noun · feminine
ptōsias
Greekπτῶσις (ptōsis)
Strong’sG4431
a falling, a fall
stem ptōsi-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
πτῶσις, -εως, ἡ
(< πίπτω), [in LXX chiefly for נֶגֶף, מַפֶּלֶת, and cogn. forms;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4431 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpto'-sis
a crash, i.e. downfall (literally or figuratively)
Fromfrom the alternate of G4098;
King Jamesfall.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | ptōsias1×πτῶσις | ptōsiais |
| object accusative | ptōsian1×πτῶσιν | ptōsiain |
| direct address vocative | ptōsiar | ptōsiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | ptōsiau | ptōsiaiu |
| to, for dative | ptōsia | ptōsiai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
ptōsia 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
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
ptōsias“fall”subjectnominative singular1×
Matthew 7:27“fall”kai katabainata tas brochas kai erchala tois potamois kai pnala tois anemois kai proskoptala ta oikia ekeina, kai piptata, kai ate tas ptōsias autau megas.The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell— and great was its collapse!”
ptōsian“fall”objectaccusative singular1×
Luke 2:34“fall”kai eulogata autoin Sumeōn kai legata pros Mariam tan mētēran autou; Idou houtos keietō eis ptōsian kai anastasian polloiu en to Israēl kai eis sēmem antilegirōtem,Then Simeon blessed them and said to His mother Mary: “Behold, this Child is appointed to cause the rise and fall of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against,