Lexical Summary ptōsis: a fall Original Word: πτῶσιςTransliteration: ptōsis Phonetic Spelling: (pto'-sis) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: a fall Meaning: a fall Strong's Concordance fall. From the alternate of pipto; a crash, i.e. Downfall (literally or figuratively) -- fall. see GREEK pipto Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4431: πτῶσιςπτῶσις, πτώσεως, ἡ (πίπτω, perfect πέπτωκα), a falling, downfall: properly, τῆς οἰκίας, Matthew 7:27 (πτωσεις οἴκων, Manetho, 4, 617); tropically, εἰς πτῶσιν πολλῶν (opposed to εἰς ἀνάστασιν), that many may fall and bring upon themselves ruin, i. e. the loss of salvation, utter misery, Luke 2:34, cf. Romans 11:11. (The Sept. chiefly for מַגֵּפָה, plague, defeat.) |
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