ἐπιπίπτω
epipíptō
“to embrace (with affection) or seize (with more or less violence; literally or figuratively)”
13 occurrencesNew TestamentUncommon Word
Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
to embrace (with affection) or seize (with more or less violence; literally or figuratively)
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
to fall upon; to throw one’s self upon, Lk. 15:20; Jn. 13:25; Acts 20:10, 37; to press, urge upon, Mk. 3:10; to light upon, Rom. 15:3; to come over, Acts 13:11; to come upon, fall upon mentally or spiritually, Lk. 1:12; Acts 8:16; 10:10, 44; 11:15; 19:17
Translated in KJV as
fall into (on, upon) lie onpress upon
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