ἘΠΙΒΑΛΕΣΘΑΙ, ἐπιβαλεσθαι
EPIBALESTHAI, epibalesthai
Sounds Like: eh-pee-bah-LEH-sthai
Translations: 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
From the root: ἘΠΙΒΑΛΛΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is the aorist middle infinitive form of the verb 'ἐπιβάλλω'. It means to throw, cast, or lay something upon something else, often with the sense of applying force or attention. It can also mean to attack or to fall to one's lot, indicating something that is fitting or belongs to someone. The middle voice suggests the action is done by the subject for themselves or involves them directly.
Inflection: Aorist, Middle Voice, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G1949 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 16 — 10:324
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 2:13
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
- 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
- ἘΠΙΒΑΛΛΟΝ — belonging, fitting, proper, appropriate, due, falling upon, casting upon, laying upon, putting on, attacking, assailing, seizing, applying
- 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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