What does ἐπιτίθημι · χείρ mean in the Bible?
ἐπιτίθημι · χείρ is a Greek phrase meaning "Lay hands upon".
Greek · G2007, G5495
ἐπέθηκαν αὐτοῖς τὰς χεῖρας
To impose (in a friendly or hostile sense) · hand
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ἐπιτίθημι G2007 to impose (in a friendly or hostile sense)
Pronunciation epitíthēmi
To place upon or impose, often physically; can shift from beneficial (laying on hands) to hostile (inflicting blows).
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χείρ G5495 hand
Pronunciation cheír
Metonymically represents personal power or agency, especially divine power when used of God's activity.
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What does ἐπέθηκαν αὐτοῖς τὰς χεῖρας (epethēkan autois tas cheiras) mean in the Bible?
ἐπιτίθημι · χείρ is a Greek phrase meaning "Lay hands upon".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G2007, G5495?
G2007, G5495 is connected to 39 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. Lay hands upon
Source Gloss
Lay hands upon
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 5 Aligned forms 39 Tenses Aorist, Present, Future, Imperfect Voices Active, Passive, Middle
Tenses
Voices
Indicative states a fact or reality 18×
Aorist Active Matt 21:7 · Matt 27:29 · Matt 27:37 · Luke 23:26 · John 19:2 · Acts 6:6 · Mark 3:16 · Mark 3:17 · Mark 8:25 · Luke 13:13 · John 9:15 11×
Present Active Matt 23:4 · Luke 15:5 2×
Future Active Mark 16:18 · Rev 22:18 2×
Imperfect Active Acts 8:17 1×
Future Middle Acts 18:10 1×
Aorist Middle Acts 28:10 1×
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 12×
Aorist Active Matt 19:15 · Mark 6:5 · Mark 8:23 · Acts 9:17 · Acts 28:8 · Luke 10:30 · Acts 13:3 · Acts 16:23 · Acts 19:6 · Acts 28:3 · Acts 9:12 11×
Present Active Luke 4:40 1×
Subjunctive possibility, probability, or purpose 5×
Aorist Active Matt 19:13 · Mark 7:32 · Rev 22:18 · Mark 5:23 · Acts 8:19 5×
Imperative command or strong request 2×
Aorist Active Matt 9:18 1×
Present Active 1 Tim 5:22 1×
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 2×
Aorist Active Acts 15:10 1×
Present Passive Acts 15:28 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 39 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 30 present 5 future 3 imperfect 1
Voice
active 36 middle 2 passive 1
Mood
indicative 18 participle 12 subjunctive 5 imperative 2 infinitive 2
NT Occurrences
Matthew 9:18 ἐπίθες aorist active imperative imperative Matthew 19:13 ἐπιθῇ aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 19:15 ἐπιθεὶς aorist active participle participle Matthew 21:7 ἐπέθηκαν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 23:4 ἐπιτιθέασιν present active indicative ongoing Matthew 27:29 ἐπέθηκαν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 27:37 ἐπέθηκαν aorist active indicative completed Mark 3:16 ἐπέθηκεν aorist active indicative completed Mark 3:17 ἐπέθηκεν aorist active indicative completed Mark 5:23 ἐπιθῇς aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Mark 6:5 ἐπιθεὶς aorist active participle participle Mark 7:32 ἐπιθῇ aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Mark 8:23 ἐπιθεὶς aorist active participle participle Mark 8:25 ἐπέθηκεν aorist active indicative completed Mark 16:18 ἐπιθήσουσιν future active indicative prospective Luke 4:40 ἐπιτιθεὶς present active participle participle Luke 10:30 ἐπιθέντες aorist active participle participle Luke 13:13 ἐπέθηκεν aorist active indicative completed Luke 15:5 ἐπιτίθησιν present active indicative ongoing Luke 23:26 ἐπέθηκαν aorist active indicative completed John 9:15 ἐπέθηκέν aorist active indicative completed John 19:2 ἐπέθηκαν aorist active indicative completed Acts 6:6 ἐπέθηκαν aorist active indicative completed Acts 8:17 ἐπετίθεσαν imperfect active indicative background Acts 8:19 ἐπιθῶ aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Acts 9:12 ἐπιθέντα aorist active participle participle Acts 9:17 ἐπιθεὶς aorist active participle participle Acts 13:3 ἐπιθέντες aorist active participle participle Acts 15:10 ἐπιθεῖναι aorist active infinitive infinitive Acts 15:28 ἐπιτίθεσθαι present passive infinitive infinitive Acts 16:23 ἐπιθέντες aorist active participle participle Acts 18:10 ἐπιθήσεταί future middle indicative prospective Acts 19:6 ἐπιθέντος aorist active participle participle Acts 28:10 ἐπέθεντο aorist middle indicative completed Acts 28:3 ἐπιθέντος aorist active participle participle Acts 28:8 ἐπιθεὶς aorist active participle participle 1 Timothy 5:22 ἐπιτίθει present active imperative imperative Revelation 22:18 ἐπιθῇ aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Revelation 22:18 ἐπιθήσει future active indicative prospective
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
ἐπέθηκαν αὐτοῖς τὰς χεῖρας is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain