περιπίπτω
peripiptō · fall among
Greek word · Strong’s number G4045 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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peripiptō (περιπίπτω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “fall among”.
Fall into the hands of; run into, encounter; of a ship, strike a reef.
How to say it
pe·ri·pip·tō
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To run into something unsought: robbers, trials or a sandbank.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- coming upon ×1
- he fell among ×1
- you fall into ×1
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Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Luke 10:30
And Jesus replied and said, “A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among bandits, who also stripped him and laid blows on him and went away, leaving him half dead.
- Acts 27:41
But coming upon a place where two seas met, they grounded the vessel; and the bow stuck fast and remained immovable, but the stern was being broken up by the force.
- James 1:2
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various trials,