UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: πτῶσις; -εως

Related lemmas: πίπτω

Sense 1: destruction

Semantic entry: 20.50

Semantic domains: Violence, Harm, Destroy, Kill

Subdomains: Destroy

Definition: (a figurative extension of meaning of πτῶσις ‘fall,’ not occurring in the NT) to suffer destruction or ruin, with the implication of having formerly held a position of eminence

Notes: In rendering εἰς πτῶσιν καὶ ἀνάστασιν πολλῶν in RV LUK 2:34 · LV LUK 2:34 · Read together LUK 2:34 it is important to indicate clearly that some are to be destroyed and others are to rise. If one translates literally ‘for the destruction and rise of many,’ it might imply that certain individuals are to be destroyed and then to rise again. For other interpretations of this passage, see 13.59: ἐκπίπτω / 13.59: πίπτω / 13.59: πτῶσις and 87.75: πτῶσις.

MAT 7:27: RV MAT 7:27 · LV MAT 7:27 · Read together MAT 7:27

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OET-RV MAT 7:27

27 When the rains started and the floods came and the winds blew and battered that house, it collapsed with a loud crash.”

OET-LV MAT 7:27

27 And the rain came _down, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and they _struck the against_ that _house, and it _fell and the fall of _it was great.

LUK 2:34: RV LUK 2:34 · LV LUK 2:34 · Read together LUK 2:34

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OET-RV LUK 2:34

34 and Shim’on blessed them and said to Maria (Mary; Heb. Miryam; Grk. Maria /Mariam), “Listen, this boy has been chosen to cause both the rise and the fall of many people in Yisrael, and sent as a sign but one which many people will oppose.

OET-LV LUK 2:34

34 And Sumeōn blessed them, and said to Maria/(Miryām) the mother of _him:
Behold, this one is _appointing for the_fall and the_resurrection of _many in the Israaʸl/(Yisrā^ʼēl), and for a_sign being _spoken _against,

Sense 2: a falling

Semantic entry: 87.75

Semantic domains: Status

Subdomains: Low Status or Rank [including persons of low status]

Definition: (a figurative extension of meaning of πτῶσις ‘fall,’ not occurring in the NT) radical change toward a lower status (note the contrast with ἀνάστασις [source selector 000001][b] rising up, 87.39: ἀνάστασις)

Notes: For somewhat different interpretations of πτῶσις in RV LUK 2:34 · LV LUK 2:34 · Read together LUK 2:34, see 20.50: πτῶσις and 13.59: ἐκπίπτω / 13.59: πίπτω / 13.59: πτῶσις.

LUK 2:34: RV LUK 2:34 · LV LUK 2:34 · Read together LUK 2:34

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