# G1968 ἐπιπίπτω

ἐπιπίπτω (epipíptō), Strong’s G1968: to embrace (with affection) or seize (with more or less violence; literally or figuratively) KJV: fall into (on, upon) lie on, press upon. Occurs 57 times.

Source: https://besorah.bible/word/G1968 — Besorah, the whole Bible in Hebrew, Greek and English. Texts and licences: https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html

*epipíptō* — to embrace (with affection) or seize (with more or less violence; literally or figuratively)

KJV: fall into (on, upon) lie on, press upon

Built from [ἐπί epí](https://besorah.bible/word/G1909) (meaning superimposition) + [πίπτω píptō](https://besorah.bible/word/G4098) (to fall)

Occurs 57 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Mark 3:10](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/3?v=10) — For he had healed many, so that as many as had diseases pressed on him that they might touch him.
- [Luke 1:12](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/1?v=12) — Zechariah was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him.
- [Luke 15:20](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/15?v=20) — “He arose and came to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him and was moved with compassion, and…
- [Acts 8:16](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/8?v=16) — for as yet he had fallen on none of them. They had only been immersed in the name of Messiah Yeshua.
- [Acts 11:15](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/11?v=15) — As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, even as on us at the beginning.
- [Acts 19:17](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/19?v=17) — This became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who lived at Ephesus. Fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord…
- [Acts 20:10](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/20?v=10) — Paul went down and fell upon him, and embracing him said, “Don’t be troubled, for his life is in him.”
- [Acts 20:37](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/20?v=37) — They all wept freely, and fell on Paul’s neck and kissed him,
- [Revelation 11:11](https://besorah.bible/besorah/revelation/11?v=11) — After the three and a half days, the breath of life from God entered into them, and they stood on their feet. Great…
- [Tobit 11:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/tobit/11?v=9) — Anna ran to him, and fell upon the neck of her son, and said to him, “I have seen you, my child! I am ready to die.”…