ἘΠΙΘΕΣΙΣ, ἐπιθεσις
EPITHESIS, epithesis
Sounds Like: ep-ee-THEH-sis
Translations: laying on, an attack, an assault, imposition, application
From the root: ἘΠΙΘΕΣΙΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the act of laying something upon something else, such as the laying on of hands. It can also denote an attack or assault, an aggressive action against someone or something. It is a compound word derived from 'ἐπί' (upon, on) and 'θέσις' (a placing, a setting).
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1936 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:101
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 1:3
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 56:293
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΠΙΘΕΣΙΣ.
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.
- ἘΠΙΘΕΣΕΣΙΝ — (to) laying on, (to) imposition, (to) attack, (to) assault
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