Lexicon :: Strong's G1968 - epipiptō

And he and his servants deployed against them by night, defeated them, and pursued them as far as Hobah to the north of Damascus.

As the sun was setting, a deep sleep came over Abram, and suddenly great terror and darkness descended on him.

Then Joseph threw his arms around his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin wept on his shoulder.

Joseph hitched the horses to his chariot and went up to Goshen to meet his father Israel. Joseph presented himself to him, threw his arms around him, and wept for a long time.

Then Joseph, leaning over his father’s face, wept and kissed him.

terror and dread will fall on them.

They will be as still[fn] as a stone

because of your powerful arm

until your people pass by, LORD,

until the people whom you purchased[fn] pass by.

“When any one of them dies and falls on anything it becomes unclean ​— ​any item of wood, clothing, leather, sackcloth, or any implement used for work. It is to be rinsed with water and will remain unclean until evening; then it will be clean.

“If one of their carcasses falls on any seed that is to be sown, it is clean;

“or without looking drops a stone that could kill a person and he dies, but he was not his enemy and didn’t intend to harm him,

and said to them, “I know that the LORD has given you this land and that the terror of you has fallen on us, and everyone who lives in the land is panicking because of you.[fn]

So Joshua and all his troops surprised them at the Waters of Merom and attacked them.

So David took the spear and the water jug by Saul’s head, and they went their way. No one saw them, no one knew, and no one woke up; they all remained asleep because a deep sleep from the LORD came over them.

Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me! ” But his armor-bearer would not do it because he was terrified. Then Saul took his sword and fell on it.

“He’s probably already hiding in one of the caves[fn] or some other place. If some of our troops fall[fn] first, someone is sure to hear and say, ‘There’s been a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom.’

Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and torture me.” But his armor-bearer would not do it because he was terrified. Then Saul took his sword and fell on it.

When all our enemies heard this, all the surrounding nations were intimidated and lost their confidence,[fn] for they realized that this task had been accomplished by our God.

Just as the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall,[fn] Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was reclining. The king exclaimed, “Would he actually violate the queen while I am in the house? ” As soon as the statement left the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.

Among unsettling thoughts from visions in the night,

when deep sleep comes over men,

and become darkened[fn] because of ice,

and the snow melts into them.

No doubt you would cast lots for a fatherless child

and negotiate a price to sell your friend.

Would God’s majesty not terrify you?

Would his dread not fall on you?

His roots below dry up,

and his branches above wither away.

In a dream, a vision in the night,

when deep sleep comes over people

as they slumber on their beds,

The boundary lines have fallen for me

in pleasant places;

indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.

My heart shudders within me;

terrors of death sweep over me.

Like a slug that moves along in slime,

like a woman’s miscarried child,

may they not see the sun.

because zeal for your house has consumed me,

and the insults of those who insult you

have fallen on me.

He made them fall in the camp,

all around the tents.

Egypt was glad when they left,

for the dread of Israel[fn] had fallen on them.

For certainly no one knows his time: like fish caught in a cruel net or like birds caught in a trap, so people are trapped in an evil time as it suddenly falls on them.

I will weep for you, vine of Sibmah,

with more than the weeping for Jazer.

Your tendrils have extended to the sea;

they have reached to the sea and to Jazer.[fn]

The destroyer has fallen on your summer fruit and grape harvest.

Only I, Daniel, saw the vision. The men who were with me did not see it, but a great terror fell on them, and they ran and hid.