Definition

to throw upon (literally or figuratively)

Etymology

from G1909 (ἐπί) and G4496 (ῥίπτω);

Word family

• ἐπί epí
• ῥίπτω rhíptō

How the KJV renders it

• cast upon

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.