The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

ἐπίκειμαι

Lemmaἐπίκειμαι
Citation formἐπίκειμαι
Part of speechverb
GlossI lie upon, am insistent
Strong’sG1945
Transliterationepíkeimai
Definitionto rest upon (literally or figuratively)
KJV glosses:--impose, be instant, (be) laid (there-, up-)on, (when) lay (on), lie (on), press upon.
Derivationfrom and
SBLGNT occurrences7

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
ἐπέκειντο
verb, third person, imperfect, middle, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 3IMI-P--)Luke 23:23
ἐπέκειτο
verb, third person, imperfect, middle, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3IMI-S--)John 11:38
ἐπικείμενα
verb, present, middle, participle, nominative, plural, neuter (MorphGNT -PMPNPN-)Hebrews 9:10
ἐπικείμενον
verb, present, middle, participle, accusative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT -PMPASN-)John 21:9
ἐπικειμένου
verb, present, middle, participle, genitive, singular, masculine (MorphGNT -PMPGSM-)Acts 27:20
ἐπικεῖσθαι
verb, present, middle, infinitive (MorphGNT -PMN----)Luke 5:1
ἐπίκειται
verb, third person, present, middle, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3PMI-S--)1 Corinthians 9:16

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: επικειμαι.