, Luke 5:8 (Euripides, Or. 1332; Plutarch); πρός τούς πόδας τίνος, Mark 7:25.

2. to rush upon, beat against: τῇ οἰκία (of winds beating against a house), Matthew 7:25 (not Lachmann; cf. προσπαίω).

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

προσ -πίπτω

[in LXX for H5307, H5060 hi., H3766;]

1. to fall upon, strike against: c. dat., of wind, Matthew 7:25.

2. to fall down at one's feet, fall prostrate before: absol., seq. πρός , Mark 7:25; c. dat. pers., Mark 3:11; Mark 5:33, Luke 8:28, Acts 16:29; τ . γόνασιν , Luke 5:8.†

προσ -παίω

= προσπίπτω , Matthew 7:25 L (see προσπίπτω ).†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ῥαβδίζω, which is used of the Roman punishment ";beat with a rod"; in its two NT occurrences (Acts 16:22, 2 Corinthians 11:25), is applied to ";threshing"; in P Ryl II. 148.20 (A.D. 40) ἐράβδισαν γόμους ̣ κ ¯, ";they threshed out 20 loads"; of anise : cf. LXX Judges 6:11. For a similar use of the subst. ῥαβδισμός, see P Tebt I. 119.46 (B.C. 105–1), where the editors refer to ib. 229 (B.C. 97 or 62), and for ῥαβδιστής see BGU I. 115i. 15, .20 (ii/A.D.).

List of Word Forms

προσεπεσαν προσέπεσαν προσέπεσε προσεπεσεν προσέπεσεν προσέπεσον προσέπιπτεν προσεπιπτον προσέπιπτον προσπεσόν προσπεσουσα προσπεσούσα προσπεσοῦσα προσπέσωμεν πρόσπιπτε προσπίπτων prosepesan prosépesan prosepesen prosépesen prosepipton prosépipton prospesousa prospesoûsa