Greek noun (feminine) · G1936
ἐπίθεσις
epithesisep-ith'-es-is
a laying on; an attack, assault (2Mac, ll.with).†
4 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: epíthesis
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1936is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1936
an imposition (of hands officially)
The King James renders it: laying (putting) on.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
epithesis is rendered "a laying on; an attack, assault (2Mac, ll.with).†". It stands 4 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- One of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "a laying on".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Acts 8:18When Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money.
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
When Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money.
Acts 8:18ἐπιθέσεως
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
One of the word's four uses is in Acts.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: a laying on, and an attack, assault (2Mac, ll.with).†.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| a laying on | Tagged as
| WhereActs 8:18When Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands… |
| an attack, assault (2Mac, ll.with).† | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἐπιθυμία | epithymia | desire | Uses38 |
| ἐπιθυμέω | epithymeo | to long for | Uses16 |
| ἐπιθυμητής | epithymetes | one who desires | Uses1 |
| ἐπιθανάτιος | epithanatios | condemned to death | Uses1 |
All 4, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἐπιθέσεως3
- ἐπιθέσεώς1
The grammar of each form
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular4N-GSF
Acts
one use
When Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money.
- ἐπιθέσεωςepitheseosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: laying on
1 Timothy
one use
Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given you through the prophecy spoken over you at the laying on of the hands of the elders.
- ἐπιθέσεωςepitheseosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: laying on
2 Timothy
one use
For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.
- ἐπιθέσεωςepitheseosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: laying on
Hebrews
one use
instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.
- ἐπιθέσεώςepitheseosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: about laying on
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.