Quick Definition
ἐπιτίθημι v. I put, place upon, lay on
Strong's Definition
from 1909 and 5087; to impose (in a friendly or hostile sense)
KJV Usage: add unto, lade, lay upon, put (up) on, set on (up), + surname, X wound
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | 3pl. ἐπιτιθέασιν · impv. ἐπιτίθει · impf.3pl. ἐπετίθεσαν · fut. ἐπιθήσω · aor. ἐπέθηκα · impv. ἐπίθες · subj. ἐπιθῶ · inf. ἐπιθεῖναι · ptc. ἐπιθείς · fut.midd. ἐπιθήσομαι · aor.midd. ἐπεθέμην | τίθημι
85.51 · Existence in Space · Put, Place
to put on, to place on, to lay on to place something on something
MAT 9:18 · MAT 19:13 · MAT 19:15 · MAT 21:7 · MAT 23:4 · MAT 27:29 · MAT 27:37 · MRK 5:23 · MRK 6:5 · MRK 7:32 · MRK 8:23 · MRK 8:25 · MRK 16:18 · LUK 4:40 · LUK 13:13 · LUK 15:5 · LUK 23:26 · JHN 9:15 · JHN 19:2 · ACT 6:6 · ACT 8:17 · ACT 8:19 · ACT 9:12 · ACT 9:17 · ACT 13:3 · ACT 19:6 · ACT 28:3 · ACT 28:8 · ACT 28:10 · 1TI 5:22
59.72 · Quantity · Add, Subtract
to add to add something to an existing quantity In a number of languages it is not at all difficult to speak of ‘adding things,’ but to add events may provide some special difficulties in restructuring. For example, in LUK 3:20 it may be important to translate as ‘he had done many other bad things, but he also did this,’ and in GAL 2:6 it may be helpful to translate ‘for those who were of repute did not say that I should do anything more than I was doing.’
90.87 · Case · To Cause To Experience
to subject to to subject someone to a particular experience, normally by the use of force In REV 22:18, there is obviously a play on two different meanings of ἐπιτίθημι, ‘to add to’ and ‘to subject to.’ In the preceding clause ἐάν τις ἐπιθῇ ἐπ̓ αὐτά, the meaning is clearly ‘if anyone adds to these’ (see ἐπιτίθημι[b], 59.72), but in the second clause there is both the addition as well as the subjection of a person to punishment.
LUK 10:30 · ACT 15:28 · ACT 16:23 · ACT 18:10 · REV 22:18 · REV 22:18
22.27 · Trouble, Hardship, Relief, Favorable Circumstances · Cause Trouble, Hardship
Collocation: ἐπιτίθημι ζυγὸν ἐπὶ τὸν τράχηλον
to load down with obligations, to place a burden on the backs of (an idiom, literally: to put a yoke upon the neck) to cause difficulty to someone by requiring conformity to rules and regulations
33.128 · Communication · Name
Collocation: ἐπιτίθημι ὄνομα
to name, to give a name to (an idiom, literally: to place a name) to give a name to, with the possible implication of an additional name
57.78 · (ἐπιτίθεμαι[a]) · Possess, Transfer, Exchange · Give
to give, to provide, to grant to place something at the disposal of someone else
39.47 · (ἐπιτίθεμαι[b]) · Hostility, Strife · Attack
to attack, to assault to use sudden physical force against someone as the outgrowth of a hostile attitude In a number of languages the equivalent of ‘to attack’ is simply ‘to start fighting against.’ In some languages, however, the equivalent is ‘to jump on’ or ‘to grab to do harm to.’
