ἘΠΙΘΕΣΕΩΣ, ἐπιθεσεως
EPITHESEŌS, epitheseōs
Sounds Like: ep-ee-THEH-seh-ohs
Translations: of laying on, of a laying on, of an imposition, of an attack, of an assault
From the root: ΕΠΙΘΕΣΙΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the act of laying on, placing upon, or imposing something. In the context of the provided examples, it specifically refers to the 'laying on of hands,' a practice associated with imparting spiritual gifts or authority. It can also refer to an attack or assault.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1936 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:93
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΘΕΣΙΣ.
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.
- ἘΠΙΘΕΣΕΙΣ — attacks, assaults, impositions, laying on, a laying on
- ἘΠΙΘΕΣΙΝ — laying on, a laying on, attack, an attack, assault, an assault
- ΕΠΙΘΕΣΕΩΣ — (of) laying on, (of) imposition, (of) assault, (of) attack
- ΕΠΙΘΕΣΙΣ — laying on, imposition, assault, attack, an attack
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