ἐπάγω (present participle ἐπάγων); 1 aorist participle ἐπάξας (Winers Grammar, p. 82 (78); (Veitch, under the word ἄγω)); 2 aorist infinitive ἐπαγαγεῖν; from Homer down; the Sept. chiefly for δΕαΔιΰ; to lead or bring upon: τίνι τί, to bring a thing on one, i. e. to cause something to befall one, usually something evil, 2Pe_2:1; 2Pe_2:5 (πῆμα, Hesiod, Works, 240; ἀταν, Sophocles Ajax 1189; γῆρας νόσους ἐπάγει, Plato, Tim. 33 a.; ἑαυτοῖς δουλείαν, Demosthenes, p. 424, 9; δεῖνα, Palaeph. 6, 7; κακά, Bar_4:29; ἀμέτρητον ὕδωρ, 3Ma_2:4, and in other examples; in the Sept. ἐπί τινα τί, as κακά, Jer_6:19; Jer_11:11, etc.; πληγήν, Exo_11:1; also in a good sense, as ἀγαθά, Jeremiah 39:42 (); τίνι εὐφροσύνην, Bar_4:29). ἐπάγειν τό αἷμα τίνος ἐπί τινα, to bring the blood of one upon anyone, i. e. lay upon one the guilt of, make him answerable for, the violent death inflicted on another: Act_5:28 (like ἐπάγειν ἁμαρτίαν ἐπί τινα, Gen_20:9; Exo_32:21; Exo_32:34; ἁμαρτίας πατέρων ἐπί τέκνα, Exo_34:7).

ἐπάγω epagō 3x to bring upon, cause to come upon, 2Pe_2:1 ; 2Pe_2:5 ; met. to cause to be imputed or attributed to, to bring guilt upon, Act_5:28

ἐπ -άγω , [in LXX for H935 hi ., etc. (29 words in all);] to bring upon: c . dat . et acc , 2Pe_2:5 ; ἑαυτοῖς ἐ . (for cl . mid ., v. Mayor , in l ), 2Pe_2:1 ; ἐ . τὸ αἷμα ( cf. Ge 209), Act_5:28 .†

ἐπάγω [page 227] With 2Pe_2:1 ; 2Pe_2:5 cf. P Ryl II. 144 .21 (A.D. 38) ἔτι δὲ καὶ ἐτόλμησεν πθόνους ( l. φθόνου ) μοι ἐπαγαγεῖν αἰτίας τοῦ μὴ ὄντος , moreover he had the audacity to bring baseless accusations of malice against me (Edd.). In the early marriage contract P Tebt I. 104 .19 (B.C. 92) we have μὴ ἐξέστω Φιλίσκωι γυναῖκα ἄλλην ἐπ [α ]γ̣[α ]γ̣ε̣σ̣θ̣α̣ι̣ ἀ̣λ̣λὰ Ἀπολλωνίαν , it shall not be lawful for P. to bring in any other wife but A. (cf. the t.t. ἐπεισάγω ), and in P Oxy VIII. 1121 .21 (A.D. 295) the verb is = induce, when a petitioner complaining of certain persons who had carried off valuables adds τίνι ἐπα̣γόμενοι οὐκ ἐπίσταμαι , on what inducement I cannot tell (Ed.). A new formula with reference to enrolment is found in P Hib I. 32 .4 (B.C. 246) Ἡράκλειτος Ἡρ [ακλεί ]του Καστόρειος τῶν οὔπω [ἐ ]πηγμένων , H. son of H., of the Castorian deme but not yet enrolled, and more fully in P Petr I. 27(3) .5 τῆς ἐπιγονῆς τῶν οὔπω ἐπηγμ [ένων , and so ib. III. 11 .27 , 132 .20 . In the Egyptian calendar ἐπαγόμεναι ἡμέραι = Aug. 24 28, with a sixth ἐπαγομένη ἡμέρα (= Aug. 29), were inserted once in four years.

ἐπάγω fut. ξω aor2 ἐπήγαγον "to bring on", Od. , Aesch. : "to bring upon", τί τινι Hes. , attic "to set on, urge on", as hunters do dogs, Od. , Xen. "to lead on" an army "against" the enemy, Hdt. , Thuc. , etc. "to lead on by persuasion, influence", Od. , Eur. ; c. inf. "to induce" him to do, id=Eur. "to bring in, invite" as aiders or allies, Hdt. , Dem. "to bring to" a place, "bring in", Hdt. , etc.:— "to bring in, supply", Thuc. "to lay on or apply" to one, ἐπ. κέντρον ἵπποις, of a charioteer, Eur. ; ἔπαγε γνάθον "lay" your jaws "to it", Ar. "to bring forward, propose" a measure, Thuc. , Xen. ; so, ἐπ. δίκην, γραφήν τινι, Lat. intendere litem alicui, Plat. , etc. "to bring in over and above, to add", τι Aesch. , Ar. :— "to intercalate" days in the year, Hdt. Mid. "to procure or provide for oneself", Thuc. :—metaph., Ἅιδα φεῦξιν ἐπ. "to devise, invent" a means of shunning death, Soph. of persons, "to bring into" one's country, "bring in or introduce as allies", Hdt. , Thuc. "to call in" as witnesses, "adduce", Plat. , etc. "to bring upon oneself", φθόνον Xen. ; δουλείαν Dem. "to bring with one", Xen. "to bring over to oneself, win over", Thuc.

ἐπ-άγω [in LXX for בּוֹא hi., etc. (29 words in all) ;] to bring upon: with dative and accusative, 2Pe.2:5; ἑαυτοῖς ἐ. (for cl. mid., see Mayor, in l), 2Pe.2:1; ἐ. τὸ αἷμα (cf. Ge 209), Act.5:28.† (AS)