epiballō · lay on, put on

What it means

epiballō (ἐπιβάλλω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “lay on, put on”.

Throw on, lay on.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To put something on something else; also to seize someone.
2. What belongs to someone: "the share that is mine".
3. To rush in, like waves into the boat.
4. To burst into tears.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• laid ×8
• puts ×3
• lay ×2
• breaking down ×1
• falls to me ×1
• put ×1
• throw ×1
• were breaking ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×2
• Mark×4
• Luke×5
• John×2
• Acts×4
• 1 Corinthians×1

• Matthew 9:16

  And no one puts a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old cloak; for the patch pulls away from the cloak, and a worse tear results.

• Matthew 26:50

  But Jesus said to him, “Friend, do that for which you have come.” Then they came up and laid their hands on Jesus and seized him.

• Mark 4:37

  And a great windstorm arises, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was already filling.

• Mark 11:7

  And they bring the colt to Jesus and throw their cloaks on it, and he sat on it.

• Mark 14:46

  And they laid their hands on him and seized him.

• Mark 14:72

  And at once a second time a rooster crowed. And Peter remembered the word, how Jesus had said to him, “Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” And breaking down, he was weeping.

• Luke 5:36

  And he was also telling a parable to them: “No one tears a patch from a new garment and puts it on an old garment; otherwise, he will tear the new too, and the patch from the new will not match the old.

• Luke 9:62

  But Jesus said, “No one who puts his hand to a plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”

• Luke 15:12

  And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the estate that falls to me.’ So he divided his property between them.

• Luke 20:19

  And the scribes and the high priests sought to lay hands on him in that very hour, but they feared the people; for they knew that he had told this parable against them.

• Luke 21:12

  But before all these things they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, handing you over to the synagogues and prisons, you being led away before kings and governors for the sake of my name.

• John 7:30

  So they were seeking to seize him, and no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.

• John 7:44

  And some of them wanted to seize him, but no one laid hands on him.

• Acts 4:3

  And they laid hands on them and put them in custody until the next day, for it was already evening.

• Acts 5:18

  and they laid hands on the apostles and put them in public custody.

• Acts 12:1

  Now about that time Herod the king laid hands on some of those from the assembly to mistreat them.

• Acts 21:27

  And when the seven days were about to be completed, the Jews from Asia, having seen him in the temple, stirred up the whole crowd and laid hands on him,

• 1 Corinthians 7:35

  Now I say this for your own benefit, not to put a noose on you, but for what is fitting and for constant devotion to the Lord without distraction.