4417. ptaió
Strong's Concordance
ptaió: to cause to stumble, to stumble
Original Word: πταίω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: ptaió
Phonetic Spelling: (ptah'-yo)
Short Definition: I stumble, fall, sin
Definition: I stumble, fall, sin, err, transgress.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4417: πταίω

πταίω; future πταίσω; 1 aorist ἐπταισα; (akin to ΠΑΤΩ and πίπτω (cf. Vanicek, p. 466)); from (Pindar), Aeschylus, and Herodotus down;

1. transitive, τινα, to cause one to stumble or fall.

2. intransitive, to stumble: δίς πρός τόν αὐτόν λίθον, Polybius 31, 19, 5. tropically (cf. English trip, stumble)

a. to err, to make a mistake (Plato, Theact c. 15, p. 160 d.); to sin: absolutely Romans 11:11 (ἴδιον ἀνθρώπου φιλεῖν καί τούς πταιοντας, Antoninus 7, 22); πολλά, in many ways, James 3:2; ἐν ἑνί (namely, νόμῳ), to stumble in, i. e. sin against, one law, James 2:10 (but see εἷς, 2 a. at the end); ἐν λόγῳ (for the (more common) simple dative), to sin in word or speech, James 3:2.

b. to fall into misery, become wretched (often so in Greek writings): of the loss of salvation, 2 Peter 1:10.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
offend, cause to stumble.

A form of pipto; to trip, i.e. (figuratively) to err, sin, fail (of salvation) -- fall, offend, stumble.

see GREEK pipto

Forms and Transliterations
επταίκασιν επταισαν έπταισαν ἔπταισαν έπταισεν πταιει πταίει πταιομεν πταίομεν πταίσαι πταίσει πταιση πταίσῃ πταίσης πταισητε πταίσητέ πταρμώ eptaisan éptaisan ptaiei ptaíei ptaiomen ptaíomen ptaise ptaisē ptaísei ptaísēi ptaisete ptaisēte ptaíseté ptaísēté
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Strong's Greek 4417
5 Occurrences


ἔπταισαν — 1 Occ.
πταίει — 1 Occ.
πταίομεν — 1 Occ.
πταίσῃ — 1 Occ.
πταίσητέ — 1 Occ.

Romans 11:11 V-AIA-3P
GRK: οὖν μὴ ἔπταισαν ἵνα πέσωσιν
NAS: then, they did not stumble so
KJV: Have they stumbled that
INT: then not Did they stumble that they might fall

James 2:10 V-ASA-3S
GRK: νόμον τηρήσῃ πταίσῃ δὲ ἐν
NAS: and yet stumbles in one
KJV: law, and yet offend in one
INT: law shall keep shall stumble but in

James 3:2 V-PIA-1P
GRK: πολλὰ γὰρ πταίομεν ἅπαντες εἴ
NAS: For we all stumble in many [ways]. If
KJV: in many things we offend all.
INT: much indeed we stumble all If

James 3:2 V-PIA-3S
GRK: λόγῳ οὐ πταίει οὗτος τέλειος
NAS: anyone does not stumble in what he says,
KJV: all. If any man offend not in
INT: word not stumble this one [is] a perfect

2 Peter 1:10 V-ASA-2P
GRK: οὐ μὴ πταίσητέ ποτε
NAS: these things, you will never stumble;
INT: never not shall you stumble at any time

5 Occurrences

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