King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1120
Transliteration: gonypeteō
Phonetic Spelling: (gon-oo-pet-eh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to fall on the knees
Meaning: to fall on the knees
γονυπετέω, γονυπέτω; 1 aorist participle γονυπετήσας; (γονυπετής, and this from γόνυ and ΠΑΤΩ equivalent to πίπτω); to fall on the knees, the act of one imploring aid, and of one expressing reverence and honor: τίνι, Matthew 17:14 Rec.; τινα, ibid. G L T Tr WH; Mark 1:40 R G Tr text brackets WH brackets;; cf. Winers Grammar, 210 (197); (Buttmann, 147f (129)); ἔμπροσθεν τίνος, Matthew 27:29. (Polybius, Heliodorus; ecclesiastical writings.)
Word Summary
gonypeteō: to fall on the knees
Original Word: γονυπετέωTransliteration: gonypeteō
Phonetic Spelling: (gon-oo-pet-eh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to fall on the knees
Meaning: to fall on the knees
Strong's Concordance
bow the knee, kneel down. From a compound of gonu and the alternate of pipto; to fall on the knee -- bow the knee, kneel down.
see GREEK gonu
see GREEK pipto
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1120: γονυπετέωγονυπετέω, γονυπέτω; 1 aorist participle γονυπετήσας; (γονυπετής, and this from γόνυ and ΠΑΤΩ equivalent to πίπτω); to fall on the knees, the act of one imploring aid, and of one expressing reverence and honor: τίνι, Matthew 17:14 Rec.; τινα, ibid. G L T Tr WH; Mark 1:40 R G Tr text brackets WH brackets;