πίπτω

(imperfect ἔπιπτον (Mk 14:35 T Tr marginal reading WH)); future πεσοῦμαι; 2 aorist ἔπεσον and according to the Alex. form (received everywhere by Lachmann (except Lk 23:30), Tdf. (except Rev 6:16), Tr (except ibid.), WH; and also used by R G in Rev 1:17; Rev 5:14; Rev 6:13; Rev 11:16; Rev 17:10) ἔπεσα (cf. (WHs Appendix, p. 164; Tdf. Proleg., p. 123); Lob. ad Phryn., p. 724f; Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. ii., p. 277f, and see ἀπέρχομαι at the beginning); perfect πέπτωκα, 2 person singular πεπτωκες (Rev 2:5 T WH; see κοπιάω), 3 person plural πεπτωκαν (Rev 18:3, Lachmann's stereotyped edition; Tr text WH text; see γίνομαι); (from ΠΑΤΩ, as τίκτω from ΤΑΚΩ (cf. Curtius, Etymol. § 214; Verbum, ii., p. 398)); from Homer down; the Sept. chiefly for נָפַל; to fall; used:
1. of descent from a higher place to a lower;
a. properly, to fall (either from or upon, equivalent to Latinincido, decido): ἐπί with the accusative of place, Mt 10:29; Mt 13:5,(),; (T omits; L WH Tr marginal reading brackets the verse); Mk 4:5; Lk 8:6 (here T Tr WH κατέπεσεν), 8 Rec.; Rev 8:10; εἰς τί (of the thing that is entered; into), Mt 15:14; Mt 17:15; Mk 4:7 (L marginal reading ἐπί); Lk 6:39, R G L marginal reading (but L text T Tr WH ἐμπεσοῦνται); G L T Tr WH (; L T Tr WH); Jn 12:24; εἰς (upon) τήν γῆν, Rev 6:13; Rev 9:1; ἐν μέσῳ, with the genitive of the thing, Lk 8:7; παρά τήν ὁδόν, Mt 13:4; Mk 4:4; Lk 8:5; to fall from or down: followed by ἀπό with the genitive of place, Mt 15:27; Mt 24:29 (here Tdf. ἐκ; Lk 16:21); Acts 20:9; followed by ἐκ with the genitive of place (Mk 13:25 L T Tr WH); Rev 8:10; Rev 9:1; equivalent to to be thrust down, Lk 10:18.
b. metaphorically: οὐ πίπτει ἐπί τινα ὁ ἥλιος, i. e. the heat of the sun does not strike upon them or incommode them, Rev 7:16; (ἀχλύς καί σκότος, Acts 13:11 L T Tr WH); ὁ κλῆρος πίπτει ἐπί τινα, the lot falls upon one, Acts 1:20; φόβος πίπτει ἐπί τινα, falls upon or seizes one (Acts 19:17 L Tr); Rev 11:11 Rec.; (τό πνεῦμα τό ἅγιον, Acts 10:44 Lachmann); πίπτω ὑπό κρίσιν, to fall under judgment, come under condemnation, Jas 5:12 (where Rec.st εἰς ὑπόκρισιν).
