Greek verb · G2021
ἐπιχειρέω
epicheireoep-ee-khi-reh'-o
to pat one's hand to.; to take in hand, attempt
3 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: epicheiréō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2021is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2021
to put the hand upon, i.e. undertake
The King James renders it: go about, take in hand (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
epicheireo is rendered "to pat one's hand to.; to take in hand, attempt". It stands 3 times in the Greek text, across two books.
- Two of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to pat one's hand to.".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Luke 1:1Many have undertaken to compose an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us,
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
Many have undertaken to compose an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us,
Luke 1:1ἐπεχείρησαν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: to pat one's hand to., and to take in hand, attempt.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to pat one's hand to. | Tagged as
| WhereLuke 1:1Many have undertaken to compose an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us, |
| to take in hand, attemptwith inf., Luk.1:1, Act.9:29 19:13.† (AS) | Tagged as
| WhereLuke 1:1Many have undertaken to compose an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us, |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἐπιχορηγέω | epichoregeo | to supply | Uses5 |
| ἐπιχρίω | epichrio | to rub on | Uses2 |
| ἐπιχορηγία | epichoregia | supply | Uses2 |
| ἐπιχέω | epicheo | to pour on/over | Uses1 |
All 3, 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
- ἐπεχείρησαν2
- ἐπεχείρουν1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person plural2V-AAI-3P
- verb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-IAI-3P
Luke
one use
Many have undertaken to compose an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us,
- ἐπεχείρησανepecheiresanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: undertook
Acts
two uses
He talked and debated with the Grecian Jews, but they tried to kill him.
- ἐπεχείρουνepecheirounverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they were seeking
Now there were some itinerant Jewish exorcists who tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those with evil spirits. They would say, “I bind you by Jesus, whom Paul proclaims.”
- Ἐπεχείρησανepecheiresanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: Attempted
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.