1 MRK 3:16 In LUK 6:14, which is parallel to MRK 3:16, Luke uses ὀνομάζω meaning simply ‘to name’ (see 33.127).
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐπι-τίθημι, 3 pers. plur. ἐπιτιθέασι (Mt. xxiii. 4; οἵ. W. § 14, 1b.; Β. 44 (38); Bttm. Ausf. Spr. i. p. 505; Kiihner i. p. 643; [Jelf § 274; and on this and foll. forms see Veitch 5. vv. τίθημι, τιθέω]), impy. ἐπιτίθει (1 Tim. ν. 22; see Matthiae § 210, 2 and 6; Bittm. Ausf. Spr. i. Ρ. 508; Kiihner § 209, 5; [Jelf § 274 obs. 4]); impf. 3 pers. plur. ἐπετίθουν (Acts viii. 17 RG), ἐπετίθεσαν (ib. LT Tr WH; ef. Bttm. Ausf. Spr. i. p. 509; Β. 45 (39)); fut. ἐπιθήσω ; 1 aor. ἐπέθηκα; 2 aor. ἐπέθην, impv. ἐπίθες (Mt. ix. 18; Gen. xlviii. 18; Judg. xviii. 19); Mid., [pres. ἐπιτίθεμαι] ; fut. ἐπιθήσομαι; 2 aor. ἐπεθέμην ; [1 aor. pass. ἐπετέθην (Mk. iv. 21 RG)]; in Sept. chiefly for }D3, Dw and DWI; 1. Active: a. to put or lay upon: τὶ ἐπί τι, Mt. xxiii. 4; xxvii. 29R GL; Mk. iv. 21 RG; Lk. xv. 5; Jn. ix. [6 WH txt. Tr mrg.], 15; [xix. 2 Lumrg., see below]; Acts xv. 10 [οἵ. W. 318 (298); B. 261 (224)]; xxviii. 3; τὶ ἐπί twos, gen. of thing, Mt. xxvii. 29 T Tr WH; ἐν with dat. of thing, Mt. xxvii. 29 LT Tr WH; τὴν χεῖρα [or τὰς χεῖρας or χεῖρας] ἐπί τινα, Mt. ix. 18; Mk. viii. 25 [(( WH Tr txt. ἔθηκεν); xvi. 18; Acts viii. 17; [ix. 17]; Rev.i.17 Ree.; ἐπί τινα πληγάς, calamities, Rey. xxii. 18 [but see Ὁ. below]; ἐπάνω τινός, Mt. xxi. 7 RG; xxvii. 375; ἐπί τινος, Lk. viii. 16 RG; τί τινι, Lk. xxiii. 26; Jn. xix. 2 [not L mrg., see above] ; Acts xv. 28; τινὶ ὄνομα, Mk. iii. 16 sq. ; τινὶ τὰς χεῖρας, Mt. xix. 13 [ef. B. 233 (201) ; W. 288 (270 sq.) ], 15; Mk. v. 23; [vili. 23, here Tr mrg. αὐτοῦ] ; Lk. iv. 40; xiii. 13; Acts vi. 6; viii. 19; xiii. 3; xix.6; xxviii.8; 1 Tim. v. 22; [τινὶ τὴν χεῖρα, Mk. vii. 32]; χεῖρα [ RG, χεῖρας or τὰς χεῖρας L T Tr WH], Acts ix. 12; τινὶ πληγάς, to inflict blows, lay stripes on one, Lk. x. 30; Acts xvi. 23. b. toadd to: Rev. xxii. 18 (opp. to ἀφαιρεῖν vs. 19). 2. Middle; a. tohave put on, bid to be laid on; τὶ ἐπί τι (Xen. Cyr. 8, 2,4): τὰ πρὸς τὴν χρείαν, sc. τινί, to provide one with the things needed [al. put on board se. the ship], Acts xxviii. 10. b. to lay or throw one’s self upon; with dat. of pers. to attack one, to make an assault on one: Acts xviii. 10; Ex. xxi. 14; xviii. 11; 2 Chr. xxiii. 13, and often in prof. writ.; cf. Kuinoel ad loc.; [W. 593 (552). Come.: συν-επιτίθημι.}
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐπιτίθημι epitithēmi 39x
to put, place, or lay upon, Mt. 9:18; Lk. 4:40; to impose a name, Mk. 3:16, 17; to inflict, Acts 16:23; Lk. 10:30; Rev. 22:18; mid. to impose with authority, Acts 15:28; 28:10; to set or fall upon, assail, assault, attack, Acts 18:10
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐπι-τίθημι
[in LXX for נָתַן, שָׁוָה, etc. ;]
to lay, set or place upon: c. acc rei, seq. ἐπί, c. acc rei, Mt 23:4, Lk 15:5, Jo 9:6 (WH, txt.), 15, Ac 15:10 28:3; ἐπί, c. gen. rei, Mt 27:29; ἐν, ib.; c. dat. pers., σταυρόν, Lk 23:26; στέφανον, Jo 19:2; ὄνομα, Mk 3:16, 17; πληγάς, Lk 10:30, Ac 16:23; ἐπί c. acc pers., Re 22:18; of the laying on of hands, τ. χεῖρα (-ας), seq. ἐπί c. acc pers., Mt 9:18, Mk 16:[18], Ac 8:17 9:17; c. dat. pers., Mt 19:13, 15, Mk 5:23 6:5 7:32 8:23, Lk 4:40 13:13, Ac 6:6 8:19 9:12 13:3 19:6 28:8, I Ti 5:22. Mid.,
to provide: Ac 28:10 (RV, put on board; cf. Field, Notes, 149);
to throw oneself upon, attack: c. dat. pers., Ac 18:10.
