Words the Bible translates as press upon
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- epipiptōἐπιπίπτωto fall on someone: to come down onto a person bodily, or to sweep over them suddenly from outside.
- epikeimaiἐπίκειμαιto lie on something with weight: to rest on it, press hard against it, or settle on a person as a duty
- stenochōreōστενοχωρέωto be squeezed into a space too narrow to move in: hemmed in, with no room left
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