verb

peripiptamō

Greekπεριπίπτω (peripiptō)

Strong’sG4045

I fall into the midst of

stem peripipt-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books3 forms occur

Translated as

encounter1×fell among1×striking1×

What it means

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.

Forms in the New Testament

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×
peripiptaratoisπεριπεσόντες	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	peripiptarōtos	peripiptaritos	peripiptaratos1×	peripiptarētos

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+aeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—tthen 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

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

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

Luke 10:30“fell among”hupolambaratos de tos Iēsus legata; Anthrōpos tinos katabainate apo Ierousalēm eis Ierichō kai lēstoi peripiptata, hois kai ekduaratois auton kai plēgain epititharatois aperchala afiēkaratois hēmithanon.Jesus took up 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, leaving him half dead.

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

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

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

Acts 27:41“striking”peripiptaratois de eis topon dithalasson epikellala tan nauan, kai tas men prōras ereidaratas menata asaleutas, tas de prumnas luite hupo tau biau.But the ship struck a sandbar and ran aground. The bow stuck fast and would not move, and the stern was being broken up by the pounding of the waves.