pipto describes falling down or collapsing, including descent, prostration, ruin, and something coming upon another.

The dominant use describes a person, object, seed, structure, or heavenly body moving downward or collapsing. It also describes people falling at another’s feet, figurative collapse or failure, and in a smaller set of clauses something falling upon a person or being assigned to someone.

1. Falling or collapsing downward · dominant

   This use covers bodily descent, falling objects, and collapse. In Acts 20:9 the aorist form occurs as Eutychus falls from the third story; in Mark 4:4 it occurs of seed falling beside the road; and in Hebrews 11:30 the APB renders the clause that Jericho’s walls "fell."

   Acts 20:9Mark 4:4Luke 8:8Hebrews 11:30Luke 13:4Mark 13:25
2. Falling at someone’s feet or face · common

   Aorist participial forms occur where people lower themselves before another: Cornelius falls at Peter’s feet in Acts 10:25, and the man in Luke 5:12 collapses on his face before speaking. In Revelation 11:16 the APB renders the elders as having "fell on their faces and worshiped God."

   Acts 10:25Luke 5:12John 11:32Matthew 2:111 Corinthians 14:25Revelation 11:16
3. Figurative collapse, failure, or adverse outcome · common

   The term is used beyond literal movement where an entity or person is said to fail, be ruined, or meet an adverse result. In 1 Corinthians 13:8 the present form occurs in the clause the APB renders "Love never fails"; in 1 Corinthians 10:12 it warns the person who thinks he stands lest he fall; and Acts 15:16 speaks of David’s tent as having fallen.

   1 Corinthians 13:81 Corinthians 10:12Hebrews 4:11James 5:12Acts 15:16Revelation 16:19
4. Falling upon or being allotted to someone · occasional

   In Acts 13:11 the aorist form occurs where mist and darkness come upon a man, while Acts 1:26 uses the same form in the clause the APB renders "the lot fell to Matthias." Luke 20:18 also uses the verb of a stone falling upon someone.

   Acts 13:11Acts 1:26Luke 20:18Luke 23:30

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly uses "fell," "fall," or "falling," including bodies, seed, walls, and stars. It also varies with context, using "collapsed" for people at another’s feet and "fails" for the clause in 1 Corinthians 13:8; these are verse-level renderings rather than definitions.