G1863 — ἐπάγω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
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TWOT
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KJV Renderings
bring upon
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐπάγω (present participle ἐπάγων); 1 aorist participle ἐπάξας (Winers Grammar, p. 82 (78); (Veitch, under the word ἄγω)); 2 aorist infinitive ἐπαγαγεῖν; from Homer down; the Sept. chiefly for äÅáÄéà; to lead or bring upon: τίνι τί, to bring a thing on one, i. e. to cause something to befall one, usually something evil, 2Pe 2:1; 2Pe 2:5 (πῆμα, Hesiod, Works, 240; ἀταν, Sophocles Ajax 1189; γῆρας νόσους ἐπάγει, Plato, Tim. 33 a.; ἑαυτοῖς δουλείαν, Demosthenes, p. 424, 9; δεῖνα, Palaeph. 6, 7; κακά, Bar 4:29; ἀμέτρητον ὕδωρ, 3Ma 2:4, and in other examples; in the Sept. ἐπί τινα τί, as κακά, Jer 6:19; Jer 11:11, etc.; πληγήν, Exo 11:1; also in a good sense, as ἀγαθά, Jeremiah 39:42 (); τίνι εὐφροσύνην, Bar 4:29). ἐπάγειν τό αἷμα τίνος ἐπί τινα, to bring the blood of one upon anyone, i. e. lay upon one the guilt of, make him answerable for, the violent death inflicted on another: Act 5:28 (like ἐπάγειν ἁμαρτίαν ἐπί τινα, Gen 20:9; Exo 32:21; Exo 32:34; ἁμαρτίας πατέρων ἐπί τέκνα, Exo 34:7).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἐπάγω (bring upon)
Acts 5:28
- KJV: Saying not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name and behold ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us
- GK: λέγων ου παραγγελία παρηγγείλαμεν υμίν μη διδάσκειν επί τω ονόματι τούτω και ιδού πεπληρώκατε την Ιερουσαλήμ της διδαχής υμών και βούλεσθε επαγαγείν εφ΄ ημάς το αίμα του ανθρώπου τούτου
2 Peter 2:1
- KJV: But there were false prophets also among the people even as there shall be false teachers among you who privily shall bring in damnable heresies even denying the Lord that bought them and bring upon themselves swift destruction
- GK: εγένοντο δε και ψευδοπροφήται εν τω λαώ ως και εν υμίν έσονται ψευδοδιδάσκαλοι οίτινες παρεισάξουσιν αιρέσεις απωλείας και τον αγοράσαντα αυτούς δεσπότην αρνούμενοι επάγοντες εν ευτοίς ταχινήν απώλειαν
2 Peter 2:5
- KJV: And spared not the old world but saved Noah the eighth a preacher of righteousness bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly
- GK: και αρχαίου κόσμου ουκ εφείσατο αλλά όγδοον Νώε δικαιοσύνης κήρυκα εφύλαξε κατακλυσμόν κόσμω ασεβών επάξας