be caught on the fishhooks of false doctrine

ἐμπίπτω fut. ἐμπεσοῦμαι; 2 aor. ἐνέπεσον; pf. ptc. ἐμπεπτωκότας 4 Km 25:11 (Hom.+)

① to fall into a particular physical area, fall (in, into) (Dio Chrys. 57 [74], 22 εἰς βόθρον; Jos., Ant. 4, 284 εἰς ὄρυγμα ἐ. βόσκημα) εἰς βόθυνον into a pit (Is 24:18; Jer 31:44) Mt 12:11; Lk 6:39. ἐ. ἐπὶ πῦρ fall into the fire Hv 3, 2, 9.

② to experience a state or condition, fall (into/among) in imagery (SIG 1170, 3 εἰς νόσους; PTebt 17, 8f [114 B.C.] εἰς δαπάνας; Just., D. 23, 1 εἰς ἄτοπα … νοήματα; temp. Mel., HE 4, 26, 3 τοῦ πάσχα ἐμπεσόντος … ἐν ἐκείναις ταῖς ἡμέραις) εἰς τοὺς λῃστάς among robbers (Epict. 3, 13, 3 εἰς λῃστὰς ἐμπ.; Porphyr., Vi. Pyth. 15; cp. Socrat., Ep. 1, 9 εἰς τ. ἱππέας) Lk 10:36; εἰς τὰ ἄγκιστρα τῆς κενοδοξίας ἐ. be caught on the fishhooks of false doctrine IMg 11 (cp. schol. on Pla. 190e ἐμπεσούμεθα εἰς τὸ Πρωταγόρειον δόγμα); ἐ. εἰς χεῖράς τινος fall into someone’s hands (Chariton 8, 3, 7; Alciphron 3, 36, 1; Sir 38:15; Sus 23) GPt 11:48; θεοῦ Hb 10:31 (cp. 2 Km 24:14; 1 Ch 21:13; Sir 2:18; Jos., Ant. 7, 323). εἰς πειρασμόν 1 Ti 6:9 (cp. Diod S 17, 105, 6 ἐνέπεσε εἰς λύπην καὶ φροντίδα; Pr 17:20 εἰς κακά; 1 Macc 6:8 εἰς ἀρρωστίαν). εἰς κρίμα τοῦ διαβόλου 3:6. εἰς ὀνειδισμὸν καὶ παγίδα τοῦ διαβόλου vs. 7 (cp. 6:9 and Pr 12:13; Sir 9:3). εἰς ταύτας τὰς πράξεις τὰς πολλάς get into these many activities Hm 10, 1, 5. εἰς ἐπιθυμίαν 12, 1, 2 (cp. 1 Ti 6:9.—X., Hell. 7, 5, 6 εἰς ἀθυμίαν; Ael. Aristid. 37 p. 701 D.).

③ to originate and so come to attention, set in, arise abs. (Pla., Rep. 8, 545d στάσις; Epict. 2, 5, 10 χειμὼν ἐμπέπτωκε) ζήλου ἐμπεσόντος περί τινος when jealousy arose about someth. 1 Cl 43:2.—M-M. Spicq.