Word study · lex.G4417
πταίω ptaiō
stumble · trip · fall
Team definition
Transitively, to cause to stumble. Intransitively, to stumble. In a moral metaphor it means to trip, err, or fail. Rom 11:11 uses the intransitive aorist, μὴ ἔπταισαν, asking whether they stumbled so as to fall. The same intransitive moral use appears in Jas 2:10; 3:2 and 2 Pet 1:10.
NT occurrences (SBLGNT, via TAGNT) · 4
Senses
1. stumble (intransitive) Rom 11:11, Jas 2:10, Jas 3:2, 2 Pet 1:10
See also
Abbott-Smith public domain s.v. πταίω (G4417)
Dodson CC0 1.0 G4417
🔒︎ Thayer CC0 1.0 s.v. πταίω (G4417)
Occurrences: STEP Bible TAGNT (CC BY 4.0) keyed to SBLGNT words.
Related notes
ἔπταισαν … πλήρωμα … πρόσλημψις (11:11–16) Rom 11:11; Rom 11:12; Rom 11:13; Rom 11:14; Rom 11:15; Rom 11:16