ἘΠΕΚΕΙΤΟ, ἐπεκειτο
EPEKEITO, epekeito
Sounds Like: eh-PEH-kee-toh
Translations: was lying upon, was laid upon, was pressing upon, was imposed, was urgent, was following
From the root: ΕΠΙΚΕΙΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the imperfect indicative middle/passive form of the verb ἐπίκειμαι (epikeimai). It means to lie upon, to be placed upon, or to press upon something or someone. It can also convey the sense of being imposed or being urgent, or following closely after something. It describes a state of being situated on top of or pressing down on something.
Inflection: Imperfect, Indicative, Middle or Passive, Third Person Singular
Strong’s number: G1945 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 7 — 1:13
- Book 8 — 3:89, 14:383
- Book 12 — 9:362
- Book 14 — 15:443
- Book 18 — 6:184, 7:245
- Book 19 — 3:217
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 5:62
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- John — 11:38
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΚΕΙΜΑΙ.
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.
- ἘΠΕΚΕΙΝΤΟ — they were lying upon, they were pressing upon, they were urgent, they were insisting, they were laid upon
- ἘΠΕΚΕΙΤΟΤΗ — was lying upon, was laid upon, was pressing upon, was imposed upon, was resting upon, to the, for the, by the
- ἘΠΙΚΕΙΜΕΝΑΣ — lying upon, placed upon, imposed, pressing upon, impending, being laid upon, being placed upon
- ἘΠΙΚΕΙΜΕΝΗΝ — lying upon, pressing upon, impending, a pressing, an impending
- ἘΠΙΚΕΙΜΕΝΟΝ — lying upon, placed upon, imposed, pressing upon, a thing lying upon, a thing placed upon
- ἘΠΙΚΕΙΜΕΝΟΣ — lying upon, lying on, resting on, imposed, pressing upon, imminent, impending
- ἘΠΙΚΕΙΜΕΝΟΥΣ — lying upon, placed upon, pressing upon, resting upon, a lying upon, a placed upon, a pressing upon, a resting upon
- ἘΠΙΚΕΙΝΤΑΙ — lie upon, be laid upon, be imposed, press upon, be urgent, be incumbent upon
- ἘΠΙΚΕΙΣΘΕ — you lie upon, you are laid upon, you press upon, you are urgent, you are imposed upon
- ἘΠΙΚΕΙΤΑΙ — it lies upon, it is laid upon, it is imposed, it is pressing upon, it is urgent, it is at hand
- ΕΠΕΚΕΙΝΤΟ — they were lying upon, they were pressing upon, they were laid upon, they were imposed upon, they were urgent
- ΕΠΕΚΕΙΤΟΤΗ — was lying upon, was laid upon, was pressing upon, was resting upon, the, a
- ΕΠΙΚΕΙΜΕΝΑ — lying upon, imposed, pressing upon, impending, present, urgent, laid upon, placed upon, resting upon
- ΕΠΙΚΕΙΜΕΝΟΥ — lying upon, pressing upon, impending, of impending, of pressing upon, of lying upon
- ΕΠΙΚΕΙΣΘΑΙ — to lie upon, to be laid upon, to be imposed, to press upon, to be urgent
- ΕΠΙΚΕΙΤΑΙ — it lies upon, it is laid upon, it is imposed, it is urgent, it is pressing, it is at hand
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