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Strong’s G1945 · Greek

ἐπίκειμαι

epíkeimai · ep-ik'-i-mahee

Origin from ἐπί (G1909) and κεῖμαι (G2749);

Meaning to rest upon (literally or figuratively)

In the King James Version impose, be instant, (be) laid (there-, up-)on, (when) lay (on), lie (on), press upon.

In 7 verses of the King James Version

  1. Luke 5:1And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,
  2. Luke 23:23And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed.
  3. John 11:38Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.
  4. John 21:9As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread.
  5. Acts 27:20And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.
  6. 1 Corinthians 9:16For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!
  7. Hebrews 9:10Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.

From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.

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