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Lexicon :: Strong's G4417 - ptaiō

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πταίω
Transliteration
ptaiō (Key)
Pronunciation
ptah'-yo
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:883,968

Strong’s Definitions

πταίω ptaíō, ptah'-yo; a form of G4098; to trip, i.e. (figuratively) to err, sin, fail (of salvation):—fall, offend, stumble.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's G4417 in the following manner: offend (3x), stumble (1x), fall (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's G4417 in the following manner: offend (3x), stumble (1x), fall (1x).

  1. to cause one to stumble or fall

  2. to stumble

    1. to err, make a mistake, to sin

    2. to fall into misery, become wretched

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πταίω ptaíō, ptah'-yo; a form of G4098; to trip, i.e. (figuratively) to err, sin, fail (of salvation):—fall, offend, stumble.
STRONGS G4417:
πταίω; future πταίσω; 1 aorist ἐπταισα; (akin to ΠΑΤΩ and πίπτω (cf. Vanicek, p. 466)); from (Pindar), Aeschylus, and Herodotus down;
1. transitive, τινα, to cause one to stumble or fall.
2. intransitive, to stumble: δίς πρός τόν αὐτόν λίθον, Polybius 31, 19, 5. tropically (cf. English trip, stumble)
a. to err, to make a mistake (Plato, Theact c. 15, p. 160 d.); to sin: absolutely Romans 11:11 (ἴδιον ἀνθρώπου φιλεῖν καί τούς πταιοντας, Antoninus 7, 22); πολλά, in many ways, James 3:2; ἐν ἑνί (namely, νόμῳ), to stumble in, i. e. sin against, one law, James 2:10 (but see εἷς, 2 a. at the end); ἐν λόγῳ (for the (more common) simple dative), to sin in word or speech, James 3:2.
b. to fall into misery, become wretched (often so in Greek writings): of the loss of salvation, 2 Peter 1:10.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Romans
11:11
James
2:10; 3:2; 3:2
2 Peter
1:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4417 matches the Greek πταίω (ptaiō),
which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:25 - τὰ γλυπτὰ τῶν θεῶν αὐτῶν κατακαύσετε πυρί οὐκ ἐπιθυμήσεις ἀργύριον οὐδὲ χρυσίον ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν καὶ οὐ λήμψῃ σεαυτῷ μὴ πταίσῃς G4417 δι᾽ αὐτό ὅτι βδέλυγμα κυρίῳ τῷ θεῷ σού ἐστιν

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:2

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:3 - καὶ ἦλθεν ὁ λαὸς εἰς τὴν παρεμβολήν καὶ εἶπαν οἱ πρεσβύτεροι Ισραηλ κατὰ τί ἔπταισεν G4417 ἡμᾶς κύριος σήμερον ἐνώπιον ἀλλοφύλων λάβωμεν τὴν κιβωτὸν τοῦ θεοῦ ἡμῶν ἐκ Σηλωμ καὶ ἐξελθέτω ἐν μέσῳ ἡμῶν καὶ σώσει ἡμᾶς ἐκ χειρὸς ἐχθρῶν ἡμῶν

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:10 - καὶ ἐπολέμησαν αὐτούς καὶ πταίει G4417 ἀνὴρ Ισραηλ καὶ ἔφυγεν ἕκαστος εἰς σκήνωμα αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐγένετο πληγὴ μεγάλη σφόδρα καὶ ἔπεσαν ἐξ Ισραηλ τριάκοντα χιλιάδες ταγμάτων

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:10 - καὶ ἦν Σαμουηλ ἀναφέρων τὴν ὁλοκαύτωσιν καὶ ἀλλόφυλοι προσῆγον εἰς πόλεμον ἐπὶ Ισραηλ καὶ ἐβρόντησεν κύριος ἐν φωνῇ μεγάλῃ ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀλλοφύλους καὶ συνεχύθησαν καὶ ἔπταισαν G4417 ἐνώπιον Ισραηλ

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:17 - καὶ ἐγένετο ὁ πόλεμος σκληρὸς ὥστε λίαν ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ καὶ ἔπταισεν G4417 Αβεννηρ καὶ ἄνδρες Ισραηλ ἐνώπιον παίδων Δαυιδ

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 10:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:15 - καὶ εἶδεν Συρία ὅτι ἔπταισεν G4417 ἔμπροσθεν Ισραηλ καὶ συνήχθησαν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 10:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:19 - καὶ εἶδαν πάντες οἱ βασιλεῖς οἱ δοῦλοι Αδρααζαρ ὅτι ἔπταισαν G4417 ἔμπροσθεν Ισραηλ καὶ ηὐτομόλησαν μετὰ Ισραηλ καὶ ἐδούλευσαν αὐτοῖς καὶ ἐφοβήθη Συρία τοῦ σῶσαι ἔτι τοὺς υἱοὺς Αμμων

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:7 - καὶ ἔπταισεν G4417 ἐκεῖ ὁ λαὸς Ισραηλ ἐνώπιον τῶν παίδων Δαυιδ καὶ ἐγένετο ἡ θραῦσις μεγάλη ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ εἴκοσι χιλιάδες ἀνδρῶν

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:33 - ἐν τῷ πταῖσαι G4417 τὸν λαόν σου Ισραηλ ἐνώπιον ἐχθρῶν ὅτι ἁμαρτήσονταί σοι καὶ ἐπιστρέψουσιν καὶ ἐξομολογήσονται τῷ ὀνόματί σου καὶ προσεύξονται καὶ δεηθήσονται ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τούτῳ

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 14:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:12 - καὶ ἔπταισεν G4417 Ιουδας ἀπὸ προσώπου Ισραηλ καὶ ἔφυγεν ἀνὴρ εἰς τὸ σκήνωμα αὐτοῦ

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:19 - καὶ εἶδον παῖδες Αδρααζαρ ὅτι ἐπταίκασιν G4417 ἀπὸ προσώπου Ισραηλ καὶ διέθεντο μετὰ Δαυιδ καὶ ἐδούλευσαν αὐτῷ καὶ οὐκ ἠθέλησεν Σύρος τοῦ βοηθῆσαι τοῖς υἱοῖς Αμμων ἔτι
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