verb

epicheiramō

Greekἐπιχειρέω (epicheireō)

Strong’sG2021

I take in hand, attempt

stem epicheir-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 forms occur

Translated as

attempted1×tried1×undertaken1×

What it means

ἐπιχειρέω, -ῶ

(< χεῖρ), [in LXX for חָשַׁב, Ex 9:25; גָּמַל, II Ch 20:11, al.;]

1. to pat one's hand to.

2. to take in hand, attempt: c. inf., Lk 1:1, Ac 9:29 19:13.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G2021 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidep-ee-khi-reh'-o

to put the hand upon, i.e. undertake

Fromfrom G1909 and G5495;

King Jamesgo about, take in hand (upon).

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Forms in the New Testament

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
epicheiraleἐπεχείρουν	was happening · theyimperfect active indicative 3rd person plural	tried	1×
epicheiralaἐπεχείρησαν	happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural	attempted	2×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, 3 occurrences

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	epicheiramō	epicheirame	epicheirami	epicheirama	epicheiramē	epicheiramelē
you 2nd person singular	epicheirasō	epicheirase	epicheirasi	epicheirasa	epicheirasē	epicheiraselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	epicheiratō	epicheirate	epicheirati	epicheirata	epicheiratē	epicheiratelē
we 1st person plural	epicheiranō	epicheirane	epicheirani	epicheirana	epicheiranē	epicheiranelē
ye 2nd person plural	epicheiravō	epicheirave	epicheiravi	epicheirava	epicheiravē	epicheiravelē
they 3rd person plural	epicheiralō	epicheirale1×ἐπεχείρουν	epicheirali	epicheirala2×ἐπεχείρησαν	epicheiralē	epicheiralelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	epicheirameiō	epicheirameia	epicheirameiē
you 2nd person singular	epicheiraseiō	epicheiraseia	epicheiraseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	epicheirateiō	epicheirateia	epicheirateiē
we 1st person plural	epicheiraneiō	epicheiraneia	epicheiraneiē
ye 2nd person plural	epicheiraveiō	epicheiraveia	epicheiraveiē
they 3rd person plural	epicheiraleiō	epicheiraleia	epicheiraleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	epicheirasōr	epicheirasar	epicheirasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	epicheiratōr	epicheiratar	epicheiratēr
ye 2nd person plural	epicheiravōr	epicheiravar	epicheiravēr
they 3rd person plural	epicheiralōr	epicheiralar	epicheiralēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	epicheiramoiō	epicheiramoia
you 2nd person singular	epicheirasoiō	epicheirasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	epicheiratoiō	epicheiratoia
we 1st person plural	epicheiranoiō	epicheiranoia
ye 2nd person plural	epicheiravoiō	epicheiravoia
they 3rd person plural	epicheiraloiō	epicheiraloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	epicheirarō	epicheirari	epicheirara	epicheirarē

Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	epicheirarōtos	epicheiraritos	epicheiraratos	epicheirarētos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them

epicheirstem+aeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—tthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

epicheir is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

epicheirale“tried”was happening · theyimperfect active indicative 3rd person plural1×

Acts 9:29“tried”lalate tē kai suzētate pros toin Hellēnistoin; tois de epicheirale anairara auton.He talked and debated with the Grecian Jews, but they tried to kill him.

epicheirala“attempted”happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural2×

Luke 1:1“undertaken”Epeidēper pollois epicheirala anatassera diēgēsian peri teiu plēroforirēteiu en ni pragmeiu,Many have undertaken to compose an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us,

Acts 19:13“attempted”epicheirala de tinois kai toiu periercherōtoiu Ioudaioiu exorkistoiu onomazarō epi toin echarōtoin teim pneumeim teim ponēreim tem onomem tou kuriou Iēsu legarōtois; Horkizamō vin ton Iēsun hon Paulos kērussatō.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 command you by Jesus, whom Paul proclaims.”