ἐπιχειρέω
epicheiréō · G2021 · Greek · 3 occurrences
Meanings
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to try, to undertake
To undertake to do something, but not necessarily without success
ExamplesLuke 1:1 Since many have undertaken to compile an account of the things accomplished among us,
Acts 9:29 And he was talking and arguing with the Hellenistic Jews; but they were attempting to put him to death.
Acts 19:13 But also some of the Jewish exorcists, who went from place to place, attempted to use the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had the evil spirits, saying, “I order you in the name of Jesus whom Paul preaches!”
How it’s used In 2 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
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- ὁthe (definite article) 1
- περιέρχομαιto travel about 1
- πολύςmany 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- ἀναιρέωto kill, to execute 1
- ὀνομάζωto call 1
- ἀνατάσσομαιto organize (a report) 1
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 2 words
- πειράω peiráō · G3987 · to try, to attempt
- πειράω shares the core sense of 'to attempt, to try' with ἐπιχειρέω. Both verbs denote initiating an action with uncertain outcome, though ἐπιχειρέω emphasizes the deliberate taking in hand while πειράω focuses more on the trial aspect.
- τολμάω tolmáō · G5111 · to dare
- τολμάω means 'to dare, to venture to undertake' something, overlapping with ἐπιχειρέω's sense of taking initiative to do something, though τολμάω emphasizes the courage or boldness aspect while ἐπιχειρέω emphasizes the act of undertaking itself.
Contrasting words 1 word
- ἀφίστημι aphístēmi · G868 · to incite to revolt, to cause to rebel, to go away
- ἀφίστημι in its intransitive sense 'to withdraw, desist, refrain from' stands as a lexical opposite to ἐπιχειρέω 'to undertake, set one's hand to.' One denotes pulling back from action, the other denotes initiating it.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To try, to undertake68.59
- In Luke 1:1, Luke opens by noting that “many have undertaken to compile an account of the things accomplished among us,” describing an attempted undertaking.
Word family 12 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἐπιχείρῳ: imperfect ἐπεχείρουν; 1 aorist ἐπεχείρησα; (χείρ); 1. properly, to put the hand…
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: Lk 1:1; Acts 9:29; Acts 19:13; (2 Macc. 2:29 2Macc. 7:19). Grimm treats of this word more at length in the Jahrbb. f. deutsche Theol. for 1871, p. 36f.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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
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