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Greek verb · G2007

ἐπιτίθημι

epitithemiep-ee-tith'-ay-mee

to lay, set or place upon; to add to

38 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: epitíthēmi

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2007is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 7 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 21
    spellings
  • 2
    meanings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G2007

to impose (in a friendly or hostile sense)

The King James renders it: add unto, lade, lay upon, put (up) on, set on (up), + surname, X wound.

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

epitithemi is rendered "to lay, set or place upon; to add to". It stands 38 times in the Greek text, across seven books.

  • Fourteen of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
  • The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to lay, set or place upon".
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 9:18While Jesus was saying these things, a synagogue leader came and knelt before Him. “My daughter has just died,” he said. “But come and place Your hand on her, and she will live.”
  • The Greek text spells it twenty-one different ways.

The first use

While Jesus was saying these things, a synagogue leader came and knelt before Him. “My daughter has just died,” he said. “But come and place Your hand on her, and she will live.”

Matthew 9:18ἐπίθες

The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Fourteen of the word's thirty-eight uses are in Acts.

The other 20 New Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

The word carries two meanings: to lay, set or place upon, and to add to.

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

The English STEP Bible gives each use, word by word, and how many times.
to lay, set or place uponwith accusative of thing(s), before ἐπί, with accusative of thing(s), Mat.23:4, Luk.15:5, Jhn.9:6 (WH, txt. Jhn.9:15), Act.15:10 28:3;...Tagged as
  • having laid9
  • do lay2
  • He added2
  • He may lay2
  • put2
  • having inflicted1
  • having put1
  • He laid1

and 16 more, 36 uses in all

WhereMatthew 23:4They tie up heavy, burdensome loads and lay them on men’s shoulders…
to add toRev.22:18 (see supr.Tagged as
  • shall add1
  • will add1
WhereRevelation 22:18I testify to everyone who hears the words of prophecy in this book: If anyone adds to them…

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.

ἐπιτιμάωepitimaoto rebukeUses29
ἐπιτρέπωepitrepoto permitUses18
ἐπιτάσσωepitassoto commandUses10
ἐπιτελέωepiteleoto completeUses10
ἐπιταγήepitagecommandUses6
ἐπιτυγχάνωepitynchanoto obtainUses5
ἐπίτροποςepitroposmanagerUses3
ἐπιτιμίαepitimiapunishmentUses1
ἐπιτροπήepitropecommissionUses1
ἐπιτήδειοςepitedeiosnecessaryUses1

The words it stands beside

All 38, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

21 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

  • ἐπέθηκαν6
  • ἐπιθεὶς5
  • ἐπέθηκεν4
  • ἐπιθέντες3
  • ἐπιθῇ3
  • ἐπιθέντος2
  • ἐπέθεντο1
  • ἐπέθηκέν1
  • ἐπετίθεσαν1
  • ἐπιθεῖναι1
  • ἐπιθέντα1
  • ἐπίθες1

and 9 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person plural6V-2AAI-3P
  • verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular5V-2AAP-NSM
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular4V-2AAI-3S
  • verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural3V-2AAP-NPM
  • verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singular3V-2AAS-3S
  • verb · aorist active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular2V-2AAP-GSM
  • verb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singular1V-2AAM-2S
  • verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)1V-2AAN
  • verb · aorist active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singular1V-2AAP-ASM
  • verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person singular1V-2AAS-1S
  • verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person singular1V-2AAS-2S
  • verb · aorist middle, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-2AMI-3P

Matthew

seven uses
  • While Jesus was saying these things, a synagogue leader came and knelt before Him. “My daughter has just died,” he said. “But come and place Your hand on her, and she will live.”

    Matthew 9:18

    • ἐπίθεςepithesverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do lay
  • Then the little children were brought to Jesus for Him to place His hands on them and pray for them. And the disciples rebuked those who brought them.

    Matthew 19:13

    • ἐπιθῇepitheaverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: He may lay
  • And after He had placed His hands on them, He went on from there.

    Matthew 19:15

    • ἐπιθεὶςepitheisverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having laid
  • They brought the donkey and the colt and laid their cloaks on them, and Jesus sat on them.

    Matthew 21:7

    • ἐπέθηκανepethekanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: put
  • They tie up heavy, burdensome loads and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.

    Matthew 23:4

    • ἐπιτιθέασινepititheasinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: lay
  • And they twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on His head. They put a staff in His right hand and knelt down before Him to mock Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

    Matthew 27:29

    • ἐπέθηκανepethekanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they put
  • Above His head they posted the written charge against Him: THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

    Matthew 27:37

    • ἐπέθηκανepethekanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they put up

Mark

seven uses
  • These are the twelve He appointed: Simon (whom He named Peter),

    Mark 3:16

    • ἐπέθηκενepethekenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He added
  • James son of Zebedee and his brother John (whom He named Boanerges, meaning “Sons of Thunder”),

    Mark 3:17

    • ἐπέθηκενepethekenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He added
  • and pleaded with Him urgently, “My little daughter is near death. Please come and place Your hands on her, so that she will be healed and live.”

