verb

Greekπεριπίπτω (peripiptō)

Biblang

peripiptamō

Strong’sG4045

I fall into the midst of

stem peripipt-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 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.

περι-πίπτω,

[in LXX: Ru 2:3, II Ki 1:6 (קרה), Pr 11:5 (נפל), Da LXX 2:9, II Mac 6:13 9:7, 21 10:4*;]

1. to fall around.

2. to fall in with, light upon, come across: c. dat., λῃσταῖς, Lk 10:30; πειρασμοῖς, Ja 1:2; seq. εἰς, Ac 27:41.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G4045 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidper-ee-pip'-to

to fall into something that is all around, i.e. light among or upon, be surrounded with

Fromfrom G4012 and G4098;

King Jamesfall among (into).

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

περιπίπτω,
future - πεσοῦμαι Refs 5th c.BC+: Epic dialect perfect participle feminine περιπεπτηυῖαι Refs 3rd c.BC+:—fall around, i.e. so as to embrace, τινι Refs 5th c.BC+
2 fall around, i.e. upon, a weapon, τῷ ξίφει Refs 5th c.BC+
3 [ζῶναι] πόλοις περιπεπτηυῖαι encircling the poles, Eratosth. [prev. cited]
4 fall over, ἑκατέρωσε Refs 1st c.AD+
II with dative, fall in with, Refs 5th c.BC+; frequently of ships meeting at sea, Refs 5th c.BC+; π. μουσικῇ τε καὶ ταῖς μέθαις having encountered them in our discussion. Refs 5th c.BC+; ἡ ὄψις κάμνουσα ἐν τοῖς μικροῖς τοῖς μεγάλοις ἀσμένως π. Refs 3rd c.AD+: absolutely, supervene, Refs
II.2 fall foul of other ships, τῇσι σφετέρῃσι νηυσί Refs 5th c.BC+; also π. περὶ τὴν Σηπιάδα to be wrecked on.., Refs
II.3 metaphorically, fall in with, fall into, mostly of evil, with dative, π. ἀδίκοισι γνώμῃσι fall in with, encounter unjust judgements, Refs; π. τοιαύτῃσι τύχῃσι, δουλοσύνῃ, Refs; νούσοις, νοσήμασι, Refs 5th c.BC+; π. συκοφάνταις Refs 5th c.BC+; also σοὶ αὐτῷ περιπίπτειν to be caught in your own snare, Refs 5th c.BC+: absolutely, come to grief, Refs 2nd c.BC+
II.4 of events, befall one, ἤν μοί τι περιπίπτῃ κακόν Refs 5th c.BC+
III change suddenly, εἴς τι Refs 2nd c.BC+

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.

encounter1×fell among1×striking1×

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
peripiptataπεριέπεσεν	happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular	fell among	1×
peripiptaveiaπεριπέσητε	happened · yeaorist active subjunctive 2nd person plural	encounter	1×
peripiptarantoisπεριπεσόντες	happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative plural masculine	striking	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	peripiptamō	peripiptame	peripiptami	peripiptama	peripiptamē	peripiptamelē
you 2nd person singular	peripiptasō	peripiptase	peripiptasi	peripiptasa	peripiptasē	peripiptaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	peripiptatō	peripiptate	peripiptati	peripiptata1×περιέπεσεν	peripiptatē	peripiptatelē
we 1st person plural	peripiptanō	peripiptane	peripiptani	peripiptana	peripiptanē	peripiptanelē
ye 2nd person plural	peripiptavō	peripiptave	peripiptavi	peripiptava	peripiptavē	peripiptavelē
they 3rd person plural	peripiptalō	peripiptale	peripiptali	peripiptala	peripiptalē	peripiptalelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, 1 occurrence

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	peripiptameiō	peripiptameia	peripiptameiē
you 2nd person singular	peripiptaseiō	peripiptaseia	peripiptaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	peripiptateiō	peripiptateia	peripiptateiē
we 1st person plural	peripiptaneiō	peripiptaneia	peripiptaneiē
ye 2nd person plural	peripiptaveiō	peripiptaveia1×περιπέσητε	peripiptaveiē
they 3rd person plural	peripiptaleiō	peripiptaleia	peripiptaleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	peripiptasōr	peripiptasar	peripiptasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	peripiptatōr	peripiptatar	peripiptatēr
ye 2nd person plural	peripiptavōr	peripiptavar	peripiptavēr
they 3rd person plural	peripiptalōr	peripiptalar	peripiptalēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	peripiptamoiō	peripiptamoia
you 2nd person singular	peripiptasoiō	peripiptasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	peripiptatoiō	peripiptatoia
we 1st person plural	peripiptanoiō	peripiptanoia
ye 2nd person plural	peripiptavoiō	peripiptavoia
they 3rd person plural	peripiptaloiō	peripiptaloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	peripiptarō	peripiptari	peripiptara	peripiptarē

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	peripiptarōntos	peripiptarintos	peripiptarantos1×	peripiptarēntos

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

peripiptstem+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

peripipt 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

peripiptata“fell among”happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular1×

Luke 10:30“fell among”… apo Ierousalēm eis Ierichō kai lēstoi peripiptata, hois kai ekduarantois auton kai plēgain …… this question and said, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him, and went away …

peripiptaveia“encounter”happened · yeaorist active subjunctive 2nd person plural1×

James 1:2… charan hēgevar, adelfoir mu, hotan peirasmoi peripiptaveia poikiloi,… pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds,

peripiptarantois“striking”happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative plural masculine1×

Acts 27:41“striking”peripiptarantois de eis topon dithalasson epikellala tan …But the ship struck a sandbar and ran aground. The bow …