noun · feminine
epithesias
Strong’sG1936
laying on
stem epithesi-4 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books1 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ἐπί-θεσις, -εως, ἡ
(< ἐπιτίθημι), [in LXX: II Ch 25:27 (קֶשֶׁר), Ez 23:11 (עֲגָבָה) II Mac 4:41 5:5 14:15 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1936 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidep-ith'-es-is
an imposition (of hands officially)
Fromfrom G2007;
King Jameslaying (putting) on.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
setting on its base, τοῦ ἀνδριάντος Refs
2. laying or putting on, opposed to ἀφαίρεσις, NT+4th c.BC+; application, περιχρίστων Refs 1st c.AD+
3. application of epithets, τὰς ἐ. ποιεῖσθαι Refs 4th c.BC+
4. imposition of increased burdens, Refs
II. (from middle) setting upon, attack, Refs 5th c.BC+; τῶν ἐ. αἱ μὲν ἐπὶ τὸ σῶμα γίγνονται τῶν ἀρχόντων attempts, Refs 4th c.BC+; ποιεῖσθαιRefs 3rd c.BC+; κατά τινος Refs 2nd c.BC+; of disease, aggravated attack, Refs 2nd c.AD+
II.2. with genitive, attempt to gain, τῆς τυραννίδος Refs 1st c.BC+
II.3. small urn placed on a σορός, Refs
II.4. imposture, deception, LXX+2nd c.AD+
II.5. Refs 4th c.BC+ name for two, Refs 5th c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | epithesias | epithesiais |
| object accusative | epithesian | epithesiain |
| direct address vocative | epithesiar | epithesiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | epithesiau4×ἐπιθέσεως | epithesiaiu |
| to, for dative | epithesia | epithesiai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
epithesia 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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
epithesiau“laying on”of, belonging togenitive singular4×
Acts 8:18… de tos Simōnos hoti dia tau epithesiau taiu cheiraiu toiu apostoloiu dōotō tem …… the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered …
1 Timothy 4:14… hem dōita si dia profēteiau meta epithesiau taiu cheiraiu teu presbuterieu.… prophecy spoken over you at the laying on of the hands of the elders.
2 Timothy 1:6… hem atō en si dia tau epithesiau taiu cheiraiu mu;… which is in you through the laying on of my hands.
Hebrews 6:2baptismoiu didachan epithesiau tē cheiraiu, anastasiau tē nekroiu kai …instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the …