Acts 28:6:8Acts.28.6.W8TAB
καταπίπτειν
katapiptein
“to fall down”
- Transliteration
- ka-ta-PIP-tein
- Extended
- kah-tah-PIHP-tein
- IPA
- /ka.taˈpip.teːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- to fall down
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
ka-ta-PIP-tein
- phraseyour reading level
hoi de pros-do-KON au-TON MEL-lein PIM-pras-thai ê ka-ta-PIP-tein AF-nô ne-KRON e-PI pol-LÊN de au-TÔN pros-do-KON-ton KAI the-ô-ROU-ntôn mê-DEN A-to-pon eis au-TON gi-NO-me-non
- sentence
hoi de pros-do-KON au-TON MEL-lein PIM-pras-thai ê ka-ta-PIP-tein AF-nô ne-KRON e-PI pol-LÊN de au-TÔN pros-do-KON-ton KAI the-ô-ROU-ntôn mê-DEN A-to-pon eis au-TON gi-NO-me-non me-ta-ba-LO-me-noi E-le-gon au-TON EI-nai the-ON
Exegesis
This finite verb governs a series of infinitives, mellein {μέλλειν | mél-lein} ‘to be about to,’ pimprasthai {πίμπρασθαι | pím-pras-thai} ‘to swell up,’ and katapiptein {καταπίπτειν | kata-píp-tein} ‘to fall down,’ forming a complex object clause that details the fatal scenarios the onlookers expect.
In context — Acts 28:6
But they were expecting him to be about to swell up, or suddenly to fall down dead; and after a long expectation from them, as they were observing nothing unusual happening to him, having changed, they were saying that he was a god .
About this coordinate
Acts 28:6:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Acts 28:6, so the Greek word καταπίπτειν (katapiptein) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Acts.28.6.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.28.6.W8.S1) and character.