ἘΠΙΒΑΛΕΙΝ, ἐπιβαλειν
EPIBALEIN, epibalein
Sounds Like: eh-pee-ba-LEIN
Translations: to throw upon, to cast upon, to lay upon, to put on, to apply, to attack, to seize, to fall upon, to set about
From the root: ἘΠΙΒΆΛΛΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the aorist active infinitive form of the verb ἐπιβάλλω, which is a compound verb formed from the preposition ἐπί (upon, over) and the verb βάλλω (to throw, to cast). It generally means to throw or cast something upon or over something else. Depending on the context, it can also mean to lay hands on, to apply oneself to something, to attack, or to seize.
Inflection: Infinitive, Aorist, Active
Strong’s number: G1911 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 93:4
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Deuteronomy — 20:19
- Ezra (Alpha) — 8:22
- Esther — 1:1, 6:2
- Judith — 11:12
- 1 Maccabees — 4:2
- 2 Maccabees — 15:1
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Luke — 20:19
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΠΙΒΆΛΛΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΠΕΒΑΛΕΝ — he threw upon, he cast upon, he laid upon, he put upon, he imposed, he began, he fell upon, he attacked
- ἘΠΕΒΑΛΛΟΝ — cast upon, lay upon, throw upon, put upon, fall upon, apply, devote oneself to, attack, assault
- ἘΠΕΒΑΛΟΝΤΟ — they cast upon, they laid hands on, they put on, they applied, they threw upon
- ἘΠΙΒΑΛΛΟΝΤΟΣ — of belonging to, of falling upon, of pertaining to, of suitable, of appropriate
- ἘΠΙΒΑΛΛΟΥΣΙΝ — cast upon, throw upon, put on, lay on, fall upon, apply, belong to
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