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 27New Testament books
- 21spellings
- 2meanings
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.
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
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 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
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
| 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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἐπιτιμάω | epitimao | to rebuke | Uses29 |
| ἐπιτρέπω | epitrepo | to permit | Uses18 |
| ἐπιτάσσω | epitasso | to command | Uses10 |
| ἐπιτελέω | epiteleo | to complete | Uses10 |
| ἐπιταγή | epitage | command | Uses6 |
| ἐπιτυγχάνω | epitynchano | to obtain | Uses5 |
| ἐπίτροπος | epitropos | manager | Uses3 |
| ἐπιτιμία | epitimia | punishment | Uses1 |
| ἐπιτροπή | epitrope | commission | Uses1 |
| ἐπιτήδειος | epitedeios | necessary | Uses1 |
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.”
- 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.
- ἐπιθῇepitheaverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: He may lay
And after He had placed His hands on them, He went on from there.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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!”
- 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.
- ἐπέθηκανepethekanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they put up
Mark
seven uses
These are the twelve He appointed: Simon (whom He named Peter),
- 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”),
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- ἐπέθηκενepethekenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He laid
And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders,
- 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.
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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.
- ἐπέθηκανepethekanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they laid
Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
- 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.”
- 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.”
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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?
- 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:
- 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.
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
