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Strong's #4363 - προσπίπτω
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- to fall forwards, fall down, prostrate one's self before, in homage or supplication: at one's feet
- to rush upon, beat against
- of winds beating upon a house
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προσπίπτω, Dor. ποτιπίπτω Archyt. 1: fut. -πεσοῦμαι E. Alc. 350: for ποτιπεπτηυῖαι, v. cross προσπτήσσω: — fall upon, strike against, ἔς τι v.l. in S. Ant. 855; τινι X. Eq. 7.6, etc.; πρός τι Arist. Aud. 800a2, al.; fall against, as a mound against a wall, Th. 2.75; but πρὸς τὸ οὖς προσπίπτων is dub. l. in Thphr. Char. 2.10 ( προσκύπτων cj. Valckenaer).
2. fall upon, attack, assault, πόλεσιν, ὁπλίταις, Th. 1.5, X. HG 3.2.3, etc.: abs., Th. 3.30, 103, X. Cyr. 7.1.38 .
3. simply, run to, Hdt. 2.2, X. Cyr. 1.4.4 .
4. fall upon, embrace, τινι E. l.c., IA 1191: hence, π. τινί join the party of another, X. HG 7.1.42; also, fasten on, in argument, τῇ διαφορᾷ Phld. Sign. 36 .
5. fall in with, meet with, encounter, μὴ λάθῃ με προσπεσών S. Ph. 46, cf. 156 (lyr.), Pl. Phdr. 270a: c. dat. rei, Id. Tht. 154b; fall in with, δυστυχεστάτῳ κλήρῳ E. Tr. 291 (lyr.); αἰσχρᾷ ἐπιθυμίᾳ X. Ap. 30; μεγίσταις ἡδοναῖς Pl. Lg. 637a; δήγματι to be bitten, Ael. NA 6.51: c. acc., μείζω βροτείας π. ὁμιλίας E. Hipp. 19: with a Prep., πρὸς τὰς τῶν φυλάκων ψυχάς Pl. Lg. 906b; εἰς βράχεα, πρὸς τὰ κοινά, Plb. 1.39.3, Plu. 2.788c.
II of things,
1 of events, accidents, etc., come suddenly upon, befall one, τινι E. Med. 225, IT 1229 (troch.), Antipho 3.3.8, Pl. Cra. 396d; τὰ προσπίπτονθ' ἡμῖν δείματα Id. Lg. 791c, etc.: abs., ἄτην προσπεσοῦσαν ἐνεῖκαι Hdt. 1.32; αἱ συμφοραὶ προσπίπτουσαι misfortunes by befalling, Id. 7.46, cf. Isoc. Ephesians 5:4; αἱ π. χρεῖαι PCair.Zen. 31.7 (iii B.C.); αἱ π. τύχαι Th. 1.84; τὰ προσπεσόντα E. Fr. 505; γενναίως φέρειν τὰ προσπίπτοντα Stob. 4.44 tit.; οἱ τὰ π. κρίναντες χρηματισταί PPetr. 3p.53 (iii B.C.); ἡ π. ἐπιθυμία Pl. R. 561c; πρὸς τὰ προσπίπτοντα according to circumstances, Arist. Pol. 1286a11; οἱ προσπίπτοντες κίνδυνοι Hyp. Fr. 117; τὰ π. εἰς τὸν ἀνθρώπινον βίον Id. Epit. 43; ὅ τι ἂν προσπέσῃ ἰχθύδιον Arist. HA 590a27, cf. PCair.Zen. 186.15 (iii B.C.); προσπεσούσης μοι τῆς . . ἐπιστολῆς when the letter came to hand, PStrassb. 111.2 (iii B.C.), cf. PPetr. 3p.71 (iii B.C.), PCair.Zen. 240.9 (iii B.C.) .
2. of expenses, to be incurred, Th. 7.28, PCair.Zen. 60.3 (iii B.C.) .
3. of money, to be paid in to an account, ib. 701.9 (iii B.C.), PPetr. 3p.290 (iii B.C.) .
4. of rights and duties, etc., pass to, devolve or fall upon, ὅταν λειτουργία προσπέσῃ ἀπολύειν αὐτούς PHib. 1.78.4 (iii B.C.); ὥστε μηδεμίαν ὑποψίαν ἐκείνῳ γε προσπεσεῖν PSI 4.340.12 (iii B.C.); κληρονομίας -πεσούσης μοι BGU 340.9 (iii A.D.) .
