What does περιπίπτω (peripíptō) mean in the Bible?
περιπίπτω (peripíptō) is a Greek word meaning "to fall upon".
Greek · G4045
περιπίπτω
To fall upon
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περιπίπτω G4045
Pronunciation peripíptō
What does περιπίπτω (peripíptō) mean in the Bible?
περιπίπτω (peripíptō) is a Greek word meaning "to fall upon".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4045?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include he fell into the hands (1), struck (1), you encounter (1).
Where does περιπίπτω (peripíptō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 10:30. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (1), James (1), Luke (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It he fell into the hands 1× Luke 10:30
struck 1× Acts 27:41
you encounter 1× James 1:2
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 10:30
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 3
Luke 1 Acts 1 James 1
Source forms
περιέπεσεν 1x periepesen Luke 10:30
περιπέσητε 1x peripesēte James 1:2
περιπεσόντες 1x peripesontes Acts 27:41
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular 1x Luke 10:30
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Acts 27:41
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 2nd Person Plural 1x James 1:2
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to fall upon
Strong's G4045
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 3 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
to fall upon
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 10:30 Verb Third Person Singular Second Aorist Active Indicative
περιέπεσεν, periepesen
I fall into the midst of
Read verse Acts 27:41 Verb Second Aorist Active Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
περιπεσόντες peripesontev
I fall into the midst of
Read verse James 1:2 Verb Second Person Plural Second Aorist Active Subjunctive
περιπέσητε peripeshte
I fall into the midst of
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 3 Aligned forms 3 Tenses Aorist Voices Active
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Indicative states a fact or reality 1×
Aorist Active Luke 10:30 1×
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 1×
Aorist Active Acts 27:41 1×
Subjunctive possibility, probability, or purpose 1×
Aorist Active Jas 1:2 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 3 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 3
Voice
active 3
Mood
participle 1 subjunctive 1 indicative 1
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
περιπίπτω is built from these roots:
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain