What does χείρ · ἐπιτίθημι mean in the Bible?
χείρ · ἐπιτίθημι is a Greek phrase meaning "laying hands on someone, recognition or appointment".
Greek · G5495, G2007
χεῖρας ... ἐπιτίθει
Hand · to impose (in a friendly or hostile sense)
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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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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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What does χεῖρας ... ἐπιτίθει (cheiras ... epitithei) mean in the Bible?
χείρ · ἐπιτίθημι is a Greek phrase meaning "laying hands on someone, recognition or appointment".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G5495, G2007?
G5495, G2007 is connected to 176 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. laying hands on someone, recognition or appointment
Source Gloss
laying hands on someone, recognition or appointment
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 8 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 8 Aligned forms 176 Case pattern Accusative (90) Number pattern Singular (89)
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Matt 5:30 · Matt 18:8 · Mark 3:5 · Mark 9:43 · Luke 1:66 · Luke 6:6 · Luke 6:10 · Luke 22:21 · Acts 4:28 · Acts 7:50 · Acts 11:21 · Acts 13:11 · 1 Cor 12:15 13×
Nominative · Plural · Feminine Acts 20:34 · 1 John 1:1 2×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Matt 8:15 · Matt 9:25 · Mark 1:31 · Mark 5:41 · Mark 8:23 · Mark 9:27 · Luke 1:71 · Luke 1:74 · Luke 8:54 · John 10:28 · John 10:29 · John 10:39 · Acts 2:23 · Acts 3:7 · Acts 7:25 · Acts 11:30 26×
Genitive · Plural · Feminine Matt 4:6 · Mark 6:2 · Luke 4:11 · Acts 5:12 · Acts 7:41 · Acts 8:18 · Acts 12:7 · Acts 14:3 · Acts 17:25 · Acts 19:11 · Acts 19:26 · 1 Tim 4:14 · 2 Tim 1:6 · Heb 1:10 · Heb 6:2 · Rev 9:20 16×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Matt 3:12 · Luke 3:17 · John 3:35 · Acts 7:35 · Acts 12:17 · Acts 13:16 · Acts 21:40 · 1 Cor 12:21 · 1 Cor 16:21 · Gal 3:19 · Gal 6:11 · Col 4:18 · 2 Thess 3:17 · Phlm 1:19 · Rev 1:16 · Rev 6:5 20×
Dative · Plural · Feminine Matt 15:20 · Mark 7:2 · Mark 7:5 · Luke 6:1 · John 20:25 · 1 Cor 4:12 · Eph 4:28 · 1 Thess 4:11 · Rev 7:9 9×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Matt 15:2 · Matt 17:22 · Matt 18:8 · Matt 19:13 · Matt 19:15 · Matt 22:13 · Matt 26:45 · Matt 26:50 · Matt 27:24 · Mark 5:23 · Mark 6:5 · Mark 7:3 · Mark 8:23 · Mark 8:25 · Mark 9:31 · Mark 9:43 60×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Matt 8:3 · Matt 9:18 · Matt 12:10 · Matt 12:13 · Matt 12:49 · Matt 14:31 · Matt 26:23 · Matt 26:51 · Mark 1:41 · Mark 3:1 · Mark 3:3 · Mark 3:5 · Mark 7:32 · Luke 5:13 · Luke 6:8 · Luke 6:10 30×
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
χεῖρας ... ἐπιτίθει 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