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To put/lay on

ἐπιτίθημιStrong’s G2007

epitithēmi

Appears in 38 verses of the New Testament

In short

Epitithēmi is the Greek word usually translated “having laid”, “do lay” and “may lay”. It appears in 38 verses of the New Testament.

“Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep thyself pure.”
1 Timothy 5:22 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “having laid”, “do lay” and “may lay”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • having laid 9
  • do lay 2
  • he may lay 2
  • put 2
  • he added 2
  • lay 1
  • they put 1
  • they put up 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Acts 14
  • Mark 8
  • Matthew 7
  • Luke 5
  • John 2
  • 1 Timothy 1

7 books in all.

Explore in Scripture
All 38 verses, by book
John 2
9:1519:2
1 Timothy 1
5:22
Revelation 1
22:18
Greek dictionary

ἐπιτίθημι epitithēmi · to put/lay on

ἐπι-τίθημι [in LXX for נָתַן, שָׁוָה, etc. ;] 1. to lay, set or place upon: with accusative of thing(s), before ἐπί, with accusative of thing(s), Mat.23:4, Luk.15:5, Jhn.9:6 (WH, txt. Jhn.9:15), Act.15:10 28:3; ἐπί, with genitive of thing(s), Mat.27:29; ἐν, ib.; with dative of person(s), σταυρόν, Luk.23:26; στέφανον, Jhn.19:2; ὄνομα, Mrk.3:16-17; πληγάς, Luk.10:30, Act.16:23; ἐπί with accusative of person(s), Rev.22:18; of the laying on of hands, τ. χεῖρα (-ας), before ἐπί with accusative of person(s), Mat.9:18, Mrk.16:13, Act.8:17 9:17; with dative of person(s), Mat.19:13, 15, Mrk.5:23 6:5 …

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “put” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

PUT, verb transitive

preterit tense and participle passive put [Gr.a germ, shoot or twig. We find the same word in the Latin puto, to prune, that is, to thrust off, also to think or consider, that is, to set in the mind, as we use suppose, Latin supono. But we see the English sense more distinctly in the compounds, imputo, to impute, that is, to put to or on; computo, to compute, to put together. The Latin posui, from pono, is probably a dialectical orthography of the same root.

  1. To set, lay or place; in a general sense.
  2. put is applicable to state or condition, as well as to place. put him in a condition to help himself. put the fortress in a state of defense.
  3. To repose.“How wilt thou--put thy trust on Egypt for chariots?” 2 Kings 18:24
  4. To push into action.
All definitions and other forms of “put”
  1. To apply; to set to employment.“No man having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God” Luke 9:62
  2. To throw or introduce suddenly.
  3. To consign to letters.“He made a proclamation--and put it also in writing” 2 Chronicles 36:22
  4. To oblige; to require.
  5. To incite; to instigate; to urge by influence.
  6. To propose; as, to put a question to the witness; to put a case in point.
  7. To reach to another.
  8. To bring into a state of mind or temper.
  9. To offer; to advance.
  10. To cause.
  11. To thrust aside.
  12. To degrade; to deprive of authority, power or place.
  13. To bring into disuse.
  14. To confute; to silence.“Sampson said, I will now put forth a riddle to you” Judges 14:12
  15. To extend; to reach; as, to put forth the hand.
  16. To shoot out; to send out, as a sprout; as, to put forth leaves.
  17. To exert; to bring into action; as, to put forth strength.
  18. To publish, as a book.
  19. To insert; as, to put in a passage or clause; to put in a cion.
  20. To conduct into a harbor.
  21. To turn aside from a purpose or demand; to defeat or delay by artifice.
  22. To delay; to defer; to postpone.
  23. To pass fallaciously; to cause to be circulated or received; as, to put off upon the world some plausible reports or ingenious theory.
  24. To discard.
  25. To recommend; to vend; to obtrude.
  26. To vend; to sell.
  27. To pass into other hands; as, to put off a counterfeit coin or note.
  28. To push from land; as, to put off the boat.
  29. To invest with, as clothes or covering; as, to put on a cloke.
  30. To assume; as, to put on a grave countenance; to put on a counterfeit appearance.
  31. To forward; to promote.
  32. To impose; to inflict.“That which thou puttest on me, I will bear” 2 Kings 18:14
  33. To defer; to postpone.
  34. To extinguish; as, to put out a candle, lamp or fire; to put out the remains of affection.
  35. To send; to emit; to shoot; as a bud or sprout; as, to put out leaves.
  36. To extend; to reach out; to protrude; as, to put out the hand.
  37. To drive out; to expel; to dismiss.“When I am put out of the stewardship” Luke 16:4
  38. To publish; to make public; as, to put out a pamphlet. [Not vulgar.]
  39. To confuse; to disconcert; to interrupt; as, to put one out in reading or speaking.
  40. To refer to; to expose; as, to put the fate of the army or nation to a battle; to put the safety of the state to hazard.
  41. To punish by; to distress by; as, to put a man to the rack or torture.
  42. To take by theft or wrong; to embezzle.“Then shall an oath of the Lord be between them both, that he hath not put his hand to his neighbor's goods” Exodus 22:11
  43. To bring to a test; to try.
  44. To unite; to connect. put the two chains together.
  45. To place in company or in one society.
  46. To send forth or shoot up, as plants; as, to put up mushrooms.
  47. To expose; to offer publicly; as, to put up goods to sale or auction.
  48. To start from a cover.
  49. To hoard.
  50. To reposit for preservation; as, to put up apples for winter.
  51. To pack; to reposit in casks with salt for preservation; as, to put up pork, beef or fish.
  52. To hide or lay aside. put up that letter.
  53. To put in a trunk or box; to pack; as, to put up clothing for a journey.

PUT, verb intransitive

To go or move; as, when the air first puts up.

  1. To steer.
  2. To shoot; to germinate.
  3. To leave a port or haven.
  4. To offer a claim.
  5. To offer one's self as a candidate.
  6. To take without opposition or dissatisfaction; as, to put up with bad fare.

PUT, noun

An action of distress; as a forced put

  1. A game at cards.

PUT, noun

A rustic; a clown.

    PUT, noun

    A strumpet; a prostitute.

      Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

      Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.