5. come to one's ears, be told as news, εἴ τισιν ἀπιστότερος προσπέπτωκεν ὁ λόγος Aeschin. 3.59, cf. PSI 6.614.13 (iii B.C.), UPZ 9.9 (ii B.C.), Plb. 5.101.3, Plu. Per. 16, etc.; εἰς τὴν Ῥώμην Plb. 9.6.1: impers., προσέπεσε news came that . ., c. acc. et inf., Id. 24.14.10, cf. 31.14.8; προσπέπτωκεν Παῶν ἀναπλεῖν Wilcken Chr. 10 (ii B.C.); προσπεσόντων τῷ βασιλεῖ περὶ τῶν γεγονότων LXX 2 Maccabees 5:11 . π. δι' ἑαυτοῦ or αὐτόθεν to be self- evident, S.E. P. 2.168, M. 1.300; τὰ ποτιπίπτοντα ποτὶ τὰν αἴσθησιν Archyt. 1, cf. Thphr. Sens. 5, 41 .
6. sit or fit closely, of a bandage, προσπεπτωκός, opp. χαλαρόν, Hp. Fract. 5 .
7. Geom., meet, πόλος πρὸς ὃν αἱ γραμμαὶ προσπίπτουσιν Arist. Mete. 376a19, cf. Archim. Spir. 6; of lines, to be drawn to meet, πρὸς κύκλον Euc. 3.37; π. ἐπὶ . . pass through a point, Archim. Spir. 14 .
8. of the pulse, = cross ὑποπίπτω, Ruf. Puls. 6.2; of the womb, ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα π . Hp. Nat.Mul. 44, cf. Mul. 2.125,al.
III fall down at another's feet, prostrate oneself, προσπίπτων προσκυνέει τὸν ἕτερον Hdt. 1.134; προσπεσὼν ἔχου S. Aj. 1181; ἱκέτης προσπίπτω X. Cyr. 4.6.2: c. dat., π. βωμοῖσι S. Tr. 904, cf. OC 1157; τινὸς γόνασι E. Or. 1332, Andr. 860 (lyr.), etc.; προσπεσὼν αὐτῷ . . ἱκέτευε Pl. Ep. 349a; θεῶν πρὸς βρέτας Ar. Eq. 31; πρὸς γόνυ E. HF 79: also c. acc., π. βρέτη δαιμόνων A. Th. 94 (lyr.); cf. προσπίτνω .
προσπαίω (for the more common προσπταίω): 1 aorist προσεπαισα; to beat against, strike upon: intransitive προσεπαισαν τῇ οἰκία, Matthew 7:25 Lachmann; but cf. Buttmann, 40 (34) n. (Schol. ad Aeschylus Prom. 885; (Sophocles fragment 310 variant); Byzantine writings.)
STRONGS NT 4363: προσπίπτω προσπίπτω: imperfect προσέπιπτον; 2 aor, 3 person singular προσέπεσε, 3 person plural (Matthew 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, Mark 3:11; Mark 5:33; Luke 8:28, 47; Acts 16:29 (Psalm 94:6
2. to rush upon, beat against: τῇ οἰκία (of winds beating against a house), Matthew 7:25 (not Lachmann; cf. προσπαίω).
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προσ -πίπτω
[in LXX for H5307, H5060 hi., H3766;]
1. to fall upon, strike against: c. dat., of wind, Matthew 7:25.
2. to fall down at one's feet, fall prostrate before: absol., seq. πρός , Mark 7:25; c. dat. pers., Mark 3:11; Mark 5:33, Luke 8:28, Acts 16:29; τ . γόνασιν , Luke 5:8.†
προσ -παίω
= προσπίπτω , Matthew 7:25 L (see προσπίπτω ).†
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ῥαβδίζω, which is used of the Roman punishment ";beat with a rod"; in its two NT occurrences (Acts 16:22, 2 Corinthians 11:25), is applied to ";threshing"; in P Ryl II. 148.20 (A.D. 40) ἐράβδισαν γόμους ̣ κ ¯, ";they threshed out 20 loads"; of anise : cf. LXX Judges 6:11. For a similar use of the subst. ῥαβδισμός, see P Tebt I. 119.46 (B.C. 105–1), where the editors refer to ib. 229 (B.C. 97 or 62), and for ῥαβδιστής see BGU I. 115i. 15, .20 (ii/A.D.).
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