Vocabulary Form
πίπτω
Definition

I fall

Erasmian
Modern
Root
πετ
Frequency
90
GK
4406
Forms
(ἔπιπτον), πεσοῦμαι, ἔπεσον or ἔπεσα, πέπτωκα, -, -
Notes

The verbal root loses its stem vowel ε in the present and the stem is reduplicated, even though it is not a μι verb (*πετ → πτ → πιπτω → πίπτω). The τ drops out before the σ in the future and aorist but remains in the perfect active. Has both a second and a first aorist.

Biblical Concordance

Matthew 2:11 Upon entering the house they saw the child with Mary his mother, and falling (pesontes | πεσόντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) to their knees they worshiped him. Then opening their treasure chests, they presented him with gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.
Matthew 4:9 and he said to him, “All these I will give you, if you will fall (pesōn | πεσών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) down and worship me.”
Matthew 7:25 When the rain came down, and the waters rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, it (epesen | ἔπεσεν | aor act ind 3 sg) did (epesen | ἔπεσεν | aor act ind 3 sg) not collapse (epesen | ἔπεσεν | aor act ind 3 sg) because it had been founded on rock.
Matthew 7:27 When the rain came down, and the waters rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, it collapsed (epesen | ἔπεσεν | aor act ind 3 sg) — and great was its fall!”
Matthew 10:29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall (peseitai | πεσεῖται | fut mid ind 3 sg) to the ground apart from your Father.
Matthew 13:4 And as he sowed, some seeds fell (epesen | ἔπεσεν | aor act ind 3 sg) along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.
Matthew 13:5 Other seed fell (epesen | ἔπεσεν | aor act ind 3 sg) on rocky places, where it did not have much soil; and immediately it sprouted because it had no depth of soil.
Matthew 13:7 Other seed fell (epesen | ἔπεσεν | aor act ind 3 sg) among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it.
Matthew 13:8 Other seed fell (epesen | ἔπεσεν | aor act ind 3 sg) on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty.
Matthew 15:14 Leave them be! They are blind guides. And if a blind man guides a blind man, both will (pesountai | πεσοῦνται | fut mid ind 3 pl) fall (pesountai | πεσοῦνται | fut mid ind 3 pl) into a pit.”
Matthew 15:27 “Yes, Lord,” she said, “but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall (piptontōn | πιπτόντων | pres act ptcp gen pl neut) from their masters’ table.”
Matthew 17:6 And when the disciples heard this, they were overcome with fear and fell (epesan | ἔπεσαν | aor act ind 3 pl) face down on the ground.
Matthew 17:15 and said, “Lord, take pity on my son, because he is an epileptic and suffers terribly; for he (piptei | πίπτει | pres act ind 3 sg) often falls (piptei | πίπτει | pres act ind 3 sg) into the fire and often into the water.
Matthew 18:26 So the servant fell (pesōn | πεσών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) to the ground prostate before him, saying, ‘Have patience with me, and I will repay you everything.’
Matthew 18:29 Therefore his fellow servant fell (pesōn | πεσών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) to the ground and pleaded with him, saying ‘Have patience with me, and I will repay you.’
Matthew 21:44
Matthew 24:29 “Immediately after the suffering of those days, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall (pesountai | πεσοῦνται | fut mid ind 3 pl) from the sky and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
Matthew 26:39 And going a short distance beyond them, he threw (epesen | ἔπεσεν | aor act ind 3 sg) face himself face, to the ground, praying, “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me! Yet not as I will but as you will.”
Mark 4:4 And as he was sowing, some seed fell (epesen | ἔπεσεν | aor act ind 3 sg) along the path, and birds came and ate it up.
Mark 4:5 Other seed fell (epesen | ἔπεσεν | aor act ind 3 sg) on rocky ground where it did not have much soil, much and it sprang up right away because it had no depth of soil.
Mark 4:7 Other seed fell (epesen | ἔπεσεν | aor act ind 3 sg) among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it did not produce grain.
Mark 4:8 But other seed fell (epesen | ἔπεσεν | aor act ind 3 sg) into good soil good and produced grain, sprouting, growing, and bearing thirty, sixty, and even a hundredfold.”
Mark 5:22 Then came one of the synagogue officials, Jairus by name, came there. When he saw Jesus, he fell (piptei | πίπτει | pres act ind 3 sg) at his feet his
Mark 9:20 And they brought the boy to him. And when the spirit saw him, immediately it convulsed him; and falling (pesōn | πεσών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) on the ground, the boy began to roll about, foaming at the mouth.
Mark 13:25 and the stars will be falling (piptontes | πίπτοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) from heaven, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken.