Biblical Greek

greek #1936 - ἐπίθεσις, εως, ἡ epithesis (a laying on)

Original Word:	ἐπίθεσις, εως, ἡ
Transliteration:	epithesis
Definition:	a laying on, an assault
Part of Speech:	Noun, Feminine
Phonetic Spelling:	(ep-ith'-es-is)
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

assault, imposition

From epitithemi; an imposition (of hands officially) -- laying (putting) on.

see GREEK epitithemi

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

Strong's 1936: ἐπίθεσις

ἐπίθεσις, ἐπιθησεως, ἡ (ἐπιτίθημι), a laying on, imposition: τῶνχειρῶν, Acts 8:18; 1 Timothy 4:14; 2 Timothy 1:6; Hebrews 6:2. The imposition of hands, χειροθεσια, was a sacred rite transmitted by the Jews to the Christians, and employed in praying for another, or in conferring upon him divine blessings, especially bodily health, or the Holy Spirit (at the administration of baptism and the inauguration to their office of the teachers and ministers of the church): Genesis 48:14; Numbers 27:18, 23; Deuteronomy 34:9; 2 Kings 5:11, etc.; Matthew 19:13; Mark 16:18; Acts 6:6; Acts 13:3; Acts 19:6, etc. (See B. D. under the word (supplement); McCl. and Strong and Dict. of Chris. Antiq. under the word .)

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Greek: 1936. ἐπίθεσις (epithesis) — 4 Occurrences

Acts 8:18 - N-GFS
GRK:διὰ τῆς ἐπιθέσεως τῶν χειρῶν
NAS: through the laying on of the apostles'
KJV: through laying on of the apostles'
INT: by the laying on of the hands

1 Timothy 4:14 - N-GFS
GRK:προφητείας μετὰ ἐπιθέσεως τῶν χειρῶν
NAS: prophetic utterance with the laying on of hands
KJV: with the laying on of the hands
INT: prophecy with laying on of the hands

2 Timothy 1:6 - N-GFS
GRK:διὰ τῆς ἐπιθέσεως τῶν χειρῶν
NAS: is in you through the laying on of my hands.
KJV: thee by the putting on of my hands.
INT: by the laying on of the hands

Hebrews 6:2 - N-GFS
GRK:βαπτισμῶν διδαχῆς ἐπιθέσεώς τε χειρῶν
NAS: about washings and laying on of hands,
KJV: and of laying on of hands,
INT: about washings of instruction of laying on moreover of hands

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