ἐπιτίθημι

ἐπιτίθημι — epitíthēmi

ἐπιτίθημι, 3 person plural ἐπιτιθεασι (Mat 23:4; cf. Winers Grammar, § 14, 1 b.; Buttmann, 44 (38); Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. i., p. 505; Kühner, i., p. 643; (Jelf, § 274; and on this and following forms see Veitch, see under the words, τίθημι, τιθέω)), imperative ἐπιτίθει (1Ti 5:22; see Matthiae, § 210, 2 and 6; Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. i., p. 508; Kühner, § 209, 5; (Jelf, § 274 obs. 4)); imperfect 3 person plural ἐπετίθουν (Act 8:17 R G), ἐπετίθεσαν, (ibid., L T Tr WH; cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. i., p. 509; Buttmann, 45 (39)); future ἐπιθήσω; 1 aorist ἐπέθηκα; 2 aorist ἐπεθην, imperative ἐπίθες (Mat 9:18; Gen 48:18; Jdg 18:19); middle (present ἐπιτίθεμαι); future ἐπιθήσομαι; 2 aorist ἐπεθεμην; (1 aorist passive ἐπετεθην (Mar 4:21 R G)); in the Sept. chiefly for נָתַן, שׂוּם and הֵשִׂים;

1. Active:

a. to put or lay upon: τί ἐπί τί, Mat 23:4; Mat 27:29 R G L; Mar 4:21 R G; Luk 15:5; Joh 9:1-41 :( WH text Tr marginal reading),; ( L marginal reading, see below); Act 15:10 (cf. Winers Grammar, 318 (298); Buttmann, 261 (224));; τί ἐπί τίνος, the genitive of thing, Mat 27:29 T Tr WH; ἐν with the dative of thing, Mat 27:29 L T Tr WH; τήν χεῖρα (or τάς χεῖρας or χεῖρας) ἐπί τινα, Mat 9:18; Mar 8:25 ((WH Tr text ἔθηκεν));; Act 8:17; (Act 9:17); Rev 1:17 Rec.; ἐπί τινα πληγάς, calamities, Rev 22:18 (but see b. below); ἐπάνω τίνος, Mat 21:7 R G;; ἐπί τίνος, Luk 8:16 R G; τί τίνι, Luk 23:26; Joh 19:2 (not L marginal reading, see above); Act 15:28; τίνι ὄνομα, Mar 3:16 f; τίνι τάς χεῖρας, Mat 19:13 (cf. Buttmann, 233 (201); Winer's Grammar, 288 (270f)), 15; Mar 5:23; (Mar 8:23, here Tr marginal reading αὐτοῦ); Luk 4:40; Luk 13:13; Act 6:6; Act 8:19; Act 13:3; Act 19:6; Act 28:8; 1Ti 5:22; (τίνι τήν χεῖρα, Mar 7:32); χεῖρα (R G, χεῖρας or τάς χεῖρας L T Tr WH), Act 9:12; τίνι πληγάς, to inflict blows, lay stripes on one, Luk 10:30; Act 16:23.

b. to add to: Rev 22:18 (opposed to ἀφαιρεῖν Rev 22:19).

2. Middle;

a. to have put on, bid to be laid on; τί ἐπί τί (Xenophon, Cyril 8, 2, 4): τά πρός τήν χρείαν, namely, τίνι, to provide one with the things needed (others, put on board namely, the ship), Act 28:10.

b. to lay or throw oneself upon; with the dative of person to attack one, to make an assault on one: Act 18:10; Exo 21:14; Exo 18:11; 2Ch 23:13, and often in secular writings; cf. Kuinoel at the passage; (Winer's Grammar, 593 (552). Compare: συνεπιτίθημι.)