ἐπιτίθημιepitíthēmi
to impose (in a friendly or hostile sense)
Greek (New Testament) · G2007
Meanings
1. to lay, set or place upon: with acc rei, followed by ἐπί, with acc rei, Matthew 23:4, Luke 15:5, John 9:6, John 9:15, Acts 15:10, Acts 28:3; ἐπί, with genitive of thing, Matthew 27:29; ἐν, ib.; with dative of person, σταυρόν, Luke 23:26; στέφανον, John 19:2; ὄνομα, Mark 3:16, Mark 3:17; πληγάς, Luke 10:30, Acts 16:23; ἐπί with acc person, Revelation 22:18; of the laying on of hands, τ. χεῖρα (-ας), followed by ἐπί with acc person, Matthew 9:18, Mark 16:18, Acts 8:17, Acts 9:17; with dative of person, Matthew 19:13, Matthew 19:15, Mark 5:23, Mark 6:5, Mark 7:32, Mark 8:23, Luke 4:40, Luke 13:13, Acts 6:6, Acts 8:19, Acts 9:12, Acts 13:3, Acts 19:6, Acts 28:8, 1 Timothy 5:22. Mid.
(a) to provide: Acts 28:10
(b) to throw oneself upon, attack: with dative of person, Acts 18:10.
2. to add to: Revelation 22:18.
Same root
- ἐπίepí · G1909properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e. over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc.
- τίθημιtíthēmi · G5087to place (in the widest application, literally and figuratively; properly, in a passive or horizontal posture, and thus different from G2476 (ἵστημι), which properly denotes an upright and active position, while G2749 (κεῖμαι) is properly reflexive and utterly prostrate)
- ἐπίθεσιςepíthesis · G1936an imposition (of hands officially)
Where it appears
Appears 38 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 9:18 As Jesus was saying this, the leader of a synagogue came and knelt before him. “My daughter has just died,” he said, “but you can bring her back to life again if you just come and lay your hand on her.”
- Matthew 19:13 One day some parents brought their children to Jesus so he could lay his hands on them and pray for them. But the disciples scolded the parents for bothering him.
- Matthew 19:15 And he placed his hands on their heads and blessed them before he left.
- Matthew 21:7 They brought the donkey and the colt to him and threw their garments over the colt, and he sat on it.
- Matthew 23:4 They crush people with unbearable religious demands and never lift a finger to ease the burden.
- Matthew 27:29 They wove thorn branches into a crown and put it on his head, and they placed a reed stick in his right hand as a scepter. Then they knelt before him in mockery and taunted, “Hail! King of the Jews!”
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.