to fall/press upon

Greek Verb

ἐπι-πίπτω [in LXX chiefly for נָפַל;] to fall upon (Field, Notes, 25): with dative of person(s), Mrk.3:10 (see Swete, in l), Act.20:10; before ἐπὶ τ. τράχηλον (as Gen.46:29, Tob.11:8, 3Ma.5:49, al.), Luk.15:20, Act.20:37. Metaphorical, φόβος, Luk.1:12, Act.19:17, Rev.11:11; ὀνειδισμοί, Rom.15:3 (LXX); of the Holy Spirit: before ἐπί, with dative, Act.8:16; ἐπί, with accusative, Act.10:44 11:15; absol, Act.23:7. (AS)

to fall/press upon

Greek Verb

ἐπιπίπτω, fall upon or over, ἐπέπιπτον ἀλλήλοις [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2). of money, accrue, τὸ μέρος ὃ εὑρίσκομες ἐπιπῖπτον ἐπὶ τὸ χρέος τὸ ὀφειλόμενον “SIG” 953.66 (Cnidus, 2nd c.BC). II). fall upon in hostile sense, attack, assail, τινί 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.105 [Refs]; ἀφυλάκτῳ αὐτῷ ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ἐς τοὺς Ἕλληνας, variant for{ἐσ-}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of storms, τοῖσι βαρβάροισι ὁ βορῆς ἐπέπεσε[Refs 5th c.BC+]; of winds meeting one another, [Refs]; of diseases, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so of grief, misfortunes, etc, οὐχὶ σοὶ μόνᾳ ἐπέπεσον λῦπαι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1043 (Lyric poetry), etc; ἐπέπεσε πολλὰ καὶ χαλεπὰ κατὰ στάσιν ταῖς πόλεσι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.82, etc. II.2). come on after, ἐ. ῥῖγος πυρετῷ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 4.46. II.3). accumulate, πλήθη σίτου ἐπιπεπτωκέναι “PPetr.” 2p.62 [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

Greek

Verb

to embrace (with affection) or seize (with more or less violence; literally or figuratively); fall into (on, upon) lie on, press upon; from g1909 (ἐπί) and g4098 (πίπτω)