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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - πταίω
πταίω
G4417
Transliteration: ptaíō
Pronunciation: ptah'-yo
Definition: fall
- Original: πταίω - Transliteration: Ptaio - Phonetic: ptah'-yo
- Definition:
1. to cause one to stumble or fall
2. to stumble
a. to err, make a mistake, to sin
b. to fall into misery, become wretched
- Origin: a form of G4098" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4098 - TDNT entry: 20:44,0 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A form of G4098" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4098; to trip that is (figuratively) to err sin fail (of salvation): - fall offend stumble.