STRONGS G1968:
ἐπιπίπτω; 2 aorist
ἐπέπεσον, 3 person plural
ἐπέπεσαν,
Romans 15:3 L T Tr WH [cf.
ἀπέρχομαι at the beginning]; perfect participle
ἐπιπεπτωκώς; [see
πίπτω];
Sept. for
נָפַל;
to fall upon; to rush or
press upon;
a. properly:
τινί, upon one,
Mark 3:10;
to lie upon one,
Acts 20:10;
ἐπὶ τὸν τράχηλόν τινος, to fall into one's embrace,
Luke 15:20;
Acts 20:37, (
Genesis 46:29; Tobit 11:8, 12; 3 Macc. 5:49);
to fall back upon, ἐπὶ τὸ στῆθός τινος,
John 13:25 R G T.
b. metaphorically,
ἐπί τινα,
to fall upon one, i. e. to seize, take possession of him:
φόβος,
Luke 1:12;
Acts 19:17 [L Tr ἔπεσεν];
Revelation 11:11 L T Tr WH; ἔκστασις,
Acts 10:10 Rec.;
ἀχλύς,
Acts 13:11 [R G]. used also of the Holy Spirit, in its inspiration and impulse:
ἐπί τινι,
Acts 8:16;
ἐπί τινα,
Acts 10:44 [Lachmann
ἔπεσε];
Acts 11:15 (
Ezekiel 11:5); of reproaches cast upon one:
Romans 15:3. [Noteworthy is the absolutely use in
Acts 23:7 WH marginal reading
ἐπέπεσεν (others,
ἐγένετο)
στάσις. (From Herodotus down.)]
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