Words the Bible translates as fall upon
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 4 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- epipiptōἐπιπίπτωto fall on someone: to come down onto a person bodily, or to sweep over them suddenly from outside.
- pagaפָּגַעto fall upon someone: to attack, strike down, or kill
+3 more meanings
- to meet or come upon someone or something, whether by chance or on purpose
- of a border or boundary: to reach, touch, or run up to a place
- to approach someone with a request: to entreat, urge, plead, or intercede
- pagashפָּגַשׁto meet: to come face to face with a person or thing, whether by chance on a road, in welcome, or in sudden attack
- peripiptōπεριπίπτωto fall uponnot studied yet
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