Strong's #1945: epikeimai (pronounced ep-ik'-i-mahee)

from 1909 and 2749; to rest upon (literally or figuratively):--impose, be instant, (be) laid (there-, up-)on, (when) lay (on), lie (on), press upon.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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epikeimai

1) to lie upon or over, rest upon, be laid or placed upon

1a) on the burning coals

2) metaphorically

2a) of things, of the pressure of a violent tempest

2b) of men, to press upon, to be urgent

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: from G1909 and G2749

Citing in TDNT: 3:655, 425

Usage:

This word is used 7 times:

 

Luke 5:1: "it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word"
Luke 23:23: "And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified."
John 11:38: "a cave, and a stone lay upon it."
John 21:9: "a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread."
Acts 27:20: "no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved"
1 Corinthians 9:16: "to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is"
Hebrews 9:10: "and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation."