Skip to content
The Historic Faith
Strong's Concordance
Greek Word Study

Strong's G4363 προσπίπτω (prospipto)

Prospipto means “beat upon” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H4363 — mikmac (“Mikmas”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G4363
Language Greek
Linked Usages 30
Books 14

Strong's G4363 Quick Answer

Strong's G4363 προσπίπτω (prospipto) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. prospipto (pros-pip'-to) v. 1. to fall towards 2. (gently) prostrate oneself (in supplication or homage) It has 30 linked Bible usages across 14 books. Visible English usage signals include upon and falling. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
prospipto (pros-pip'-to) v. 1. to fall towards 2. (gently) prostrate oneself (in supplication or homage)
Usage
30 linked usages
Books
14 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
upon and falling

Meaning and Definition

prospipto (pros-pip'-to) v. 1. to fall towards 2. (gently) prostrate oneself (in supplication or homage) 3. (violently) to rush upon (in storm) [from G4314 and G4098] KJV: beat upon, fall (down) at (before) Root(s): G4314, G4098

Original Word
προσπίπτω
Transliteration
prospipto
Derivation
Root: πίπτω R1: 4314 R2: 4098
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4363. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to fall/beat

Usage: προσ-πίπτω [in LXX for נָפַל, נָגַע hi., כָּרַע ;] __1. to fall upon, strike against: with dative, of wind, Mat.7:25. __2. to fall down at one's feet, fall prostrate before: absol., before πρός, Mrk.7:25; with dative of person(s), Mrk.3:11 5:33, Luk.8:28, Act.16:29; τ. γόνασιν, Luk.5:8.† (AS)

STEPBible · Tyndale House, Cambridge · CC BY 4.0

How Strong's G4363 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render prospipto, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

falling Luke 8:47 upon Matthew 7:25

How Strong's G4363 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, New Testament, and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha with 16 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G4363 (προσπίπτω) appears 22 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

Read the full Greek Septuagint interlinear with Strong's →

Strong's G4363 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G4363 in the New Testament

8 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 7:25 KJV

And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.

Mark 3:11 KJV

And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God.

Mark 5:33 KJV

But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.

Strong's G4363 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

6 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 33:4 Septuagint / Brenton

And Esau ran on to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him; and they both wept.

Exodus 4:25 Septuagint / Brenton

And Zipporah having taken a stone cut off the foreskin of her son, and fell at his feet and said, The blood of the circumcision of my son is staunched:

Esther 8:3 Septuagint / Brenton

And she spoke yet again to the king, and fell at his feet, and besought him to do away the mischief of Haman, and all that he had done against the Jews.

Strong's G4363 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

16 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Esdras 2:13 Septuagint / Brenton

And this was the number of them; A thousand golden cups, and a thousand of silver, censers of silver twenty-nine, vials of gold thirty, and of silver two thousand four hundred and ten, and a thousand other vessels.

1 Esdras 2:19 Septuagint / Brenton

Now if this city and the walls thereof be made up again, they will not only refuse to give tribute, but also rebel against kings.

1 Esdras 8:8 Septuagint / Brenton

Now the copy of the commission, which was written from Artaxerxes the king, and came to Ezra the priest and reader of the law of the Lord, is this that followeth;

Usage Excerpts

First 30 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4363.

Genesis 33:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Esau ran on to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him; and they both wept.
Exodus 4:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Zipporah having taken a stone cut off the foreskin of her son, and fell at his feet and said, The blood of the circumcision of my son is staunched:
Esther 8:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she spoke yet again to the king, and fell at his feet, and besought him to do away the mischief of Haman, and all that he had done against the Jews.
Esther 9:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the order of the king was in force, that he should be celebrated in all the kingdom.
Psalms 94:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Come, let us worship and fall down before him; And weep before the Lord that made us.
Proverbs 32:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Matthew 7:25 New Testament, KJV
And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
Mark 3:11 New Testament, KJV
And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God.
Mark 5:33 New Testament, KJV
But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.
Mark 7:25 New Testament, KJV
For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet:
Luke 5:8 New Testament, KJV
When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.
Luke 8:28 New Testament, KJV
When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not.
Luke 8:47 New Testament, KJV
And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared unto him before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately.
Acts 16:29 New Testament, KJV
Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,
1 Esdras 2:13 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And this was the number of them; A thousand golden cups, and a thousand of silver, censers of silver twenty-nine, vials of gold thirty, and of silver two thousand four hundred and ten, and a thousand other vessels.
1 Esdras 2:19 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Now if this city and the walls thereof be made up again, they will not only refuse to give tribute, but also rebel against kings.
1 Esdras 8:8 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Now the copy of the commission, which was written from Artaxerxes the king, and came to Ezra the priest and reader of the law of the Lord, is this that followeth;
1 Esdras 9:47 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And all the people answered, Amen; and lifting up their hands they fell to the ground, and worshiped the Lord.
Judith 14:7 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But when they had recovered him, he fell at Judith’s feet, and reverenced her, and said, Blessed art thou in all the tabernacle of Judah, and in all nations, which hearing thy name shall be astonished.
2 Maccabees 5:11 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Now when this that was done came to the king’s ear, he thought that Judea had revolted: whereupon removing out of Egypt in a furious mind, he took the city by force of arms,
2 Maccabees 8:12 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Now when word was brought unto Judas of Nicanor’s coming, and he had imparted unto those that were with him that the army was at hand,
2 Maccabees 9:3 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Now when he came to Ecbatana, news was brought him what had happened unto Nicanor and Timothy.
2 Maccabees 10:26 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and fell down at the foot of the altar, and besought him to be merciful to them, and to be an enemy to their enemies, and an adversary to their adversaries, as the law declareth.
2 Maccabees 13:1 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
In the hundred forty and ninth year it was told Judas, that Antiochus Eupator was coming with a great power into Judea,
2 Maccabees 14:1 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
After three years was Judas informed, that Demetrius the son of Seleucus, having entered by the haven of Tripolis with a great power and navy,
2 Maccabees 14:28 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
When this came to Nicanor’s hearing, he was much confounded in himself, and took it grievously that he should make void the articles which were agreed upon, the man being in no fault.
3 Maccabees 1:16 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And when the priests fell down in their sacred vestments imploring the Greatest God to come and help in time of need, and to avert the violence of the fierce aggressor, and when they filled the temple with lamentations and tears,
3 Maccabees 3:25 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
As soon, therefore, as the contents of this letter become known to you, in that same hour we order those Jews who dwell among you, with wives and children, to be sent to us, vilified and abused, in chains of iron, to undergo a death, cruel and ignominious, suitable to men disaffected.
3 Maccabees 4:1 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Wherever this decree was received, the people kept up a revelry of joy and shouting; as if their long-pent-up, hardened hatred, were now to show itself openly.
Wisdom of Sirach 25:21 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Stumble not at the beauty of a woman, And desire her not for pleasure.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4363, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Esther 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 1 usage, New Testament
Mark 3 usages, New Testament
Luke 3 usages, New Testament
Acts 1 usage, New Testament
1 Esdras 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 7 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
3 Maccabees 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G4363 FAQ

What does prospipto (προσπίπτω) mean?

Prospipto (Strong's G4363) is a Greek word most simply glossed "beat upon". prospipto (pros-pip'-to) v. 1. to fall towards 2. (gently) prostrate oneself (in supplication or homage)

How many times is prospipto (προσπίπτω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 30 linked usages for Strong's G4363 across 14 books.

Where can I study prospipto (προσπίπτω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4363 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate prospipto (προσπίπτω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as upon and falling. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G4363 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 6 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 16 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G4363, with linked reader references where each row is available.