ἐπιπίπτω: Difference between revisions

|txtha=2nd aorist ἐπέπεσον, 3rd [[person]] plural ἐπέπεσαν, L T Tr WH (cf. [[ἀπέρχομαι]] at the [[beginning]]); [[perfect]] participle ἐπιπεπτωκως; ([[see]] [[πίπτω]]); the Sept. for נָפַל; to [[fall]] [[upon]]; to [[rush]] or [[press]] [[upon]];<br /><b class="num">a.</b> [[properly]]: τίνι, [[upon]] [[one]], to [[lie]] [[upon]] [[one]], [[ἐπί]] [[τόν]] τράχηλον τίνος, to [[fall]] [[into]] [[one]]'s [[embrace]], to [[fall]] [[back]] [[upon]], [[ἐπί]] τό [[στῆθος]] τίνος, R G T.<br /><b class="num">b.</b> [[metaphorically]], [[ἐπί]] τινα, to [[fall]] [[upon]] [[one]], i. e. to [[seize]], [[take]] [[possession]] of him: [[φόβος]], L Tr ἔπεσεν); L T Tr WH; [[ἔκστασις]], [[ἀχλύς]], R G). used [[also]] of the [[Holy Spirit]], in its inspiration and [[impulse]]: [[ἐπί]] τίνι, [[ἐπί]] τινα, ἔπεσε); WH marginal [[reading]] ἐπέπεσεν (others, ἐγένετο) [[στάσις]]. (From [[Herodotus]] [[down]].))