Epikeimai means “impose” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H1945 — hoy (“ah”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G1945 ἐπίκειμαι (epikeimai) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. epikeimai (ep-ik'-ei-mai) v. 1. to rest upon {literally or figuratively} It has 14 linked Bible usages across 11 books. Visible English usage signals include upon, instant, laid, and when. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
epikeimai (ep-ik'-ei-mai) v. 1. to rest upon {literally or figuratively} [from G1909 and G2749] KJV: impose, be instant, (be) laid (there-, up-)on, (when) lay (on), lie (on), press upon Root(s): G1909, G2749
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to lay on
Usage: ἐπι-κείμαι [in LXX: Exo.39:31 (נָתַן), Job.19:3 (הָכַר hi.) Job.21:27 (חָמַס), 1Ma.6:57, 2Ma.1:21, 3Ma.1:22 * ;] to be placed, lie on: Jhn.21:9; before ἐπί, with dative, Jhn.11:38; figuratively, Heb.9:10; ἀνάγκη, 1Co.9:16; χειμῶν, to threaten, come on: Act.27:20; of persons, to press upon: Luk.5:1 23:23.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render epikeimai, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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Strong's G1945 (ἐπίκειμαι) appears 7 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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7 indexed usages in New Testament.
And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,
And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed.
Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.
3 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And they put it on the border of blue, so that it should be on the miter above, as the Lord commanded Moses.
Ye speak against me; ye do not feel for me, but bear hard upon me.
So I know you, that ye presumptuously attack me:
4 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
For we likewise, as ye, do obey your Lord, and do sacrifice unto him from the days of Esar-haddon the king of the Assyrians, who brought us hither.
Wherefore he went in all haste, and said to the king and the captains of the host and the company, We decay daily, and our victuals are but small, and the place we lay siege unto is strong, and the affairs of the kingdom lie upon us:
then commanded he them to draw it up, and to bring it; and when the sacrifices were laid on, Nehemiah commanded the priests to sprinkle the wood and the things laid thereupon with the water.
First 14 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1945.
And they put it on the border of blue, so that it should be on the miter above, as the Lord commanded Moses.
Ye speak against me; ye do not feel for me, but bear hard upon me.
So I know you, that ye presumptuously attack me:
And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,
And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed.
Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.
As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread.
And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.
For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!
Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.
For we likewise, as ye, do obey your Lord, and do sacrifice unto him from the days of Esar-haddon the king of the Assyrians, who brought us hither.
Wherefore he went in all haste, and said to the king and the captains of the host and the company, We decay daily, and our victuals are but small, and the place we lay siege unto is strong, and the affairs of the kingdom lie upon us:
then commanded he them to draw it up, and to bring it; and when the sacrifices were laid on, Nehemiah commanded the priests to sprinkle the wood and the things laid thereupon with the water.
Along with these there were some of the citizens who took courage, and would not submit to his obstinacy, and his intention of carrying out his purpose.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1945, grouped by book.
Epikeimai (Strong's G1945) is a Greek word most simply glossed "impose". epikeimai (ep-ik'-ei-mai) v. 1. to rest upon {literally or figuratively}
This page currently indexes 14 linked usages for Strong's G1945 across 11 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1945 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as upon, instant, laid, and when. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 3 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 4 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G1945, with linked reader references where each row is available.