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προσπίπτω

prospiptō · fall before

Greek word · Strong’s number G4363 · appears 8 times in the Bible

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What it means

prospiptō (προσπίπτω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “fall before”.

Fall down before someone; also beat against something.

How to say it

pros·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

  1. To strike against something, like wind against a house.
  2. To throw oneself at someone's feet.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • fell down before ×3
  • fell ×2
  • beat against ×1
  • falling down before ×1
  • would fall down before ×1

Related words

Comes from

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Matthew 7:25

    And the rain came down, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock.

  • Mark 3:11

    And the unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, would fall down before him and cry out, saying, “You are the Son of God!”

  • Mark 5:33

    But the woman, afraid and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before him and told him the whole truth.

  • Mark 7:25

    But at once a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard about him, came and fell at his feet.

  • Luke 5:8

    But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Go away from me, for I am a sinful man, Lord.”

  • Luke 8:28

    And when he saw Jesus, he cried out, fell down before him, and said with a loud voice, “What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, do not torment me.”

  • Luke 8:47

    And when the woman saw that she had not escaped notice, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared in the presence of all the people for what reason she had touched him, and how she had been healed immediately.

  • Acts 16:29

    And asking for lights, he rushed in and, trembling, fell down before Paul and Silas.