verb
katapiptamō
Strong’sG2667
I fall down
stem katapipt-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books3 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
κατα-πίπτω,
[in LXX: Ps 144 (145):14 (נפל), etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2667 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
future -πεσοῦμαι: aorist κατέπεσον, poetry κάππεσον (the only tense used by Refs 8th c.BC+(Epid.); late 3rd.person etc for 1st.person, 2nd.person singular optative -πέσειεν Refs 2nd c.AD+ (variant{-οιεν}): perfect -πέπτωκα:—fall, drop, Refs 8th c.BC+; πληγεὶς κ. Refs 6th c.BC+passive of καταβάλλω, πρὸς ἡμῶν κάππεσε, ={κατεβλήθη}, Refs 4th c.BC+
2 metaphorically, παραὶ ποσὶ κάππεσε θυμός their spirit fell, Refs 8th c.BC+: frequently in perfect participle καταπεπτωκώς, base, contemptible, λόγος AristeasRefs 1st c.AD+.
2.b Refs 6th c.BC+.
3 τὰ -πίπτοντα the accidents of fortune, Refs 2nd c.AD+
4 τὰς νυνὶ -πεπτωκυίας [ἐμβολάς] which have just been rejected, Hegetorap.Refs 1st c.BC+
5 ἄλλα, ἃ -πέπτωκε τούτοις which fall under the same head, Refs 2nd c.AD+
II have the falling sickness, Refs 2nd c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| katapiptataκατέπεσεν | happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular | fell | 1× |
| katapiptarōκαταπίπτειν | happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive | fall down | 1× |
| katapiptarantoiuκαταπεσόντων | happened · of, belonging toaorist active participle genitive plural masculine | fallen | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | katapiptamō | katapiptame | katapiptami | katapiptama | katapiptamē | katapiptamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | katapiptasō | katapiptase | katapiptasi | katapiptasa | katapiptasē | katapiptaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | katapiptatō | katapiptate | katapiptati | katapiptata1×κατέπεσεν | katapiptatē | katapiptatelē |
| we 1st person plural | katapiptanō | katapiptane | katapiptani | katapiptana | katapiptanē | katapiptanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | katapiptavō | katapiptave | katapiptavi | katapiptava | katapiptavē | katapiptavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | katapiptalō | katapiptale | katapiptali | katapiptala | katapiptalē | katapiptalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | katapiptameiō | katapiptameia | katapiptameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | katapiptaseiō | katapiptaseia | katapiptaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | katapiptateiō | katapiptateia | katapiptateiē |
| we 1st person plural | katapiptaneiō | katapiptaneia | katapiptaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | katapiptaveiō | katapiptaveia | katapiptaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | katapiptaleiō | katapiptaleia | katapiptaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | katapiptasōr | katapiptasar | katapiptasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | katapiptatōr | katapiptatar | katapiptatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | katapiptavōr | katapiptavar | katapiptavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | katapiptalōr | katapiptalar | katapiptalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | katapiptamoiō | katapiptamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | katapiptasoiō | katapiptasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | katapiptatoiō | katapiptatoia |
| we 1st person plural | katapiptanoiō | katapiptanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | katapiptavoiō | katapiptavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | katapiptaloiō | katapiptaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | katapiptarō1×καταπίπτειν | katapiptari | katapiptara | katapiptarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | katapiptarōntos | katapiptarintos | katapiptarantos1× | katapiptarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
katapipt is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
katapiptata“fell”happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular1×
Luke 8:6kai heterem katapiptata epi tan petran, kai fuirantem xēranita …Some fell on rocky ground, and when it …
katapiptarō“fall down”happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive1×
Acts 28:6“fall down”… de prosdokale auton mellarō pimprēorō ē katapiptarō afnōs nekron. epi pollem de autoiu …… islanders were expecting him to swell up or suddenly drop dead. But after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their …
katapiptarantoiu“fallen”happened · of, belonging toaorist active participle genitive plural masculine1×
Acts 26:14“fallen”pantoiu tē katapiptarantoiu nu eis tan gēan akouama fōnan …We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice say to …