ἘΠΙΡΙΨΑΤΕ, ἐπιριψατε
EPIRIPSATE, epiripsate
Sounds Like: eh-pi-RIP-sah-teh
Translations: cast upon, throw upon, cast, throw
From the root: ἘΠΙΡΡΙΠΤΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means to cast or throw something upon someone or something else. It often implies casting a burden, care, or responsibility onto another. It is a compound word formed from the preposition ἐπί (epi), meaning 'upon' or 'on', and the verb ῥίπτω (rhiptō), meaning 'to throw' or 'to cast'.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Imperative, Second Person, Plural
Strong’s number: G1978 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions
- Vision 4 — 2:5
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΠΙΡΡΙΠΤΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΕΡΡΙΦΗΝ — I was cast upon, I was thrown upon, I was laid upon
- ἘΠΙΡΙΠΤΟΥΝΤΕΣ — casting upon, throwing upon, laying upon, casting on, throwing on, laying on
- ἘΠΙΡΙΨΑΝΤΕΣ — casting upon, having cast upon, throwing upon, having thrown upon
- ἘΠΙΡΙΨΟΥΣΙΝ — they will cast upon, they will throw upon, they will lay upon
- ἘΠΙΡΡΙΦΗ — casting upon, a casting upon, throwing upon, a throwing upon
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