to add to: Re 22:18 (v. supr., and cf. Swete, in l.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐπιτίθημι is construed with the acc. and dat., as in Ac 2819, in BGU IV. 12081 4 (B.c. 27) ὃ ἐπιτέθ[εισα7. τοῖς παρ᾽ αὐτοῦ [πιττάκ]ιον, 2b. 11397 (B.C. 5) Πάρθος. . . αὐτῇ ἐπέθηκεν TIptua (cf. Mk 38), P Ryl 11. 819 (c. a.p. 104) τὴν yap ὅλου τοῦ πράγματος ἐξουσίαν τοῖς κατασπ]ορεῦσι ἐπεθέμην, “for I gave the inspectors of sowing the conduct of the whole matter”? (Edd.), and with the acc. alone in 24. 121} (ii/A.D.) tT[as] σφραγεῖδας ds ἐπέθηκ[ε, ‘the seals which he affixed” (Edd.). In BGU IV. τοιοῦ (mid. ii/A.pD.) we have ὃς ἔδωκεν τὸν στρατηγὸν τοῦ νομοῦ els T[d] πέρας ἐπιθεῖναι τῇ] λογοθεσίᾳ. For the meaning “‘ persuade,” ‘‘ enjoin,” cf. P Oxy X. 12558 (A.D. 292) ἐπειθεμένου σου ἡμῖν, 26. 12651 (A.D. 336) ἐπέθετό μοι ἡ σὴ ἐμμέλε[ια ἐγγρά]φως δηλῶσαι, “your grace enjoined me to state in writing” (Edd.), and for the meaning ‘‘attack,” ‘‘assault,’’ as in Ac 181°, cf. P Tebt I. 1514 (B.c. 114) kal τὸν τούτου υἱὸν Μάρωνα ἐπιτεθεῖσϑαι τῶι Πολέμωνι, 20. 531° (B.c. 110) ἐπιθέμενοι λῃστικῶι τρόπωι, and so BGU IV. ro6r! (B.c. 14): cf. P Flor III. 3327 (ii/A.D.) ἀλλ᾽ ἐπιζητεῖ viv μετὰ καὶ ἄλλων γυμναστικῶν φίλων πῶς ἐπιθῆταί μοι ἀπόντος σου, and see σι. ἐπίθεσις. With the use of the verb = “‘add to” in Rey 22!8 as opposed to adatpéw, cf. προστίθημι in Cagnat IV. 1028479 ἐὰν δέ τις] πρὸς ταύτας Tas συνθήκας κοινῆ(ι) βουλῆ(ι) προσϑεῖναι ἢ ἀφελεῖν βούλ[ω]νται ὃ δῆμος καὶ ἢ βουλὴ κτλ.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐπιτίθημι (epitithēmi) — to put/lay on. ἐπιτίθημι, passive mostly furnished by ἐπίκειμαι: active, lay, put or place upon, of offerings laid on the altar, ἐπὶ μηρία θέντες Ἀπόλλωνι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; set meats on the table, εἴδατα πόλλ᾽ ἐπιθεῖσα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; πάντ᾽ ἐπιθεῖτε on the car, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τινὶ κύρτον καὶ κώπαν, as a grave-monument, [Refs 7th c.BC+]: but also c.genitive, ἐ. λεχέων τινά [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κεφαλὴν ἐπὶ στέρνα τινός [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with accusative only, put upon, set up, ἐ. φάρμακα apply salves, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐ. μνημεῖά τινι to him, [Refs]
2. set upon, turn towards, Ἑκτορέοις ἐπὶ φρένα θῆχ᾽ ἱεροῖσιν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; but τῇ δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἐπὶ φρεσὶ θῆκε with infinitive, put it into her mind to.., [Refs 8th c.BC+]
II. put on a covering or lid, ὡς εἴ τε φαρέτρῃ πῶμ᾽ ἐπιθείη [Refs]; λίθον δ᾽ ἐπέθηκε θύρῃσι, i.e. put a stone as a door to the cave, put it before the door, [Refs]; also, put a door to, κολλητὰς ἐπέθηκα θύρας [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. set a seal on, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; apply a pessary, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; a cupping instrument, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
