Ptaio means “trip” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H4417 — melach in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G4417 πταίω (ptaio) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. ptaio (ptai'-o) v. 1. to trip 2. (figuratively) to err, sin, fail (of salvation) It has 19 linked Bible usages across 11 books. Visible English usage signals include offend, salvation, and fall. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
ptaio (ptai'-o) v. 1. to trip 2. (figuratively) to err, sin, fail (of salvation) [a form of G4098] KJV: fall, offend, stumble Root(s): G4098
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to stumble
Usage: πταίω [in LXX chiefly for נָגַף ni. ;] __1. trans., to cause to stumble (1Ki.4:3, cf. Deiss., BS, 681). __2. Intrans., to stumble. Metaphorical, in moral sense, Rom.11:11, Jas.2:10 3:2, 2Pe.1:10.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render ptaio, 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.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. 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.
Strong's G4417 (πταίω) appears 15 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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4 indexed usages in New Testament.
I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.
For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.
12 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
Ye shall burn with fire the graven images of their gods: thou shalt not covet their silver, neither shalt thou take to thyself gold from them, lest thou shouldest offend thereby, because it is an abomination to the Lord thy God.
And the Philistines prepare to fight with Israel, and the battle was turned against them; and the men of Israel fell before the Philistines, and there were smitten in the battle in the field four thousand men.
And the people came to the camp, and the elders of Israel said, Why has the Lord caused us to fall this day before the Philistines? let us take the ark of our God out of Shiloh, and let it proceed from the midst of us, and it shall save us from the hand of our enemies.
3 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
Now Simon, Judas’ brother, had joined battle with Nicanor, but was somewhat discomfited through the sudden silence of his enemies.
Ye that fear the Lord, believe him; And your reward shall not fail.
But be continually with a godly man, Whom thou knowest to keep the commandments of the Lord, Whose mind is according to thy mind, And will sorrow with thee, if thou shalt miscarry.
First 19 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4417.
Ye shall burn with fire the graven images of their gods: thou shalt not covet their silver, neither shalt thou take to thyself gold from them, lest thou shouldest offend thereby, because it is an abomination to the Lord thy God.
And the Philistines prepare to fight with Israel, and the battle was turned against them; and the men of Israel fell before the Philistines, and there were smitten in the battle in the field four thousand men.
And the people came to the camp, and the elders of Israel said, Why has the Lord caused us to fall this day before the Philistines? let us take the ark of our God out of Shiloh, and let it proceed from the midst of us, and it shall save us from the hand of our enemies.
And they fought with them; and the men of Israel fall, and they fled every man to his tent; and there was a very great slaughter; and there fell of Israel thirty thousand fighting men.
And Samuel was offering the whole burnt offering; and the Philistines drew near to war against Israel; and the Lord thundered with a mighty sound in that day upon the Philistines, and they were confounded and overthrown before Israel.
And the battle was very severe on that day; and Abner and the men of Israel were worsted before the servants of David.
And the Syrians saw that they were worsted before Israel, and they gathered themselves together.
And all the kings the servants of Hadadezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, and they went over to Israel, and served them: and Syria was afraid to help the children of Ammon anymore.
And the people of Israel fell down there before the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter in that day, even twenty thousand men.
When thy people Israel falls before enemies, because they shall sin against thee, and they shall return and confess to thy name, and they shall pray and supplicate in this house,
And Judah was overthrown before Israel, and every man fled to his tent.
And the servants of Hadadezer saw that they were defeated before Israel, and they made peace with David and served him: and the Syrians would not anymore help the children of Ammon.
I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.
For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.
Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
Now Simon, Judas’ brother, had joined battle with Nicanor, but was somewhat discomfited through the sudden silence of his enemies.
Ye that fear the Lord, believe him; And your reward shall not fail.
But be continually with a godly man, Whom thou knowest to keep the commandments of the Lord, Whose mind is according to thy mind, And will sorrow with thee, if thou shalt miscarry.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4417, grouped by book.
Ptaio (Strong's G4417) is a Greek word most simply glossed "trip". ptaio (ptai'-o) v. 1. to trip 2. (figuratively) to err, sin, fail (of salvation)
This page currently indexes 19 linked usages for Strong's G4417 across 11 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4417 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as offend, salvation, and fall. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 12 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 3 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G4417, with linked reader references where each row is available.