Words the Bible translates as fall
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 12 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- piptōπίπτωto fall: to drop or go down from a higher place to a lower one, whether by accident, on purpose, or in ruin
- naphalנָפַלto fall: to go down from standing or from above, a picture Hebrew stretches to cover being killed, bowing to the ground, being overthrown, deserting to an enemy, and a share falling to someone by lot
- epipiptōἐπιπίπτωto fall on someone: to come down onto a person bodily, or to sweep over them suddenly from outside.
- kashalכָּשַׁלto stumble and so be brought down: to totter, lose one's footing, and fall, whether from weakness, in defeat, or into ruin
- empiptōἐμπίπτωto fall into something that closes around you: to land inside a pit, inside another's grip, or inside a ruined condition you cannot simply step back out of
- ptōsisπτῶσιςfallnot studied yet
- prospiptōπροσπίπτωto fall down at someone's feet: to go to the ground in front of a person, out of fear, gratitude, or urgent need
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- to beat against something: of wind and water striking a building
- ekpiptōἐκπίπτωto fall out of place: to come away from whatever was holding something, whether a blossom from its stem, a ship from its course, or a person from the standing he was in
- ptaiōπταίωto stumble: to strike the foot against something and lose one's footing, used for failing morally (sinning) and, at its strongest, for coming to ruin.
- nephalנְפַלto fall: to go down or come down, whether a body drops, a person goes face down before someone, or a power is brought low
- mappeletמַפֶּלֶתa fall and its wreckage: the crash of something tall or powerful coming down, and the fallen body or trunk left lying where it dropped
- havahהָוָהto fall: to come down onto the ground
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- to be, to become: a rare Hebrew verb for coming to be something, standing where the ordinary verb for being would normally go
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