Greek verb · G1968
ἐπιπίπτω
epipiptoep-ee-pip'-to
to fall/press upon
11 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: epipíptō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1968is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 27New Testament books
- 5spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1968
to embrace (with affection) or seize (with more or less violence; literally or figuratively)
The King James renders it: fall into (on, upon) lie on, press upon.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
epipipto is rendered "to fall/press upon". It stands 11 times in the Greek text, across five books.
- Six of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Mark 3:10For He had healed so many that all who had diseases were pressing forward to touch Him.
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
For He had healed so many that all who had diseases were pressing forward to touch Him.
Mark 3:10ἐπιπίπτειν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Six of the word's eleven uses are in Acts.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- fell6
- having fallen2
- fell upon1
- he fell1
- to press upon1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἐπιποθέω | epipotheo | to long for | Uses9 |
| ἐπιπόθησις | epipothesis | longing | Uses2 |
| ἐπιποθία | epipothia | longing | Uses1 |
| ἐπιπλήσσω | epiplesso | to rebuke | Uses1 |
| ἐπιπόθητος | epipothetos | longed for | Uses1 |
| ἐπιπορεύομαι | epiporeuomai | to come/go to | Uses1 |
| ἐπιπνίγω | epipnigo | to choke | Usesnot recorded |
All 11, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἐπέπεσεν7
- ἐπέπεσαν1
- ἐπιπεπτωκός1
- ἐπιπεσόντες1
- ἐπιπίπτειν1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular7V-2AAI-3S
- verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-2AAP-NPM
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-AAI-3P
- verb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)1V-PAN
- verb · perfect active, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singular1V-RAP-NSN
Mark
one use
For He had healed so many that all who had diseases were pressing forward to touch Him.
- ἐπιπίπτεινepipipteinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to press upon
Luke
two uses
When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and gripped with fear.
- ἐπέπεσενepepesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: fell
So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still in the distance, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him.
- ἐπέπεσενepepesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he fell
Acts
six uses
For the Holy Spirit had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had simply been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.
- ἐπιπεπτωκόςepipeptokosverb · perfect active, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: having fallen
While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who heard his message.
- ἐπέπεσενepepesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: fell
As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as He had fallen upon us at the beginning.
- ἐπέπεσενepepesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: fell
This became known to all the Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus, and fear came over all of them. So the name of the Lord Jesus was held in high honor.
- ἐπέπεσενepepesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: fell
But Paul went down, threw himself on the young man, and embraced him. “Do not be alarmed!” he said. “He is still alive!”
- ἐπέπεσενepepesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: fell upon
They all wept openly as they embraced Paul and kissed him.
- ἐπιπεσόντεςepipesontesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having fallen
Romans
one use
For even Christ did not please Himself, but as it is written: “The insults of those who insult You have fallen on Me.”
- ἐπέπεσανepepesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: fell
Revelation
one use
But after the three and a half days, the breath of life from God entered the two witnesses, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell upon those who saw them.
- ἐπέπεσενepepesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: fell
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.