For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
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πίπτω
Vocabulary form:
pivptw
Definition:
I fall
Erasmian:
Modern:
Frequency:
90
GK:
4406
Root:
pet
Forms:
( e[pipton), pesou:mai, e[peson or e[pesa, pevptwka, -, -
Notes:
The verbal root loses its stem vowel epsilon in the present and the stem is reduplicated, even though it is not a mi verb (*pet - pt - piptw - pivptw). The tau drops out before the sigma in the future and aorist but remains in the perfect active. Has both a second and a first aorist.
Biblical Concordance
| Acts 13:11 | And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will be blind, not seeing the sun for a time.” And immediately fell (epesen | ἔπεσεν | aor act ind 3 sg) upon him mist and darkness, and as he went about he sought someone to lead him by the hand. |
| Acts 15:16 | ‘After this I will return, and I will rebuild the tent of David, which has fallen (peptōkuian | πεπτωκυῖαν | perf act ptcp acc sg fem), and I will rebuild the ruins of it, and I will restore it, |
| Acts 20:9 | And a young man, named Eutychus, sitting on the window ledge, was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul continued to speak on and on. Overcome by sleep, he fell (epesen | ἔπεσεν | aor act ind 3 sg) from the third floor and was picked up for dead. |
| Acts 22:7 | I fell (epesa | ἔπεσα | aor act ind 1 sg) to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’ |
| Romans 11:11 | So I ask, did they stumble so as to fall (pesōsin | πέσωσιν | aor act subj 3 pl)? By no means! But because of their transgression salvation has come to the Gentiles so as to make Israel jealous. |
| Romans 11:22 | Consider therefore the kindness and the severity of God — severity to those who have fallen (pesontas | πεσόντας | aor act ptcp acc pl masc), but God’s kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness. Otherwise you too will be cut off. |
| Romans 14:4 | Who are you to pass judgment on someone else’s servant? It is before his own master that he will stand or fall (piptei | πίπτει | pres act ind 3 sg). And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand. |
| 1 Corinthians 10:8 | We must not indulge in sexual immorality, as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell (epesan | ἔπεσαν | aor act ind 3 pl) in a single day. |
| 1 Corinthians 10:12 | So let the one who thinks he stands watch out lest he fall (pesē | πέσῃ | aor act subj 3 sg). |
| 1 Corinthians 13:8 | Love never comes to an end (piptei | πίπτει | pres act ind 3 sg). But if there are prophecies, they will be set aside; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be set aside. |
| 1 Corinthians 14:25 | and the secrets of his heart are laid bare. Thus he will fall (pesōn | πεσών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) on his face and worship God, declaring, “God is really among you.” |
| Hebrews 3:17 | And with whom was he angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell (epesen | ἔπεσεν | aor act ind 3 sg) in the wilderness? |
| Hebrews 4:11 | Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest; otherwise one of you might (pesē | πέσῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) fall (pesē | πέσῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) by the same sort of disobedience. |
| Hebrews 11:30 | By faith the walls of Jericho fell down (epesan | ἔπεσαν | aor act ind 3 pl) after they had been encircled for seven days. |
| James 5:12 | Above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath. Rather let your “Yes” be yes and your “No,” no, so that you (pesēte | πέσητε | aor act subj 2 pl) may (pesēte | πέσητε | aor act subj 2 pl) not fall (pesēte | πέσητε | aor act subj 2 pl) under judgment. |
| Revelation 1:17 | And when I saw him, I fell (epesa | ἔπεσα | aor act ind 1 sg) at his feet as though dead. And he laid his right hand on me, saying, “Do not fear! I am the First and the Last, |
| Revelation 2:5 | Therefore remember from where you have fallen (peptōkas | πέπτωκας | perf act ind 2 sg); repent and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent. |
| Revelation 4:10 | the twenty-four elders fall down (pesountai | πεσοῦνται | fut mid ind 3 pl) before the one who is seated on the throne and worship the one who lives forever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne, saying, |
| Revelation 5:8 | And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down (epesan | ἔπεσαν | aor act ind 3 pl) before the Lamb, each holding a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. |
| Revelation 5:14 | And the four living creatures said, “Amen!” And the elders fell down (epesan | ἔπεσαν | aor act ind 3 pl) and worshiped. |
| Revelation 6:13 | and the stars of the sky fell (epesan | ἔπεσαν | aor act ind 3 pl) to the earth as a fig tree drops its winter fruit when shaken by a fierce wind. |
| Revelation 6:16 | They said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall (pesete | πέσετε | aor act imperative 2 pl) on us and hide us from the face of the one who is seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb, |
| Revelation 7:11 | And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell (epesan | ἔπεσαν | aor act ind 3 pl) on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, |
| Revelation 7:16 | No longer will they go hungry, neither will they thirst again; the sun will (pesē | πέσῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) not beat down (pesē | πέσῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) upon them, nor any scorching heat; |
| Revelation 8:10 | The third angel blew his trumpet, and there fell (epesen | ἔπεσεν | aor act ind 3 sg) from heaven a great star, blazing like a torch, and it fell (epesen | ἔπεσεν | aor act ind 3 sg) on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. |
| Revelation 9:1 | The fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star fallen (peptōkota | πεπτωκότα | perf act ptcp acc sg masc) from the sky to the earth; and he was given the key to the shaft of the abyss. |
| Revelation 11:13 | And at that very hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell (epesen | ἔπεσεν | aor act ind 3 sg). Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven. |
| Revelation 11:16 | Then the twenty-four elders who were seated on their thrones before God fell (epesan | ἔπεσαν | aor act ind 3 pl) on their faces and worshiped God, |
| Revelation 14:8 | Then another angel, a second, followed, saying, “Fallen (epesen | ἔπεσεν | aor act ind 3 sg), fallen (epesen | ἔπεσεν | aor act ind 3 sg) is Babylon the great! — she who has made all nations drink of the wine of her passionate immorality.” |
| Revelation 16:19 | The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell (epesan | ἔπεσαν | aor act ind 3 pl). So Babylon the great was remembered before God and was given the cup filled with the wine of his fierce anger. |
| Revelation 17:10 | five have fallen (epesan | ἔπεσαν | aor act ind 3 pl), one is, the other has not yet come; and when he does come, he must remain for only a brief time. |
| Revelation 18:2 | And he called out with a powerful voice, saying, “Fallen (epesen | ἔπεσεν | aor act ind 3 sg), fallen (epesen | ἔπεσεν | aor act ind 3 sg) is Babylon the great! She has become a dwelling place for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, a haunt for every unclean bird, a haunt for every unclean and detestable beast. |
| Revelation 19:4 | And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell (epesan | ἔπεσαν | aor act ind 3 pl) down (epesan | ἔπεσαν | aor act ind 3 pl) and worshiped God who was seated on the throne, saying, “Amen! Hallelujah!” |
| Revelation 19:10 | Then I fell (epesa | ἔπεσα | aor act ind 1 sg) down at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, “Do not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who hold to the testimony about Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony about Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.” |
| Revelation 22:8 | I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I heard and saw them, I fell down (epesa | ἔπεσα | aor act ind 1 sg) to worship at the feet of the angel who was showing them to me. |
Mnemonics
Tiptoes
Walking on my tiptoes, I fall.