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Notes: The meanings of ἐπιβάλλω[a] (15.218: ἐπιβάλλω) and ἐπιρίπτω (15.219: ἐπιρίπτω) parallel to a certain extent the distinction in βάλλω[a] (15.215: βάλλω) and ῥίπτω[a] (15.217: ῥίπτω) in that βάλλω[a] suggests a more deliberate action, while ῥίπτω[a] suggests an action characterized by being quicker, more energetic, and often somewhat more impetuous.; Passage: RV MRK 4:37 · LV MRK 4:37 · Read together MRK 4:37
It would be possible to analyze the meaning of ἐπιβάλλω[c] as merely a matter of impact, but it is the evident action of the waves, not only in striking the boat but filling it with water, that would seem to justify setting up a separate meaning.; The phrases ἐπιβάλλω τὰς χεῖρας and ἐπιβάλλω τὴν χεῖρα ἐπί also occur with events, and as such focus attention on the beginning of an event, for example, οὐδεὶς ἐπιβαλὼν τὴν χεῖρα ἐπ᾽ ἄροτρον ‘no one puts his hand to the plow’ or ‘no one begins to plow’ RV LUK 9:62 · LV LUK 9:62 · Read together LUK 9:62. A treatment of this meaning is in 68.6: ἐπιβάλλω / 68.6: χείρ.

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Inflections: ἐπιβάλλω; fut.; ἐπιβαλῶ; ἐπιβάλλω; aor.; ἐπέβαλον

Related lemmas: βάλλω

Sense 1: to throw on

Semantic entry: 15.218

Semantic domains: Linear Movement

Subdomains: Throw, Hurl

Definition: to throw something on{N:001}

MRK 11:7: RV MRK 11:7 · LV MRK 11:7 · Read together MRK 11:7

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OET-RV MRK 11:7

7 They brought the young donkey to Yeshua, placing their coats over it before Yeshua mounted it.

OET-LV MRK 11:7

7 And they _are _bringing the colt to the Yaʸsous, and they _are _laying _on the coats of _them to _it, and he _sat _down on it.

Sense 2: to put on, to place on, to lay on

Semantic entry: 85.51

Semantic domains: Existence in Space

Subdomains: Put, Place

Definition: to place something on something

MAT 9:16: RV MAT 9:16 · LV MAT 9:16 · Read together MAT 9:16

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16 No one patches old clothes with new material, because the patch will shrink and the clothes would end up with a worse hole.

OET-LV MAT 9:16

16 But no _one is _putting _on a_patch of_ unshrunken _cloth on an_ old _garment, because/for the patch of _it is _tearing _away from the garment, and a_worse tear is _becoming.

LUK 5:36: RV LUK 5:36 · LV LUK 5:36 · Read together LUK 5:36

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36 Then he went on to tell them this parable, “No one repairs their old clothes by putting on a patch of new material. If they did, the new patch will likely tear off again, plus it wouldn’t look right anyway.

OET-LV LUK 5:36

36 And he _was_ also _speaking a_parable to them:
that No _one having _torn a_patch of a_ new _garment, is _putting _on it on an_ old _garment, but if not surely both the new will _be _tearing, and the patch which of the new not will _be _agreeing _together with _the old.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 9:16 · LV MAT 9:16 · Read together MAT 9:16

LUK: RV LUK 5:36 · LV LUK 5:36 · Read together LUK 5:36

CO1: RV CO1 7:35 · LV CO1 7:35 · Read together CO1 7:35

Sense 3: to splash into

Semantic entry: 14.21

Semantic domains: Physical Events and States

Subdomains: Events Involving Liquids and Dry Masses

Definition: to strike upon and into (with special reference to the action of waves)

MRK 4:37: RV MRK 4:37 · LV MRK 4:37 · Read together MRK 4:37

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37 Out on the lake, a big storm came up with strong winds, and the waves started breaking across the boat and filling it with water.

OET-LV MRK 4:37

37 And a_storm of_ great _wind is _becoming, and the waves was _breaking _down into the boat, so _that already the boat to _be _being _filled.

Sense 4: to belong to

Semantic entry: 57.3

Semantic domains: Possess, Transfer, Exchange

Subdomains: Have, Possess, Property, Owner

Definition: to belong to or to come to belong to, with the possible implication of by right or by inheritance

LUK 15:12: RV LUK 15:12 · LV LUK 15:12 · Read together LUK 15:12

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12 The younger son asked his father to give him his inheritance in advance, so the father divided everything up.

OET-LV LUK 15:12

12 And the younger of _them said to _the father:
father, give to _me the breaking _down portion of _the estate.
he and he _divided the living to _them.

Sense 5: to reflect on, to think about seriously, to think deeply about

Semantic entry: 30.7

Semantic domains: Think

Subdomains: To Think, Thought

Definition: to give careful consideration to various implications of an issue

Notes: For another interpretation of ἐπιβάλλω in RV MRK 14:72 · LV MRK 14:72 · Read together MRK 14:72, see 68.5: ἐπιβάλλω.

