1945. epikeimai

Strong's Concordance

epikeimai: to lie on

Original Word: ἐπίκειμαι
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: epikeimai
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ik'-i-mahee)
Definition: to lie on
Usage: (a) dat: I am placed upon, am laid upon, lie upon, am imposed; I press upon, (b) absol: I press hard, am insistent, insist.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from epi and keimai
Definition
to lie on
NASB Translation
am under (1), assailing (1), imposed (1), insistent (1), lying (1), placed (1), pressing around (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 1945: ἐπίκειμαι

ἐπίκειμαι; imperfect ἐπεκειμην; to lie upon or over, rest upon, be laid or placed upon;

a. properly: ἐπί τίνι, John 11:38; namely, on the burning coals, John 21:9.

b. figuratively, α. of things: of the pressure of a violent tempest, χειμῶνος ἐπικειμένου, Acts 27:20 (Plutarch, Timol. 28, 7); ἀνάγκη μοι ἐπίκειται, is laid upon me, 1 Corinthians 9:16 (Homer, Iliad 6, 458); ἐπικείμενα, of observances imposed on a man by law, Hebrews 9:10 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 635 (589)]. β. of men; to press upon, to be urgent: with the dative of person Luke 5:1; ἐπέκειντο αἰτούμενοι, Luke 23:23 (πολλῷ μᾶλλον ἐπέκειτο ἀξιῶν, Josephus, Antiquities 18, 6, 6; μᾶλλον ἐπέκειντο βλασφημοῦντες, 20, 5, 3).

STRONGS NT 1945a: ἐπικέλλωἐπικέλλω: (1 aorist ἐπεκειλα); to run a ship ashore, to bring to land; so from Homer, Odyssey 9, 148 down; ἐπέκειλαν (R G ἐπώκειλαν) τήν ναῦν, Acts 27:41 L T Tr WH; but in opposition see Meyer at the passage (Cf. B. D. American edition, p. 3009.)

STRONGS NT 1945b: ἐπικεφάλαιον [ἐπικεφάλαιον, ἐπικεφαλαιου, τό, head-money, poll-tax, (Aristotle, oec. 2, p. 1346{a}, 4 and 1348{a}, 32): Mark 12:14 WH (rejected) marginal reading for κῆνσον (others).]

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

impose, press upon.

From epi and keimai; to rest upon (literally or figuratively) -- impose, be instant, (be) laid (there-, up-)on, (when) lay (on), lie (on), press upon.

see GREEK epi

see GREEK keimai

Forms and Transliterations

επεκειντο επέκειντο ἐπέκειντο επεκειτο επέκειτο ἐπέκειτο επέκλυσε επεκοιμήθη επικειμενα επικείμενα ἐπικείμενα επικειμενον επικείμενον ἐπικείμενον επικειμενου επικειμένου ἐπικειμένου επικεισθαι επικείσθαι ἐπικεῖσθαι επίκεισθέ επικειται ἐπίκειται επίκλητοι επίκλητος επικλίναι επίκλινον επικλύζων επικοιμηθήσεται επικοσμηθήναι epekeinto epékeinto epekeito epékeito epikeimena epikeímena epikeimenon epikeímenon epikeimenou epikeiménou epikeisthai epikeîsthai epikeitai epíkeitai

Englishman's Concordance

Luke 5:1 V-PNM/P
GRK: τὸν ὄχλον ἐπικεῖσθαι αὐτῷ καὶ
NAS: the crowd was pressing around Him and listening
KJV: the people pressed upon him
INT: the crowd pressed on him also

Luke 23:23 V-IIM/P-3P
GRK: οἱ δὲ ἐπέκειντο φωναῖς μεγάλαις
NAS: But they were insistent, with loud
KJV: And they were instant with loud
INT: and they were urgent with voices loud

John 11:38 V-IIM/P-3S
GRK: καὶ λίθος ἐπέκειτο ἐπ' αὐτῷ
NAS: and a stone was lying against
KJV: and a stone lay upon it.
INT: and a stone was lying upon it

John 21:9 V-PPM/P-ANS
GRK: καὶ ὀψάριον ἐπικείμενον καὶ ἄρτον
NAS: and fish placed on it, and bread.
KJV: fish laid thereon, and bread.
INT: and fish lying on [it] and bread

Acts 27:20 V-PPM/P-GMS
GRK: οὐκ ὀλίγου ἐπικειμένου λοιπὸν περιῃρεῖτο
NAS: storm was assailing [us], from then
KJV: small tempest lay on [us], all hope
INT: no small lying on [us] from now was taken away

1 Corinthians 9:16 V-PIM/P-3S
GRK: γάρ μοι ἐπίκειται οὐαὶ γάρ
NAS: to boast of, for I am under compulsion;
KJV: for necessity is laid upon me; yea,
INT: indeed me is laid upon woe however

Hebrews 9:10 V-PPM/P-NNP
GRK: καιροῦ διορθώσεως ἐπικείμενα
NAS: for the body imposed until
KJV: ordinances, imposed [on them] until
INT: [the] time of setting things right imposed

Strong's Greek 1945
7 Occurrences

ἐπέκειντο — 1 Occ.
ἐπέκειτο — 1 Occ.
ἐπικείμενα — 1 Occ.
ἐπικείμενον — 1 Occ.
ἐπικειμένου — 1 Occ.
ἐπικεῖσθαι — 1 Occ.
ἐπίκειται — 1 Occ.