# G1945 ἐπίκειμαι

ἐπίκειμαι (epíkeimai), Strong’s G1945: to rest upon (literally or figuratively) KJV: impose, be instant, (be) laid (there-, up-)on, (when) lay (on), lie (on), press upon. Occurs 13 times.

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*epíkeimai* — to rest upon (literally or figuratively)

KJV: impose, be instant, (be) laid (there-, up-)on, (when) lay (on), lie (on), press upon

Built from [ἐπί epí](https://besorah.bible/word/G1909) (meaning superimposition) + [κεῖμαι keîmai](https://besorah.bible/word/G2749) (to lie outstretched)

Occurs 13 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Luke 5:1](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/5?v=1) — Now while the multitude pressed on him and heard the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret.
- [Luke 23:23](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/23?v=23) — But they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might be crucified. Their voices and the voices of the chief…
- [John 11:38](https://besorah.bible/besorah/john/11?v=38) — Yeshua therefore, again groaning in himself, came to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone lay against it.
- [John 21:9](https://besorah.bible/besorah/john/21?v=9) — So when they got out on the land, they saw a fire of coals there, with fish and bread laid on it.
- [Acts 27:20](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/27?v=20) — When neither sun nor stars shone on us for many days, and no small storm pressed on us, all hope that we would be saved…
- [1 Corinthians 9:16](https://besorah.bible/besorah/1-corinthians/9?v=16) — For if I proclaim the Good News, I have nothing to boast about, for necessity is laid on me; but woe is to me if I…
- [Hebrews 9:10](https://besorah.bible/besorah/hebrews/9?v=10) — being only (with foods and drinks and various washings) fleshly ordinances, imposed until a time of reformation.
- [1 Maccabees 6:57](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/1-maccabees/6?v=57) — He made haste, and gave orders to depart. He said to the king and the leaders of the army and to the men, “We get…
- [2 Maccabees 1:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/2-maccabees/1?v=21) — he commanded them to draw some of it out and bring it to him. When the sacrifices had been offered, Nehemiah commanded…
- [3 Maccabees 1:22](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/3-maccabees/1?v=22) — Along with these there were some of the citizens who took courage and would not submit to his obstinacy and his…