Word Summary
epirriptō: to cast upon
Original Word: ἐπιρρίπτωTransliteration: epirriptō
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ir-hrip'-to)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to cast upon
Meaning: to cast upon
Strong's Concordance
cast upon.
From epi and rhipto; to throw upon (literally or figuratively) -- cast upon.
see GREEK epi
see GREEK rhipto
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1977: ἐπιρρίπτωἐπιρρίπτω (
L T Tr WH ἐπιρίπτω, see Rho): 1 aorist
ἐπέρριψα; (
ῤίπτω);
to throw upon, place upon:
τί ἐπί τί,
Luke 19:35; (
Vulg.projicere, to throw away, throw off):
τήν μέριμναν ἐπί Θεόν, i. e. to cast upon, give up to, God,
1 Peter 5:7, from
Psalm 54:23 (). (Occasionally from Homer, Odyssey 5, 310 down.)