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:(
John 9:6 WH text 
Tr marginal reading), 
John 9:15; (
John 19:2 L marginal reading, see below); 
Acts 15:10 (cf. 
Winers Grammar, 318 (298); 
Buttmann, 261 (224)); 
Acts 28:3; 
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)); 
Mark 16:18; 
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; 
Matthew 27:37; 
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.) 
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