MRK 14:72: RV MRK 14:72 · LV MRK 14:72 · Read together MRK 14:72

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72 Right then the rooster crowed for the second time and Kefa remembered now what Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) had told him—how he would renounce Yeshua three times before the rooster crowed—and he broke down and cried.

OET-LV MRK 14:72

72 And immediately for the_second time a_rooster crowed.
And the Petros was _reminded the message as the Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) said to _him, that Before the_rooster to _crow three-times you _will _be _renouncing me, and having _broken _down, he _was _weeping.

Sense 6: to begin

Semantic entry: 68.5

Semantic domains: Aspect

Subdomains: Begin, Start

Definition: to begin an activity, with special emphasis upon the inception or possibly the suddenness with which the event takes place

Notes: It would also be possible to understand ἐπιβάλλω in RV MRK 14:72 · LV MRK 14:72 · Read together MRK 14:72 as meaning ‘when he thought of it’ or ‘when he reflected on it’ (see 30.7: ἐπιβάλλω / 30.7: συμβάλλω).

MRK 14:72: RV MRK 14:72 · LV MRK 14:72 · Read together MRK 14:72

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Sense 7: to seize, to arrest

Semantic entry: 37.110

Semantic domains: Control, Rule

Subdomains: Seize, Take into Custody

Definition: (an idiom, literally: to lay hands on) to take a person into custody for alleged illegal activity

Collocations: ἐπιβάλλω τὰς χεῖρας ἐπί

MAT 26:50: RV MAT 26:50 · LV MAT 26:50 · Read together MAT 26:50

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OET-RV MAT 26:50

50 “Friend,” Yeshua asked, “why have you come?”
¶ Then they came up to Yeshua, and grabbed and arrested him.

OET-LV MAT 26:50

50 And the Yaʸsous said to _him:
Friend, because/for what are _you _coming?
Then having _approached, they _laid _on their hands on the Yaʸsous, and they _apprehended him.

MRK 14:46: RV MRK 14:46 · LV MRK 14:46 · Read together MRK 14:46

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46 Then the others with him grabbed Yeshua and secured him.

OET-LV MRK 14:46

46 And they laid _on the hands of _them and apprehended him.

All 10 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 26:50 · LV MAT 26:50 · Read together MAT 26:50

MRK: RV MRK 14:46 · LV MRK 14:46 · Read together MRK 14:46

LUK: RV LUK 20:19 · RV LUK 21:12 · LV LUK 20:19 · LV LUK 21:12 · Read together LUK 20:19 · Read together LUK 21:12

JHN: RV JHN 7:30 · RV JHN 7:44 · LV JHN 7:30 · LV JHN 7:44 · Read together JHN 7:30 · Read together JHN 7:44

ACT: RV ACT 4:3 · RV ACT 5:18 · RV ACT 12:1 · RV ACT 21:27 · LV ACT 4:3 · LV ACT 5:18 · LV ACT 12:1 · LV ACT 21:27 · Read together ACT 4:3 · Read together ACT 5:18 · Read together ACT 12:1 · Read together ACT 21:27

Sense 8: to start to do something and then to hesitate, to begin but have second thoughts about continuing

Semantic entry: 68.6

Semantic domains: Aspect

Subdomains: Begin, Start

Definition: (a Semitic idiom, literally: one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back) to begin some activity requiring close attention but then to change one’s mind about proceeding

Notes: It is probably best to regard the phrase ἐπιβαλὼν τὴν χεῖρα ἐπ᾽ ἄροτρον καὶ βλέπων εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω as a part of a traditional saying referring to anyone who has second thoughts about undertaking some new or different enterprise, but the particular manner in which this is adapted to a statement concerning ‘the kingdom of God’ makes its strictly idiomatic structure somewhat doubtful.

Collocations: ἐπιβάλλω τὴν χεῖρα ἐπ᾽ ἄροτρον καὶ βλέπω εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω

LUK 9:62: RV LUK 9:62 · LV LUK 9:62 · Read together LUK 9:62

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62 But Yeshua responded, “No one who starts ploughing a field and then starts looking backwards is suitable for God’s kingdom.”

OET-LV LUK 9:62

62 But the Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) said:
No _one Having _laid _on the hand of _him on the_plow, and looking on the things behind, is suitable in _the kingdom of_ the _god.

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἐπιβάλλω

Form 1

Sense 1: to throw on

Sense 2: to put on, to place on, to lay on

Sense 3: to splash into

Sense 4: to belong to

Sense 5: to reflect on, to think about seriously, to think deeply about

Sense 6: to begin

Sense 7: to seize, to arrest

Sense 8: to start to do something and then to hesitate, to begin but have second thoughts about continuing