Strong's Number 1936
Transliteration:
epithesis
{ep-ith'-es-is}
Word Origin:
TDNT:
8:159,1176
Part of Speech:
noun feminine
Usage in the KJV:
laying on 3, putting on 1
Total: 4
Definition:
- a laying on, imposition The imposition of hands was a sacred rite transmitted by the Jews to the Christians, and employed in praying for another, or in conferring upon him divine blessings, especially bodily health, or the Holy Spirit (at the administration of baptism and the inauguration to their office of the teachers and ministers of the church).