to fall/beat
prospipto describes falling before someone, with rarer uses for falling upon a person or beating against a house.
The prevailing use depicts a person falling before another person, often in a fearful or urgent encounter. Two isolated contexts extend the action to unclean spirits falling upon someone and natural forces beating against a house.
Senses in use
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Falling before a person · dominant
In Acts 16:29 the aorist singular form occurs as a trembling man rushes in and falls down before Paul and Silas. In Luke 5:8, Luke 8:28, Luke 8:47, Mark 5:33, and Mark 7:25, the clause similarly places the action before Jesus or at his knees or feet; the APB renders these scenes with “fell down before him,” “fell at his feet,” or comparable wording.
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Falling upon someone · rare
In Mark 3:11 the imperfect active plural form describes unclean spirits, on seeing him, falling upon him while crying out. The APB presents the repeated or ongoing scene as “fell upon him.”
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Beating against a structure · rare
In Matthew 7:25 the aorist active plural form is used in the sequence of rain, rivers, and winds acting against a house; the APB renders the clause “beat against that house.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the personal encounters, the APB uses expressions such as “fell down before,” “fell before him,” and “fell at his feet.” In the two other clauses it renders the action as “fell upon him” and “beat against that house”; these are verse-level renderings rather than fixed word alignments.