Lexical Summary epipherō: to bring upon or against Original Word: ἐπιφέρωTransliteration: epipherō Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ee-fer'-o) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to bring upon or against Meaning: to bring upon or against Strong's Concordance add, bring against, inflictFrom epi and phero; to bear upon (or further), i.e. Adduce (personally or judicially (accuse, inflict)), superinduce -- add, bring (against), take. see GREEK epi see GREEK phero Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2018: ἐπιφέρωἐπιφέρω; (imperfect ἐπέφερον); 2 aorist infinitive ἐπενεγκεῖν; (present passive ἐπιφέρομαι); 1. to bring upon, bring forward: αἰτίαν, of accusers (as in Herodotus 1, 26, and in Attic writings from Thucydides down; Polybius 5, 41, 3; 40, 5, 2; Josephus, Antiquities 2, 6, 7; 4, 8, 23; Herodian, 3, 8, 13 (6 edition, Bekker)), Acts 25:18 (where L T Tr WH ἔφερον); κρίσιν, Jude 1:9. 2. to lay upon, to inflict: τήν ὀργήν, Romans 3:5 (πληγήν, Josephus, Antiquities 2, 14, 2). 3. to bring upon i. e. in addition, to add, increase: θλῖψιν τοῖς δεσμοῖς, Philippians 1:16-17Rec., but on this passage see ἐγείρω, 4 c.; (πῦρ ἐπιφέρειν πυρί, Philo, leg. ad Gaium § 18; (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 52, 4, 7)). 4. to put upon, cast upon, impose (φάρμακον, Plato, epistle 8, p. 354 b.): τί ἐπί τινα, in passive, Acts 19:12, where L T Tr WH ἀποφέρεσθαι, which see |
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