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Lexicon :: Strong's G4431 - ptōsis

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πτῶσις
Transliteration
ptōsis (Key)
Pronunciation
pto'-sis
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the alternate of πίπτω (G4098)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:167,846

Strong’s Definitions

πτῶσις ptōsis, pto'-sis; from the alternate of G4098; a crash, i.e. downfall (literally or figuratively):—fall.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G4431 in the following manner: fall (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G4431 in the following manner: fall (2x).

  1. a falling, downfall

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πτῶσις ptōsis, pto'-sis; from the alternate of G4098; a crash, i.e. downfall (literally or figuratively):—fall.
STRONGS G4431:
πτῶσις, 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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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
7:27
Luke
2:34
Romans
11:11

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4431 matches the Greek πτῶσις (ptōsis),
which occurs 19 times in 17 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:12 - “When you take the census of the people of Israel, then each shall give a ransom for his life to the LORD when you number them, that there be no plague among them when you number them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:29 - they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds,
and a plague broke out among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 17:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:1 - An oracle concerning Damascus.
Behold, Damascus will cease to be a city
and will become a heap of ruins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:17 - Wake yourself, wake yourself,
stand up, O Jerusalem,
you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD
the cup of his wrath,
who have drunk to the dregs
the bowl, the cup of staggering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:22 - Thus says your Lord, the LORD,
your God who pleads the cause of his people:
“Behold, I have taken from your hand the cup of staggering;
the bowl of my wrath you shall drink no more;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:15 - Were they ashamed when they committed abomination?
No, they were not at all ashamed;
they did not know how to blush.
Therefore they shall fall among those who fall;
at the time that I punish them, they shall be overthrown,”
says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:21 - At the sound of their fall the earth shall tremble; the sound of their cry shall be heard at the Red Sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:15 - “Thus says the Lord GOD to Tyre: Will not the coastlands shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded groan, when slaughter is made in your midst?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:18 - Now the coastlands tremble
on the day of your fall,
and the coastlands that are on the sea
are dismayed at your passing.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:27 - Your riches, your wares, your merchandise,
your mariners and your pilots,
your caulkers, your dealers in merchandise,
and all your men of war who are in you,
with all your crew
that is in your midst,
sink into the heart of the seas
on the day of your fall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:13 - On its fallen trunk dwell all the birds of the heavens, and on its branches are all the beasts of the field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:16 - I made the nations quake at the sound of its fall, when I cast it down to Sheol with those who go down to the pit. And all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, were comforted in the world below.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:10 - I will make many peoples appalled at you, and the hair of their kings shall bristle with horror because of you, when I brandish my sword before them. They shall tremble every moment, every one for his own life, on the day of your downfall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:3 - Horsemen charging,
flashing sword and glittering spear,
hosts of slain,
heaps of corpses,
dead bodies without end—
they stumble over the bodies!

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:12 - And this shall be the plague with which the LORD will strike all the peoples that wage war against Jerusalem: their flesh will rot while they are still standing on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:15 - And a plague like this plague shall fall on the horses, the mules, the camels, the donkeys, and whatever beasts may be in those camps.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 14:18

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:18 - And if the family of Egypt does not go up and present themselves, then on them there shall be no rain;[fn] there shall be the plague with which the LORD afflicts the nations that do not go up to keep the Feast of Booths.
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