ἘΠΙΒΑΛΛΟΝ, ἐπιβαλλον
EPIBALLON, epiballon
Sounds Like: eh-pee-BAL-lon
Translations: belonging, fitting, proper, appropriate, due, falling upon, casting upon, laying upon, putting on, attacking, assailing, seizing, applying
From the root: ἘΠΙΒΑΛΛΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a present active participle of the verb 'epiballo', meaning 'to cast upon', 'to lay upon', or 'to apply'. In its neuter singular form, it often takes on the meaning of 'that which belongs to', 'that which is fitting', or 'that which is due'. It can describe something that is appropriate or necessary in a given situation, or something that is assigned or falls to someone. It can also refer to the act of throwing or laying something upon something else, or even an attack or assault.
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Neuter, Singular, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G1911 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Luke — 15:12
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΠΙΒΑΛΛΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΕΒΑΛΕ — he threw upon, he cast upon, he laid upon, he imposed, he attacked, he applied, he put on
- ἘΠΗΜΜΕΝΗΝ — imposed, laid upon, placed upon, inflicted, a thing imposed, a thing laid upon
- ἘΠΙΒΑΛΕΣΘΑΙ — to throw upon, to cast upon, to lay upon, to put on, to apply, to attack, to fall to one's lot, to belong to, to be fitting
- ἘΠΙΒΑΛΗΣ — you shall put upon, you shall lay upon, you shall cast upon, you shall throw upon
- ἘΠΙΒΑΛΗΤΕ — you may cast upon, you may lay upon, you may throw upon, you may apply, you may impose
- ἘΠΙΒΑΛΛΟΝΤΑ — falling upon, laying upon, casting upon, belonging to, pertaining to, suitable, appropriate, a suitable, an appropriate
- ἘΠΙΒΑΛΛΟΝΤΩΝ — of those falling upon, of those laying upon, of those casting upon, of those belonging to, of those pertaining to
- ἘΠΙΒΑΛΟΝΤΕΣ — casting upon, throwing upon, laying upon, putting upon, attacking, falling upon, applying, devoting, setting about
- ἘΠΙΒΑΛΩ — to cast upon, to lay upon, to throw upon, to put on, to impose, to apply, to attack
- ἘΠΙΒΑΛΩΣΙΝ — they may cast upon, they may lay upon, they may impose, they may throw upon
- ἘΠΙΒΕΒΛΗΚΑΣ — you have cast upon, you have laid upon, you have thrown upon, you have put upon
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