STRONGS NT 2007: ἐπιτίθημι

ἐπιτίθημι, 3 person plural ἐπιτιθεασι (Matthew 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 (1 Timothy 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 (Acts 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 (Matthew 9:18; Genesis 48:18; Judges 18:19); middle (present ἐπιτίθεμαι); future ἐπιθήσομαι; 2 aorist ἐπεθεμην; (1 aorist passive ἐπετεθην (Mark 4:21 R G)); in the Sept. chiefly for נָתַן, שׂוּם and הֵשִׂים;

1. Active:

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

b. to add to: Revelation 22:18 (opposed to ἀφαιρεῖν Revelation 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), Acts 28:10.

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