ἐπίκειμαι epikeimai · G1945
to lay on
ἐπι-κείμαι ; [in LXX: Exo.39:31 (נָתַן), Job.19:3 (הָכַר hi.) Job.21:27 (חָמַס), 1Ma.6:57, 2Ma.1:21, 3Ma.1:22 * ; ] ; to be placed, lie on: Jhn.21:9; before ἐπί, with dative, Jhn.11:38; figuratively, Heb.9:10; ἀνάγκη, 1Co.9:16; χειμῶν, to threaten, come on: Act.27:20; of persons, to press upon: Luk.5:1 23:23.†; (AS)
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
ἐπίκειμαι, ; serving as passive to ἐπιτίθημι, to be laid upon, and so, ; I. of doors, to be put to or closed []; I.2. generally, to be placed, lie in or on, with dative, ἐπισκύνιον ἐπέκειτο προσώπῳ []; I.3. of islands, νῆσοι ἐπὶ Λήμνῳ (-ου codices) ἐπικείμεναι lying off Lemnos, []; ἐπὶ [τῇ Λακαίνῃ χώρῃ[] the islands off the coast, []; πάσῃ ἐ. τῇ θαλάσσῃ lies right across the sea, of Crete, []; II. to be laid upon, ἐμοὶ σφρηγὶς ἐπικείσθω τοῖσδ᾽ ἔπεσι []; ἐπίκειται ἀγνώμων σῇ κεφαλῇ στέφανος []; …
Where it's used 7 times
Luke 5:1 · Luke 23:23 · John 11:38 · John 21:9 · Acts 27:20 · 1 Corinthians 9:16 · Hebrews 9:10
Source: TBESG G1945; TFLSJ G1945
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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