Greek verb · G4417
πταίω
ptaioptah'-yo
trans., to cause to stumble; Intrans., to stumble. Metaphorical, in moral sense
5 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ptaíō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4417is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 5spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4417
to trip, i.e. (figuratively) to err, sin, fail (of salvation)
The King James renders it: fall, offend, stumble.
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
ptaio is rendered "trans., to cause to stumble; Intrans., to stumble. Metaphorical, in moral sense". It stands 5 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- Three of the uses stand in James, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "trans., to cause to stumble".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Romans 11:11I ask then, did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Certainly not! However, because of their trespass, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel jealous.
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
I ask then, did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Certainly not! However, because of their trespass, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel jealous.
Romans 11:11ἔπταισαν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: trans., to cause to stumble, and Intrans., to stumble. Metaphorical, in moral sense.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| trans., to cause to stumble | Tagged as
| Where1 Samuel 4:3When the troops returned to the camp, the elders of Israel asked… |
| Intrans., to stumble. Metaphorical, in moral senseRom.11:11, Jas.2:10 3:2, 2Pe.1:10.† (AS) | Tagged as
| WhereRomans 11:11I ask then, did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Certainly not! However… |
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.
All 5, 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
- ἔπταισαν1
- πταίει1
- πταίομεν1
- πταίσῃ1
- πταίσητέ1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-AAI-3P
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person plural1V-AAS-2P
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singular1V-AAS-3S
- verb · present active, indicative · 1st person plural1V-PAI-1P
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-PAI-3S
Romans
one use
I ask then, did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Certainly not! However, because of their trespass, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel jealous.
- ἔπταισανeptaisanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they did stumble
James
three uses
Whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.
- πταίσῃptaiseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may stumble
We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to control his whole body.
- πταίομενptaiomenverb · present active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we stumble
- πταίειptaieiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: does stumble
2 Peter
one use
Therefore, brothers, strive to make your calling and election sure. For if you practice these things you will never stumble,
- πταίσητέptaiseteverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person pluraltagged: shall you stumble
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.