STRONGS NUMBER G2021


Word Summary
epicheireō: to put one's hand to, to attempt
Original Word: ἐπιχειρέω
Transliteration: epicheireō
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ee-khi-reh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to put one's hand to, to attempt
Meaning: to put one's hand to, to attempt
Strong's Concordance
go about, take in hand.

From epi and cheir; to put the hand upon, i.e. Undertake -- go about, take in hand (upon).

see GREEK epi

see GREEK cheir

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2021: ἐπιχειρέω

ἐπιχειρέω, ἐπιχείρῳ: imperfect ἐπεχείρουν; 1 aorist ἐπεχείρησα; (χείρ);

1. properly, to put the hand to (Homer, Odyssey 24, 386, 395).

2. often from Herodotus down, to take in hand, undertake, attempt (anything to be done), followed by the infinitive: Luke 1:1; Acts 9:29; Acts 19:13; (2 Macc. 2:29 2Macc. 7:19). Grimm treats of this word more at length in the Jahrbb. f. deutsche Theol. for 1871, p. 36f.