King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4431
Transliteration: ptōsis
Phonetic Spelling: (pto'-sis)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a fall
Meaning: a fall
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.)
Word 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.)