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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, (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.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:12 - “When you take a [fn]census of the sons of Israel [fn]to number them, then each one of them shall give a price of atonement for [fn]himself to Yahweh when you [fn]number them, so that there will be no plague among them when you [fn]number them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:29 -

Thus they provoked Him to anger with their actions,

And the plague broke out among them.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:1 -

The [fn]oracle concerning Damascus.

“Behold, Damascus is about to be removed from being a city

And will become a fallen ruin.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:17 -

Awaken yourself! Awaken yourself! Arise, O Jerusalem,

You who have drunk from the hand of Yahweh the cup of His wrath;

The [fn]chalice of reeling you have [fn]drained to the dregs.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:22 -

Thus says your Lord, Yahweh, even your God

Who contends for His people,

“Behold, I have taken out of your hand the cup of reeling,

The [fn]chalice of My wrath;

You will never drink it again.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:15 -

“Were they ashamed because of the abomination they have done?

They were not even ashamed at all;

They did not even know how to feel dishonor.

Therefore they shall fall among those who fall;

At the time that I punish them,

They shall be cast down,” says Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:21 - The earth has quaked at the noise of their downfall. There is an outcry! The noise of it has been heard at the [fn]Red Sea.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:15 -

Thus says Lord Yahweh to Tyre, “Shall not the coastlands shake at the sound of your downfall when the wounded groan, when the killing occurs in your midst?

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:18 -

‘Now the coastlands will tremble

On the day of your downfall;

Yes, the coastlands which are by the sea

Will be dismayed at your departure.’”

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:27 -

“Your wealth, your wares, your merchandise,

Your sailors and your pilots,

Your repairers of seams, your dealers in merchandise,

And all your men of war who are in you,

With all your assembly that is in your midst,

Will fall into the heart of the seas

On the day of your downfall.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:13 - “On its downfall all the birds of the sky will dwell, and all the beasts of the field will be on its fallen branches
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:16 - “I made the nations quake at the sound of its downfall when I made it go down to Sheol with those who go down to the pit; and all the trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, all the [fn]well-watered ones, were comforted in the earth beneath.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:10 - “I will make many peoples [fn]appalled at you, and their kings will be horribly afraid of you when I brandish My sword before them; and they will tremble every moment, every man for his own life, on the day of your downfall.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:3 -

Horsemen charging,

And swords flaming, and spears flashing,

Many slain, a mass of corpses,

And there is no end to dead bodies

They stumble over [fn]the dead bodies!

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:12 -

Now this will be the plague with which Yahweh will plague all the peoples who have gone to war against Jerusalem; their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, and their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongue will rot in their mouth.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:15 - And in the same way, the plague on the horse, the mule, the camel, the donkey, and all the cattle that will be in those camps will be like this plague.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:18 - And if the family of Egypt does not go up or enter, then no rain will fall on them; it will be the plague with which Yahweh plagues the nations who do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Booths.
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