verb

sumpiptamō

Greekσυμπίπτω (sumpiptō)

Strong’sG4098

I fall, fall under

stem sumpipt-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

Translated as

collapsed1×

What it means

πίπτω,

[in LXX chiefly for נפל;]

to fall;

1. of descent, to fall, fall down or from: seq. ἐπί, c. acc. loc., Mt 10:29, al.; εἰς, Mt 15:14, al.; ἐς μέσῳ, c. gen., Lk 8:7; παρὰ τ. ὁδόν, Mt 13:4, Mk 4:4, Lk 8:5; seq. ἀπό, Mt 15:27, al.; ἐκ, Mk 13:25, Lk 10:18, Re 8:10 9:1. Metaph.: ὁ ἥλιος, seq. ἐπί, Re 7:16; ἀχλὺς κ. σκότος, Ac 13:11; ὁ κλῆρος, Ac 1:26; ὑπὸ κρίσιν, Ja 5:12.

2. Of prostration,

(a) of persons, to fall prostrate, prostrate oneself: χαμαί, Jo 18:6; seq. ἐπί, c. acc., Mt 17:6, Ac 9:4; id. c. gen., Mk 9:20; πρὸς τ. πόδας, Ac 5:10, Re 1:17; πεσὼν ἐξέψυξε, Ac 5:5; of supplication, homage or worship: πρὸς (παρὰ, ἐπὶ) τ. πὸδας, Mk 5:22, Lk 8:41, Ac 10:25, al.; π. καὶ προσκυνεῖν, Re 5:14 19:4; ptcp. c. προσκυνεῖν, Mt 2:11, al.; ἐνώπιον, Re 4:10 5:8; ἐπὶ πρόσωπον, Mt 26:39, al.;

(b) of things, to fall, fall down: Mt 21:44, Lk 23:30; of falling to ruin and destruction, Mt 7:25, Ac 15:16, He 11:30; ἔπεσε (timeless aorist; M, Pr.,134), Re 18:2. Metaph.: Ro 11:11; πόθεν πέπτωκας, Re 2:5; opp. to ἑστάναι, I Co 10:12; to στήκειν, Ro 14:4; of virtues, I Co 13:8; of precepts, Lk 16:17. (Cf. ἀνα-, ἀντι-, ἀπο-, ἐκ-, ἐπι-, κατα-, παρα-, περι-, προσ-, συν-πίπτω.)

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

Strong’s G4098 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidpip'-to

to fall (literally or figuratively)

Fromprobably akin to G4072 through the idea of alighting;

King Jamesfail, fall (down), light on.

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
sumpiptataσυνέπεσεν	happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular	collapsed	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	sumpiptamō	sumpiptame	sumpiptami	sumpiptama	sumpiptamē	sumpiptamelē
you 2nd person singular	sumpiptasō	sumpiptase	sumpiptasi	sumpiptasa	sumpiptasē	sumpiptaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	sumpiptatō	sumpiptate	sumpiptati	sumpiptata1×συνέπεσεν	sumpiptatē	sumpiptatelē
we 1st person plural	sumpiptanō	sumpiptane	sumpiptani	sumpiptana	sumpiptanē	sumpiptanelē
ye 2nd person plural	sumpiptavō	sumpiptave	sumpiptavi	sumpiptava	sumpiptavē	sumpiptavelē
they 3rd person plural	sumpiptalō	sumpiptale	sumpiptali	sumpiptala	sumpiptalē	sumpiptalelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	sumpiptameiō	sumpiptameia	sumpiptameiē
you 2nd person singular	sumpiptaseiō	sumpiptaseia	sumpiptaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	sumpiptateiō	sumpiptateia	sumpiptateiē
we 1st person plural	sumpiptaneiō	sumpiptaneia	sumpiptaneiē
ye 2nd person plural	sumpiptaveiō	sumpiptaveia	sumpiptaveiē
they 3rd person plural	sumpiptaleiō	sumpiptaleia	sumpiptaleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	sumpiptasōr	sumpiptasar	sumpiptasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	sumpiptatōr	sumpiptatar	sumpiptatēr
ye 2nd person plural	sumpiptavōr	sumpiptavar	sumpiptavēr
they 3rd person plural	sumpiptalōr	sumpiptalar	sumpiptalēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	sumpiptamoiō	sumpiptamoia
you 2nd person singular	sumpiptasoiō	sumpiptasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	sumpiptatoiō	sumpiptatoia
we 1st person plural	sumpiptanoiō	sumpiptanoia
ye 2nd person plural	sumpiptavoiō	sumpiptavoia
they 3rd person plural	sumpiptaloiō	sumpiptaloia

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	sumpiptarō	sumpiptari	sumpiptara	sumpiptarē

Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	sumpiptarōtos	sumpiptaritos	sumpiptaratos	sumpiptarētos

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

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

sumpipt 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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

sumpiptata“collapsed”happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular1×

Luke 6:49“collapsed”tos de akouaratos kai mē poiaratos homoios atō anthrōpo oikodomarato oikian epi tan gēan chōris themeliou, ha prosrēgnuata tos potamos, kai euthuos sumpiptata, kai gineta tem rēgmem tau oikiau ekeinau megem.But the one who hears My words and does not act on them is like a man who built his house on ground without a foundation. The torrent crashed against that house, and immediately it fell — and great was its destruction!”