G4363

προσπίπτω

prospiptōG:V

to fall/beat

προσ-πίπτω [in LXX for נָפַל, נָגַע hi., כָּרַע ;] __1. to fall upon, strike against: with dative, of wind, Mat.7:25. __2. to fall down at one's feet, fall prostrate before: absol., before πρός, Mrk.7:25; with dative of person(s), Mrk.3:11 5:33, Luk.8:28, Act.16:29; τ. γόνασιν, Luk.5:8.† (AS)

The KJV translates G4363 in the following manner:

before (6x), down (4x), at (2x), fell (2x), upon (2x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

προσπίπτω — prospíptō

προσπαίω (for the more common προσπταίω): 1 aorist προσεπαισα; to beat against, strike upon: intransitive προσεπαισαν τῇ οἰκία, Mat 7:25 Lachmann; but cf. Buttmann, 40 (34) n. (Schol. ad Aeschylus Prom. 885; (Sophocles fragment 310 variant); Byzantine writings.)

STRONGS NT 4363: προσπίπτωπροσπίπτω: imperfect προσέπιπτον; 2 aor, 3 person singular προσέπεσε, 3 person plural (Mat 7:25) προσέπεσον R G. προσέπεσαν T Tr WH (see πίπτω, at the beginning), participle feminine προσπεσοῦσα; from Homer down; properly, to fall toward, fall upon (πρός, IV. 1) i. e.

1. to fall forward, to fall down, prostrate oneself before, in homage or supplication: with the dative of a person, at one's feet, Mar 3:11; Mar 5:33; Luk 8:28; Luk 8:47; Act 16:29 (Psa 94:6; Polybius, Plutarch, others); τοῖς γόνασι τίνος, Luk 5:8 (Euripides, Or. 1332; Plutarch); πρός τούς πόδας τίνος, Mar 7:25.

2. to rush upon, beat against: τῇ οἰκία (of winds beating against a house), Mat 7:25 (not Lachmann; cf. προσπαίω).

8 occurrences

Matthew (1), Mark (3), Luke (3), Acts (1)