Gloss
to lay upon; to press, crowd upon, demand insistently
Forms of the word
Dictionary
ἐπίκειμαι
Greek transliteration
epikeimai
Simplified transliteration
epikeimai
Principal Parts
(ἐπεκείμην), -, -, -, -, -
Numbers
Strong's number
1945
GK Number
2130
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
7
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
cv-6b
Definition
Greek-English Concordance for ἐπίκειμαι
| Luke 5:1 | It happened that, when the crowd was pressing (epikeisthai | ἐπικεῖσθαι | pres mid inf ) around him and listening to the word of God, that he was standing beside the lake of Gennesaret |
| Luke 23:23 | But they were insistent (epekeinto | ἐπέκειντο | imperf mid ind 3 pl), demanding with loud cries that he should be crucified, and their cries prevailed. |
| John 11:38 | Then Jesus, once more deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying (epekeito | ἐπέκειτο | imperf mid ind 3 sg) across it. |
| John 21:9 | When they had come ashore, they saw a charcoal fire ready with fish lying (epikeimenon | ἐπικείμενον | pres mid ptcp acc sg neut) on it, and bread. |
| Acts 27:20 | When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small storm continued (epikeimenou | ἐπικειμένου | pres mid ptcp gen sg masc) to rage, all hope of our being saved was at last abandoned. |
| 1 Corinthians 9:16 | If I preach the gospel, I do not have a ground for boasting, for I am (epikeitai | ἐπίκειται | pres mid ind 3 sg) compelled to do so (epikeitai | ἐπίκειται | pres mid ind 3 sg). Woe is me if I do not preach the gospel! |
| Hebrews 9:10 | but deal only with food and drink and various ceremonial washings, regulations for the body imposed (epikeimena | ἐπικείμενα | pres mid ptcp nom pl neut) until the time of correction. |
