Original Word: ἐπιχειρέω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: epicheireó
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ee-khi-reh'-o)
Definition: to put one's hand to, to attempt
Usage: I take in hand, attempt.Word Origin
from epi and cheir
Definition
to put one's hand to, hence to attempt
NASB Translation
attempted (1), attempting (1), undertaken (1).

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.

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

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