Greek verb · G1945
ἐπίκειμαι
epikeimaiep-ik'-i-mahee
to lay on
7 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: epíkeimai
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1945is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 27New Testament books
- 7spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1945
to rest upon (literally or figuratively)
The King James renders it: impose, be instant, (be) laid (there-, up-)on, (when) lay (on), lie (on), press upon.
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
epikeimai is rendered "to lay on". It stands 7 times in the Greek text, across five books.
- Two of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Luke 5:1On one occasion, while Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret with the crowd pressing in on Him to hear the word of God,
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
On one occasion, while Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret with the crowd pressing in on Him to hear the word of God,
Luke 5:1ἐπικεῖσθαι
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's seven uses are in Luke.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- afflicted1
- being imposed1
- is laid upon1
- lying on1
- pressing on1
- they were urgent1
- was lying1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἐπικαλέομαι | epikaleomai | to call (on)/name | Uses30 |
| ἐπικατάρατος | epikataratos | cursed | Uses2 |
| ἐπικρίνω | epikrino | to decide | Uses1 |
| ἐπικαθίζω | epikathizo | to sit on | Uses1 |
| ἐπικάλυμα | epikalyma | covering | Uses1 |
| ἐπικουρία | epikouria | help | Uses1 |
| ἐπικαλύπτω | epikalypto | to cover | Uses1 |
All 7, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 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
- ἐπέκειντο1
- ἐπέκειτο1
- ἐπικείμενα.¶1
- ἐπικείμενον1
- ἐπικειμένου1
- ἐπικεῖσθαι1
- ἐπίκειται1
The grammar of each form
- verb · imperfect middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-INI-3P
- verb · imperfect middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-INI-3S
- verb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-PNI-3S
- verb · present middle or passive form, infinitive (“to…”)1V-PNN
- verb · present middle or passive form, participle · accusative (object) · neuter singular1V-PNP-ASN
- verb · present middle or passive form, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular1V-PNP-GSM
- verb · present middle or passive form, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter plural1V-PNP-NPN
Luke
two uses
On one occasion, while Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret with the crowd pressing in on Him to hear the word of God,
- ἐπικεῖσθαιepikeisthaiverb · present middle or passive form, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: pressing on
But they were insistent, demanding with loud voices for Jesus to be crucified. And their clamor prevailed.
- ἐπέκειντοepekeintoverb · imperfect middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they were urgent
John
two uses
Jesus, once again deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.
- ἐπέκειτοepekeitoverb · imperfect middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was lying
When they landed, they saw a charcoal fire there with fish on it, and some bread.
- ἐπικείμενονepikeimenonverb · present middle or passive form, participle · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: lying on
Acts
one use
When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the great storm continued to batter us, we abandoned all hope of being saved.
- ἐπικειμένουepikeimenouverb · present middle or passive form, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: afflicted
1 Corinthians
one use
Yet when I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because I am obligated to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!
- ἐπίκειταιepikeitaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: is laid upon
Hebrews
one use
They consist only in food and drink and special washings—external regulations imposed until the time of reform.
- ἐπικείμενα.¶epikeimenaverb · present middle or passive form, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter pluraltagged: being imposed
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.