προσπίπτω
prospíptō · G4363 · Greek · 8 occurrences
Meanings
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to prostrate oneself before, to fall down before
To prostrate oneself before someone, implying supplication
ExamplesMark 3:11 And whenever the unclean spirits saw Him, they would fall down before Him and shout, “You are the Son of God!”
Mark 5:33 But the woman, fearing and trembling, aware of what had happened to her, came and fell down before Him and told Him the whole truth.
Mark 7:25 But after hearing about Him, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately came and fell at His feet.
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to strike against, to hit against
To strike against some object
ExamplesMatthew 7:25 “And the rain fell and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock.
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
8 occurrences in 6 groups
- Not stated: he, she or it 3
- γυνήwoman, wife 1
- πνεῦμαspirit 1
- ΣίμωνSimon 1
- Not stated: they 1
- Not stated in the clause 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- οἰκίαhouse, home, dwelling 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- πρόςto, toward, with+ πούςfoot 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 2 entries
- To prostrate oneself before, to fall down before17.22
- The verb describes falling down before someone in a posture of fear, reverence, or supplication. Mark's account of the unclean spirits' reaction to Jesus uses this term: “And whenever the unclean spirits saw Him, they would fall down before Him and shout, ‘You are the Son of God!’” (Mark 3:11).
- To strike against, to hit against19.11
- The same verb, used of a physical force rather than a person, describes violently striking or beating against an object. Jesus' parable of the two builders uses this term: “And the rain fell and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock” (Matthew 7:25).
Word family 15 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (for the more common προσπταίω): 1 aorist προσεπαισα; to beat against, strike upon:…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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