III. put to, add, grant or give besides, ὅσσα τε νῦν ὔμμ᾽ ἐστὶ καὶ εἴ ποθεν ἄλλ᾽ ἐπιθεῖτε [Refs 8th c.BC+]
III.2. of Time, add, bring on, ἕβδομον ἦμαρ ἐπὶ Ζεὺς θῆκε [Refs 8th c.BC+]
IV. put on as a finish, χρυσέην ἐπέθηκε κορώνην [Refs 8th c.BC+] add fulfilment, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τέλος ἐπιτεθήκατον[Refs 4th c.BC+]; πέρας ἐ. τῷ πράγματι [Refs 2nd c.AD+], etc.; ὅρον ἐ. τῷ πράγματι Mitteis [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
V. impose, inflict a penalty, σοὶ δέ, γέρον, θωὴν ἐπιθήσομεν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; δίκην, ζημίην, ἄποινα ἐ. τινί, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: so of burdens, grievances, etc., θήσειν..ἐπ᾽ ἄλγεα Τρωσί [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀνάγκην ἐ. with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ...μὴ τυγχάνειν imposing as a penalty not to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]
VI. dispatch a letter, ἐ. τι ἐς Αἴγυπτον, ἐς Μυτιλήνην, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
VII. give a name, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
VIII. contribute (capital) to a venture, ἐς πεῖραν [Refs] __B middle, with perfect passive ἐπιτέθειμαι [Refs 1st c.AD+] also aorist passive, [Refs], etc.:—put on oneself or for oneself, ἐπὶ στεφάνην κεφαλῆφιν..θήκατο placed a helmet on his head, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; χεῖρας ἐπ᾽ ἀνδροφόνους θέμενος στήθεσσι laying one's hands upon.., [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κτύπημα χειρὸς κάρᾳ on one's head, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.II put on or to, as a door, πύλας τοῖς ὠσὶν ἐπίθεσθε [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.III apply oneself to, employ oneself on or in, with dative, ναυτιλίῃσι μακρῇσι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῇ πείρᾳ, τοῖς ἔργοις, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with infinitive, attempt to.., φιλοσοφεῖν ἐπέθετο [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, ἐπετέθη πρὸς τὸν πόλεμον [Refs 3rd c.BC+] __B.III.2 make an attempt upon, attack, τῇ Εὐβοίῃ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. τῇ τοῦ δήμου καταλύσει attempt it, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐ. ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις or τοῖς ἀτυχήμασί τινος take advantage of them, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, make an attack, κατ᾽ ἀμφότερα [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.III.3 absolutely, δικαιοσύνην ἐπιθέμενος ἤσκεε he practised justice with assiduity, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.IV bring on oneself, ἐπέθου θύος δημοθρόους τ᾽ ἀράς [Refs 4th c.BC+] __B.IV.2 cause a penalty to be imposed, θάνατον ζημίαν ἐπιθέσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.V lay commands on, τί τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: also with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.VI give a name, τινί [Refs 8th c.BC+] __B.VII contribute, πολλοὶ ἐπέθεντο τὰς ἐπιδόσεις εἰς τὴν παρασκευὴν τοῦ πολέμου probably in [Refs 4th c.BC+]