Lexicon gonupeteó: to fall on the knees Original Word: γονυπετέωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: gonupeteó Phonetic Spelling: (gon-oo-pet-eh'-o) Short Definition: I fall on my knees before, supplicate, entreat Definition: I fall on my knees before (in supplication), supplicate, entreat. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom gonu and piptóDefinitionto fall on the knees NASB Translationfalling on his knees before (2), knees before (2), knelt before (1), knelt down (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 1120: γονυπετέωγονυπετέω, γονυπέτω; 1 aorist participle γονυπετήσας; ( γονυπετής, and this from γόνυ and ΠΑΤΩ equivalent to πίπτω); to fall on the knees, the act of one imploring aid, and of one expressing reverence and honor: τίνι, Matthew 17:14 Rec.; τινα, ibid. G L T Tr WH; Mark 1:40 R G Tr text brackets WH brackets; ; cf. Winers Grammar, 210 (197); (Buttmann, 147f (129)); ἔμπροσθεν τίνος, Matthew 27:29. (Polybius, Heliodorus; ecclesiastical writings.)
Strong's bow the knee, kneel down. From a compound of gonu and the alternate of pipto; to fall on the knee -- bow the knee, kneel down. see GREEK gonu see GREEK pipto |
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