STRONGS G4417:
πταίω; future
πταίσω; 1 aorist
ἐπταισα; (akin to
ΠΑΤΩ and
πίπτω (cf.
Vanicek, p. 466)); from (
Pindar),
Aeschylus, and
Herodotus down;
1. transitive,
τινα,
to cause one to stumble or fall.
2. intransitive,
to stumble:
δίς πρός τόν αὐτόν λίθον,
Polybius 31, 19, 5. tropically (cf. English
trip, stumble)
a. to err, to make a mistake (
Plato, Theact c. 15, p. 160 d.);
to sin: absolutely
Romans 11:11 (
ἴδιον ἀνθρώπου φιλεῖν καί τούς πταιοντας,
Antoninus 7, 22);
πολλά, in many ways,
James 3:2;
ἐν ἑνί (namely,
νόμῳ),
to stumble in, i. e. sin against, one law,
James 2:10 (but see
εἷς, 2 a. at the end);
ἐν λόγῳ (for the (more common) simple dative), to sin in word or speech,
James 3:2.
b. to fall into misery, become wretched (often so in Greek writings): of the loss of salvation,
2 Peter 1:10.
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