    Mark 5:23

    • ἐπιθῇςepitheasverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person singulartagged: may you lay
  • So He could not perform any miracles there, except to lay His hands on a few of the sick and heal them.

    Mark 6:5

    • ἐπιθεὶςepitheisverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having laid
  • Some people brought to Him a man who was deaf and hardly able to speak, and they begged Jesus to place His hand on him.

    Mark 7:32

    • ἐπιθῇepitheaverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: He may lay
  • So He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village. Then He spit on the man’s eyes and placed His hands on him. “Can you see anything?” He asked.

    Mark 8:23

    • ἐπιθεὶςepitheisverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having laid
  • Once again Jesus placed His hands on the man’s eyes, and when he opened them his sight was restored, and he could see everything clearly.

    Mark 8:25

    • ἐπέθηκενepethekenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He put

Luke

five uses
  • At sunset, all who were ill with various diseases were brought to Jesus, and laying His hands on each one, He healed them.

    Luke 4:40

    • ἐπιτιθεὶςepititheisverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having laid
  • Jesus took up this question and said, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead.

    Luke 10:30

    • ἐπιθέντεςepithentesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having inflicted
  • Then He placed His hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and began to glorify God.

    Luke 13:13

    • ἐπέθηκενepethekenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He laid
  • And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders,

    Luke 15:5

    • ἐπιτίθησινepitithesinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he lays
  • As the soldiers led Him away, they seized Simon of Cyrene on his way in from the country, and put the cross on him to carry behind Jesus.

    Luke 23:26

    • ἐπέθηκανepethekanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they put upon

John

two uses
  • So the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. The man answered, “He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and now I can see.”

    John 9:15

    • ἐπέθηκένepethekenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He put on
  • The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns, set it on His head, and dressed Him in a purple robe.

    John 19:2

    • ἐπέθηκανepethekanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: put

Acts

fourteen uses
  • They presented these seven to the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.

    Acts 6:6

    • ἐπέθηκανepethekanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they laid
  • Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

    Acts 8:17

    • ἐπετίθεσανepetithesanverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they were laying
  • “Give me this power as well,” he said, “so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”

    Acts 8:19

    • ἐπιθῶepithoverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person singulartagged: I shall lay
  • In a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come and place his hands on him to restore his sight.”

    Acts 9:12

    • ἐπιθένταepithentaverb · aorist active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: having put
  • So Ananias went to the house, and when he arrived, he placed his hands on Saul. “Brother Saul,” he said, “the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here, has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

    Acts 9:17

    • ἐπιθεὶςepitheisverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having laid
  • And after they had fasted and prayed, they laid their hands on them and sent them off.

    Acts 13:3

    • ἐπιθέντεςepithentesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having laid
  • Now then, why do you test God by placing on the necks of the disciples a yoke that neither we nor our fathers have been able to bear?

    Acts 15:10

    • ἐπιθεῖναιepitheinaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to put
  • It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to burden you with anything beyond these essential requirements:

    Acts 15:28

    • ἐπιτίθεσθαιepitithesthaiverb · present passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to lay
  • And after striking them with many blows, they threw them into prison and ordered the jailer to guard them securely.

    Acts 16:23

    • ἐπιθέντεςepithentesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having laid
  • For I am with you and no one will lay a hand on you, because I have many people in this city.”

    Acts 18:10

    • ἐπιθήσεταίepithesetaiverb · future middle, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will lay a hand on
  • And when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.

    Acts 19:6

    • ἐπιθέντοςepithentosverb · aorist active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: when was laying
  • Paul gathered a bundle of sticks, and as he laid them on the fire, a viper, driven out by the heat, fastened itself to his hand.

    Acts 28:3

    • ἐπιθέντοςepithentosverb · aorist active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: having laid
  • The father of Publius was sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him, and after praying and placing his hands on him, he healed the man.

    Acts 28:8

    • ἐπιθεὶςepitheisverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having laid
  • The islanders honored us in many ways and supplied our needs when we were ready to sail.

    Acts 28:10

    • ἐπέθεντοepethentoverb · aorist middle, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they laid on

1 Timothy

one use
  • Do not be too quick in the laying on of hands and thereby share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.

    1 Timothy 5:22

    • ἐπιτίθειepititheiverb · present active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do lay

Revelation

two uses
  • I testify to everyone who hears the words of prophecy in this book: If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book.

    Revelation 22:18

    • ἐπιθῇepitheaverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: shall add
    • ἐπιθήσειepitheseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will add

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 words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

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.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESG (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0), the Brief lexicon based on Abbott-Smith (1922).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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