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Lexicon :: Strong's G2021 - epicheireō

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ἐπιχειρέω
Transliteration
epicheireō (Key)
Pronunciation
ep-ee-khi-reh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

ἐπιχειρέω epicheiréō, ep-ee-khi-reh'-o; from G1909 and G5495; to put the hand upon, i.e. undertake:—go about, take in hand (upon).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G2021 in the following manner: take in hand (1x), go about (1x), take upon (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G2021 in the following manner: take in hand (1x), go about (1x), take upon (1x).

  1. to put the hand to

  2. to take in hand, undertake, attempt

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐπιχειρέω epicheiréō, ep-ee-khi-reh'-o; from G1909 and G5495; to put the hand upon, i.e. undertake:—go about, take in hand (upon).
STRONGS G2021:
ἐπιχειρέω, -ῶ: imperfect ἐπεχείρουν; 1 aorist ἐπεχείρησα; (χείρ);
1. properly, to put the hand to (Homer, Odyssey 24, 386, 395).
2. often from Herodotus down, to take in hand, undertake, attempt (anything to be done), followed by the infinitive: Luke 1:1; Acts 9:29; Acts 19:13; (2 Macc. 2:29; 2 Macc. 7:19). Grimm treats of this word more at length in the Jahrbb. f. deutsche Theol. for 1871, p. 36f.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Luke
1:1
Acts
9:29; 19:13

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Strong's Number G2021 matches the Greek ἐπιχειρέω (epicheireō),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Look how they repay us by coming to drive us out of your possession that you gave us as an inheritance.

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Whatever is commanded by the God of the heavens must be done diligently for the house of the God of the heavens, so that wrath will not fall on the realm of the king and his sons.

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But when the matter was brought before the king, he commanded by letter that the evil plan Haman had devised against the Jews return on his own head and that he should be hanged with his sons on the gallows.

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