G1863 ἐπάγω (epágō)

Greek

Verb

Quick Definition

ἐπάγω v. I bring upon

Strong's Definition

to superinduce, i.e. inflict (an evil), charge (a crime)

Derivation: from G1909 (ἐπί) and G71 (ἄγω);

KJV Usage: bring upon

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἐπάγω (G1863)

verb | aor.inf. ἐπαγαγεῖν · ptc. ἐπάξας | ἄγω

13.9 · Be, Become, Exist, Happen · State

to cause to be, to make to be, to make, to result in, to bring upon, to bring about to cause a state to be

ACT 5:28 · 2PE 2:1 · 2PE 2:5

¹ Any meaning involving ‘to cause to be’ implies some change in state, and therefore one could classify these meanings under Subdomain B Change of State in Domain 13 Be, Become, Exist, Happen. However, the focus seems to be primarily upon the changed state rather than upon the process of moving from one state to another. The fact that a change of state has taken place seems to be semantically incidental.

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἐπ-άγω, [pres. ptep. ἐπάγων]; 1 aor. ptep. ἐπάξας (W. p- 82 (78); [Veitch 5. v. @yw]); 2 aor. inf. ἐπαγαγεῖν ; fr. Hom. down; Sept. chiefly for 8°27; to lead or bring upon: τινί τι, to bring a thing on one, i. 6. to cause something te befall one, usually something evil, 2 Pet. ii. 1, 5, (πῆμα, Hesiod. opp. 240; ἄταν, Soph. Ajax 1189; γῆρας νόσους ἐπάγει, Plat. Tim. 33 a.; ἑαυτοῖς δουλείαν, Dem. p. 424, 9 ; δεινά, Palaeph. 6, 7; κακά, Bar. iv. 29; ἀμέτρητον ὕδωρ, 3 Mace. ii.4, and in other exx.; in the Sept. ἐπί τινά τι, as κακά, Jer. vi. 19; xi. 11, ete.; πληγήν, Ex. ΧΙ. 1; also ina good sense, as ἀγαθά, Jer. xxxix. (xxxii.) 42; τινὶ εὐφροσύνην, Bar. iv. 29). ἐπάγειν τὸ αἷμά twos ἐπί τινα, to bring the blood of one upon any one, i. e. lay upon one the guilt of, make him answerable for, the violent death inflicted on another: Acts v. 28, (like ἐπάγειν ἁμαρτίαν ἐπί τινα, Gen. xx. 9; Ex. xxxii. 21, 34; ἁμαρτίας πατέρων ἐπὶ τέκνα, Ex. xxxiv. 7).

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἐπάγω epagō 3x

to bring upon, cause to come upon, 2 Pet. 2:1, 5; met. to cause to be imputed or attributed to, to bring guilt upon, Acts 5:28*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἐπ-άγω

[in LXX for בּוֹא hi., etc. (29 words in all) ;]

to bring upon: c. dat. et acc, II Pe 2:5; ἑαυτοῖς ἐ. (for cl. mid., v. Mayor, in l), II Pe 2:1; ἐ. τὸ αἷμα (cf. Ge 20:9), Ac 5:28.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἐπάγω. With 2 Pet 21.5 cf. P Ryl IT. 1442! (a.p. 38) ἔτι δὲ καὶ ἐτόλμησεν πθόνους (1. 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® (B.c. 92) we have μὴ ἐξέστω Φιλίσκωι γυναῖκα ἄλλην ἐπ[α]γ[α]γέσθαι ἀλλὰ ᾿Απολλωνίαν, ‘it shall not be lawful for P. to bring in any other wife but A.” (cf. thez.¢. ἐπεισάγω), and in P Oxy VIII. 11217! (A.D. 295) the verb is = ‘‘induce,” when a petitioner complaining of certain persons who had carried off valuables adds—rivt ἐπαγόμενοι οὐκ ἐπίσταμαι, ‘on what inducement I cannot tell” (Ed.). A new formula with reference to enrolment is found in P Hib I. 324 (B.c. 246) ἩΗράκλειτος “Hp[akdcl]rov 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)° τῆς ἐπιγονῆς τῶν οὔπω ἐπηγμ[ένων, and so 76. JIT. 1127, 132°. In the Egyptian calendar ἐπαγόμεναι ἡμέραι -- Aug. 24-28, with a sixth ἐπαγομένη ἡμέρα (= Aug. 29), were “inserted” once in four years.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἐπάγω (epagō) — to bring upon. ἐπάγω [ᾰ], bring on, οἷον ἐπ᾽ ἦμαρ ἄγῃσι πατήρ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐλεύθερον ἦμαρ Bacisap.[Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. set on, urge on, as hunters do dogs, ἐπάγοντες ἐπῇσαν (i.e. κύνας) [Refs 8th c.BC+] — in middle [Refs]

