Word

ἐπιδίδωμι

epidídōmi · G1929 · Greek · 9 occurrences

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Meanings

to give to, to deliver to

To give, with the implication of motion toward the receiver

Examples
Matthew 7:9 “Or what person is there among you who, when his son asks for a loaf of bread, will give him a stone?
Matthew 7:10 “Or if he asks for a fish, he will not give him a snake, will he?
Luke 4:17 And the scroll of Isaiah the prophet was handed to Him. And He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written:
to give in to, to surrender, to yield

To give in to a superior power or force

Examples
Acts 27:15 and when the ship was caught in it and could not head up into the wind, we gave up and let ourselves be driven by the wind.

How it’s used In 5 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

9 occurrences in 5 groups

Not stated: he, she or it 5
ὁthe (definite article) 1
βιβλίονbook, scroll 1
Not stated: they 1
Not stated in the clause 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

6 occurrences in 5 groups

ὄφιςsnake 2
ἐπιστολήletter 1
λίθοςstone 1
μέροςpart 1
σκορπίοςscorpion 1

To or for whomIndirect object

7 occurrences in 1 groups

αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 7

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

ἀντίfor, instead of+ ἰχθύςfish 1

What is done to itIt is the object

2 occurrences in 1 groups

αἰτέωto ask for, to demand, to plead for 2

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 1 word

εἴκω eíkō · G1502 · to give in to, to surrender, to yield: The target term and εἴκω (“properly, to be weak; i.e., to yield”) share the specific sense of giving in, surrendering, or yielding; the target additionally carries a physical-delivery sense that extends beyond, but does not undermine, their shared core of yielding or surrender.

Semantic domains 2 entries

To give in to, to surrender, to yield39.21: This verb describes yielding oneself or one's efforts to an outside force, used of Luke's account of Paul's ship giving up control to the wind once it could no longer head into the storm — "the ship was caught in it and could not head up into the wind, we gave up and let ourselves be driven by the wind" (Acts 27:15).
To give to, to deliver to57.75: It most commonly describes handing an object over to another person, used of Jesus' teaching that no father would give his son a stone when he asks for bread, or a snake when he asks for a fish — "will he give him a stone?... he will not give him a snake" (Matthew 7:9-10), and of Jesus being handed the scroll of Isaiah in the synagogue at Nazareth — "the scroll of Isaiah the prophet was handed to Him" (Luke 4:17).

Word family 19 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

δίδωμι dídōmi · G1325 · to give, giving, to make · 414×παραδίδωμι paradídōmi · G3860 · to give over, to hand over, to turn over to · 119×ἀποδίδωμι apodídōmi · G591 · to return, to give back, to pay · 48×παράδοσις parádosis · G3862 · teaching, tradition · 13×ἐπιδίδωμιepidídōmi · G1929ἀνταποδίδωμι antapodídōmi · G467 · to repay, to pay back, to give back · 7×μεταδίδωμι metadídōmi · G3330 · to share, to give · 5×διαδίδωμι diadídōmi · G1239 · to give out, to distribute · 4×δόμα dóma · G1390 · gift · 4×ἐκδίδωμι ekdídōmi · G1554 · to let out, to lease, to rent out · 4×προδότης prodótēs · G4273 · betrayer, one who betrays · 3×ἀνταπόδομα antapódoma · G468 · repayment, recompense, reward for what has been done · 2×δόσις dósis · G1394 · to give, giving, gift · 2×ἀναδίδωμι anadídōmi · G325 · to hand over, to deliver · 1×ἀνταπόδοσις antapódosis · G469 · recompense, reward for what has been done · 1×δότης dótēs · G1395 · giver · 1×ἔκδοτος ékdotos · G1560 · handed over, betrayed · 1×εὐμετάδοτος eumetádotos · G2130 · liberal, generous in sharing · 1×προδίδωμι prodídōmi · G4272 · to give beforehand, to give in advance, to give first · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : 3 person singular imperfect ἐπεδίδου; future ἐπιδώσω; 1 aorist ἐπέδωκα; 2 aorist…

: 3 person singular imperfect ἐπεδίδου; future ἐπιδώσω; 1 aorist ἐπέδωκα; 2 aorist participle plural ἐπιδόντες; 1 aorist passive ἐπεδοθην; (from Homer down); to give over;
1. to hand, give by handing: τινα τί, Mt 7:9; Lk 11:11; Lk 24:30, Lk 24:42; Jn 13:26 (R G L); Acts 15:30; passive Lk 4:17.
2. to give over, i. e. give up to the power or will of one (German preisgeben): Acts 27:15 (namely, ἑαυτούς or τό πλοῖον τῷ ἀνέμῳ).

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Yielding1 occurrence Give8 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0