Quick Definition
ἐπιχέω v. I pour upon
Strong's Definition
from 1909 and cheo (to pour); --to pour upon
Derivation: from G1909 (ἐπί) and (to pour);
KJV Usage: --to pour upon:--pour in
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | χέω (pour)
47.6 · Activities Involving Liquids or Masses · Movement of Liquids or Masses
to pour on to cause to pour on or flow on
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐπιχέω epicheō 1x
to pour upon, Lk. 10:34*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐπι-χέω
[in LXX chiefly for יָצַק. Ge 28:18, al. ;]
to pour upon: Lk 10:34.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐπιχέω. P Leid W {jo (ii/iii A.D.) καὶ μηκέτι ἐπιχέῃς (the vessel being already full) ; cf. the late form in zd. +5 kal κεμείσας (1. γεμίσας) τοὺς λύχνους μηκέτι ἐπίχυννε (/. ἐπίχυε). We may cite from the inscrr. 77έελε 1001 *V-8 (c. B.C. 200) καὶ ποιεῖσθαι Tay τὰν (om.) συναγωγὰν ἀπὸ τοῦ πράτου ἀλείμ.ματος καὶ ἐπιχεῖσθαι πάντας ἀπὸ δείπνου. For the subst. = “fa surplus” see P Ryl II. 97° (A.D. 139) καὶ ἐπιχύματος ἑκάστῳ μετρητῇ κοτυλῶν δύο, ‘and an extra amount of 2 cotylae for each metretes ” (Edd.).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐπιχέω (epicheō) — to pour on/over. ἐπιχέω, future -χέω, 2nd pers. singular ἐπιχεῖς [Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist 1 ἐπέχε; Epic dialect aorist I ἐπέχευα, infinitive ἐπιχεῦαι (see. below):— __A pour over, χέρνιβα δ᾽ ἀμφίπολος προχόῳ ἐπέχευε..νίψασθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+] __A.2 metaphorically, τοῖσι δ᾽ ἐφ᾽ ὕπνον ἔχευε [Refs 8th c.BC+]; θρῆνον pour a lament over one, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; βλασφημιῶν ἐ. (genitive partitive) [Refs 2nd c.AD+] __A.3 of solids, heap up, θανόντι χυτὴν ἐπὶ γαῖαν ἔχευαν [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—middle, ὕπερθ᾽ ἐπὶ σῆμα χέεσθαι [Refs 3rd c.BC+] __A.II pour in, ἀπαντλοῦντα καὶ ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; fill a cup, Ναννοῦς καὶ Λύδης ἐπίχει δύο [Refs 3rd c.BC+] __B middle, pour or throw over oneself, χύσιν δ᾽ ἐπεχεύατο φύλλων [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐπεχεύατο πήχεε παιδί she threw her arms round the boy, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]for himself, [Refs 8th c.BC+] __B.2 pour itself over, [Refs 4th c.AD+] __B.3 anoint oneself, ἀπὸ δείπνου [Refs] __B.II have poured out for one to drink, ἐ. ἄκρατόν τινος drink it to any one's health or honour, especially of lovers' toasts, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἔρωτος ἀκράτω (genitive partitive) ἐπεχεῖτο [Refs 3rd c.BC+] __C passive, to be poured over, ἰλύος ἐπιχυθείσης [Refs 5th c.BC+] __C.2 metaphorically, of a crowd, stream on or in pursuit, ἐπέχυντο (Epic dialect aorist 2 passive) [Refs 8th c.BC+]; so, come like a stream over, τοῖσι ἐναντίοισι ἐπιχυθέντας..μῦς ἀρουραίους [Refs 5th c.BC+] __C.3 to be poured in as an addition, τοῦ νῦν ἐπικεχυμένου λόγου, of the discussion, that has now been started, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __C.II to be drowned in, ἰχθῦς νάπυϊ ἐπικεχυμένους [Refs 2nd c.AD+]