2. b lead on an army against the enemy, Ἄρη τινί [Refs 5th c.BC+]: intransitive, march against, τισί [Refs 4th c.BC+]

2. c quicken the pace, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

3. lead on by persuasion, influence, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: with infinitive, induce one to do,[Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, οἷς ἐπαχθέντες ὑμεῖς [Refs 4th c.BC+]

4. bring in, invite as aiders or allies, τὸν Πέρσην [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸν Π. ἐπὶ τοὺς Ἕλληνας Epist. [Refs 5th c.BC+]

5. bring to a place, bring in, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, draw in nourishment, of roots, [Refs 4th c.BC+]:— passive, τροφὰ ἐπάγεται τῷ σώματι [Refs 5th c.BC+]

6. bring in, supply, ἐπιτήδεια [Refs 5th c.BC+]

7. lay on or apply to one, ἐ. κέντρον πώλοις, of a charioteer, [LXX+5th c.BC+]; ἐ. ζημίαν, ={ἐπιτιθέναι}, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἔπαγε τὴν γνάθον lay your jaws to it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. τὴν διάνοιάν τινι apply it, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

8. bring forward, ἐ. ψῆφον τοῖς ξυμμάχοις propose a vote to them, like{ἐπιψηφίζειν} ἐς.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ψῆφος ἐπῆκτό τινι περὶ φυγῆς against him, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ἐ. δίκην, γραφήν τινι, bring a suit against one, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

8. b introduce a person before the assembly, [Refs]

9. bring in over and above, παροψώνημα [Refs 4th c.BC+] —passive, τὸ ἐπαγόμενον φωνῆεν the vowel which follows, [Refs]; ὁ ἐ. ἀγών extraordinary, [Refs]

9. b intercalate days in the year, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἱ ἐπαγόμεναι, with or without ἡμέραι, intercalated days,[Refs 1st c.AD+]

10. in instruction or argument, lead on, τινὰς ἐπὶ τὰ μήπω γιγνωσκόμενα [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, ἐπαχθέντων αὐτῶν [Refs 4th c.BC+]

10. b especially in the Logic of Aristotle, teach or convince by induction, ἐπάγοντα ἀπὸ τῶν καθ᾽ ἕκαστον ἐπὶ τὸ καθόλου καὶ τῶν γνωρίμων ἐπὶ τὰ ἄγνωστα [Refs]:—passive, ἐπαχθῆναι μὴ ἔχοντας αἴσθησιν ἀδύνατον [Refs] by syllogism or by induction, [Refs]

10. c also ἐ. τὸ καθόλου bring forward, advance: hence, infer the general principle, τῇ καθ᾽ ἕκαστα ἐπὶ τῶν ὁμοίων ἐπαγωγῇ ἐ. τὸ καθόλου [Refs]; so later, adduce the argument, ὅτι.. [Refs 3rd c.AD+]inSE6.2; conclude, infer, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

11. ἐ. τὴν κοιλίαν move the bowels, variant for{ὑπ-}, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

II. middle, bring to oneself, procure or provide for oneself, ἐκ θαλάσσης ὧν δέονται ἐπάξονται [Refs 5th c.BC+] devise, invent a means of shunning death, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.2. of persons, bring into one's country, bring in or introduce as allies (see.[Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.3. μάρτυρας ποιητὰς ἐ. call them in as witnesses, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. ποιητὰς ἐν τοῖς λόγοις introduce by way of quotation, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. μαρτύρια adduce testimonies, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.4. bring upon oneself, νύκτα ἐν μεσημβρίᾳ [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.5. bring with one, προῖκα πολλήν [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II.6. bring over to oneself, win over, τὸ πλῆθος [Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive, ἐ. τινὰς ξυγχωρῆσαι induce them to concede, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.7. put in place, λίθον [Refs 3rd c.AD+]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

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)

Bible Occurrences (3)

5:28

2:1 2:5

Acts 5:28

We gave you strict orders...... not to teach in this name, he said. Yet... you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us responsible for...... this man’s blood.

2 Peter 2:1

Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. [They] will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them — bringing swift destruction on themselves.

2 Peter 2:5

[if] He did not spare [the] ancient world when He brought [the] flood [on its] ungodly [people], but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;