Definition

to rest upon (literally or figuratively)

Etymology

from G1909 (ἐπί) and G2749 (κεῖμαι);

Where the KJV renders it

• impose
• be instant
• (be) laid (there-
• up-)on
• (when) lay (on)
• lie (on)
• press upon

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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