2. of descent from an erect to a prostrate position (Latinlabor, ruo; prolabor, procido; collabor, etc.);
a. properly; α. to fall down: ἐπί λίθον, Lk 20:18; λίθος πίπτει ἐπί τινα, Mt 21:44 (T omits; L WH Tr marginal reading brackets the verse); Lk 20:18; τό ὄρος ἐπί τινα, Lk 23:30; Rev 6:16. β. to be prostrated, fall prostrate; of those overcome by terror or astonishment or grief: χαμαί, Jn 18:6; εἰς τό ἔδαφος, Acts 22:7; ἐπί τήν γῆν, Acts 9:4; (ἐπί πρόσωπον, Mt 17:6); or under the attack of an evil spirit: ἐπί τῆς γῆς, Mk 9:20; or falling dead suddenly: πρός τούς πόδας τίνος ὡς νεκρός, Rev 1:17; πεσών ἐξέψυξε, Acts 5:5; ἔπεσεν παρά (L T Tr WH πρός) τούς πόδας τίνος, Acts 5:10; absolutely, 1 Cor 10:8; στόματι μαχαριας, Lk 21:24; absolutely of the dismemberment of corpses by decay, Heb 3:17 (Num 14:29, Num 14:32). γ. to prostrate oneself; used now of suppliants, now of persons rendering homage or worship to one: ἐπί τῆς γῆς, Mk 14:35; participle with προσκυνεῖν, as finite verb, Mt 2:11; Mt 4:9; Mt 18:26; πίπτειν καί προσκυνεῖν, Rev 5:14; Rev 19:4; ἔπεσα προσκυνῆσαι, Rev 22:8; πεσών εἰς τούς πόδας (αὐτοῦ), Mt 18:29 Rec.; εἰς (T Tr WH πρός) τούς πόδας τίνος, Jn 11:32; πρός τούς πόδας τίνος, Mk 5:22; (παρά τούς πόδας τίνος, Lk 8:41); ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ποδῶν τίνος, Rev 19:10; ἐνώπιον τίνος, Rev 4:10; Rev 5:8; ἐπί πρόσωπον, Mt 26:39; Lk 5:12; ἐπί πρόσωπον παρά τούς πόδας τίνος, Lk 17:16; πεσών ἐπί τούς πόδας προσεκύνησε, Acts 10:25; πεσών ἐπί πρόσωπον προσκυνήσει, 1 Cor 14:25; ἐπί τά πρόσωπα καί προσκυνεῖν, Rev 7:11 (ἐπί πρόσωπον Rec.); Rev 11:16. δ. to fall out, fall from: θρίξ ἐκ τῆς κεφαλῆς πεσεῖται, equivalent to shall perish, be lost, Acts 27:34 Rec. ε. to fall down, fall in ruin: of buildings, walls, etc., Mt 7:25,(27); Lk 6:49 (where T Tr WH συνεπεσε); Heb 11:30; οἶκος ἐπ' οἶκον πίπτει, Lk 11:17 (see ἐπί, C. I. 2 c.); πύργος ἐπί τινα, Lk 13:4; σκηνή ἡ πεπτωκυῖα, the tabernacle that has fallen down, a figurative description of the family of David and the theocracy as reduced to extreme decay (cf. σκηνή, at the end), Acts 15:16. of a city: ἔπεσε, i. e. has been overthrown, destroyed, Rev 11:13; Rev 14:8; Rev 16:19; Rev 18:2 (Jer 28:8.
b. metaphorically, α. to be cast down from a state of prosperity: πόθεν πέπωκας, from what a height of Christian knowledge and attainment thou hast declined, Rev 2:5 G L T Tr WH (see above at the beginning). β. to fall from a state of uprightness, i. e. to sin: opposed to ἑστάναι, 1 Cor 10:12; opposed to στήκειν, with a dative of the person whose interests suffer by the sinning (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 31, 1 k.), Rom 14:4; to fall into a state of wickedness, Rev 18:3; Lachmann's stereotyped edition; Tr WH text (see πίνω). γ. to perish, i. e. to come to an end, disappear, cease: of virtues, 1 Cor 13:8 L T Tr WH (R. V. fail); to lose authority, no longer have force, of sayings, precepts, etc., Lk 16:17 (ὥστε οὐ χαμαί πεσεῖται ὁ τί ἄν εἴπῃς, Plato, Euchyphr. § 17; irrita cadunt promissa, Livy 2, 31). equivalent to to be removed from power by death, Rev 17:10; to fail of participating in, miss a share in, the Messianic salvation, Rom 11:11,(22); Heb 4:11 ((yet see ἐν, I. 5 f.). Compare: ἀναπίπτω, ἀντιπίπτω, ἀποπίπτω, ἐκπίπτω ἐνπίπτω, ἐπιπίπτω, καταπίπτω, παραπίπτω, περιπίπτω, προσπίπτω, συμπίπτω.)