Impose
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (v. t.) To lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit.

2. (v. t.) To lay as a charge, burden, tax, duty, obligation, command, penalty, etc.; to enjoin; to levy; to inflict; as, to impose a toll or tribute.

3. (v. t.) To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmation and ordination.

4. (v. t.) To arrange in proper order on a table of stone or metal and lock up in a chase for printing; -- said of columns or pages of type, forms, etc.

5. (v. i.) To practice trick or deception.

6. (n.) A command; injunction.

Greek
2028. eponomazo -- to call by name
... to call by name. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: eponomazo Phonetic Spelling:
(ep-on-om-ad'-zo) Short Definition: I name, impose a name on Definition: I ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2028.htm - 6k

1945. epikeimai -- to lie on
... 1), pressing around (1). impose, press upon. From epi and keimai; to rest
upon (literally or figuratively) -- impose, be instant ...
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2615. katadouloo -- to enslave
... 2615 (from 2596 , " to a point," intensifying 1402 , "enslave, bring into
bondage") -- properly, ; to impose abject bondage. Word ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2615.htm - 7k

5422. phrenapatao -- to deceive the mind
... Speech: Verb Transliteration: phrenapatao Phonetic Spelling: (fren-ap-at-ah'-o)
Short Definition: I deceive the mind Definition: I deceive the mind, impose upon ...
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2007. epitithemi -- to lay upon, to place upon
... From epi and tithemi; to impose (in a friendly or hostile sense) -- add unto, lade,
lay upon, put (up) on, set on (up), + surname, X wound. see GREEK epi. ...
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2018. epiphero -- to bring upon or against
... Transliteration: epiphero Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ee-fer'-o) Short Definition: I
bring forward against Definition: I bring forward (against), impose, inflict. ...
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2599. katabareo -- to weigh down
... 2599 ("burden ") is only used in 2 Cor 12:16. burden. From kata and bareo;
to impose upon -- burden. see GREEK kata. see GREEK bareo. ...
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Strong's Hebrew
7412. remah -- to cast, throw
... Word Origin (Aramaic) corresponding to ramah Definition to cast, throw NASB
Word Usage cast (10), impose (1), set (1). cast down, impose. ...
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6006. amas -- to load, carry a load
... Or mamas {aw-mas'}; a primitive root; to load, ie Impose a burden (or figuratively,
infliction) -- be borne, (heavy) burden (self), lade, load, put. ...
/hebrew/6006.htm - 6k

5190. natal -- to lift, bear
... bear, offer, take up. A prim root; to lift; by implication, to impose -- bear,
offer, take up. 5189, 5190. natal. 5191 . Strong's Numbers.
/hebrew/5190.htm - 5k

5414. nathan -- to give, put, set
... grant (18), granted (11), growl* (1), had (3), hand over (2), hang (3), has had
(1), have (2), have* (1), heap (1), held (1), hung (1), impose (1), imposed (3 ...
/hebrew/5414.htm - 9k

7760. sum -- to put, place, set
... 1), establishment (1), expected* (1), fasten (1), fix (1), formed and made (1),
gave (2), give (7), grant (1), had (1), hunt* (1), impose (1), impress (1 ...
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1318. bashas -- to trample
... Word Origin a prim. root Definition to trample NASB Word Usage impose heavy rent
(1). tread. A primitive root; to trample down -- tread. 1317, 1318. ...
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7136. qarah -- to encounter, meet, befall
... A primitive root; to light upon (chiefly by accident); causatively, to bring about;
specifically, to impose timbers (for roof or floor) -- appoint, lay (make ...
/hebrew/7136.htm - 5k

5953. alal -- to act severely
... effect thoroughly; specifically, to glean (also figuratively); by implication (in
a bad sense) to overdo, ie Maltreat, be saucy to, pain, impose (also literal ...
/hebrew/5953.htm - 5k

Library

Whether Heavenly Bodies Impose Necessity on Things Subject to ...
... OF THE ACTION OF THE CORPOREAL CREATURE (SIX ARTICLES) Whether heavenly
bodies impose necessity on things subject to their action? ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether heavenly bodies impose necessity.htm

Whether Solemn Penance Should be Imposed on Women and Clerics, and ...
... OF THE SOLEMN RITE OF PENANCE (THREE ARTICLES) Whether solemn penance should be
imposed on women and clerics, and whether any priest can impose it? ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether solemn penance should be.htm

Anti-Romanistic Attitude.
... or break our peace with any, only when they deviate from the pure doctrine of the
Gospel, and when they compose traditions of their own and impose them on ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/bente/american lutheranism/anti-romanistic attitude.htm

Concerning a Spurious Alexander.
... Thus was this man elated, and able to impose on those that came to him; and when
he was come to Crete, he made all the Jews that came to discourse with him ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 12 concerning a spurious.htm

Divine Sovereignty.
... seem never to have considered that God is, and must be, a law unto himself; that
he is necessarily omniscient, and that the divine reason must impose law on ...
/.../finney/systematic theology/lecture xlv divine sovereignty.htm

In the Second Place, Repentance and Grace are Obscured. ...
... And these punishments pertain in no way to the keys because the keys neither can
impose nor remit them, but God, without the ministry of the keys, imposes and ...
/.../melanchthon/the apology of the augsburg confession/part 17 in the second.htm

The Foundation of the Church among the Heathen
... [Sidenote: The Hebrews wish to impose circumcision.] Here, too, were the head-quarters
of those disciples who not only clung to the Mosaic law themselves, but ...
/.../blunt/a key to the knowledge of church history/chapter ii the foundation of.htm

Whereas, Then, all Christians have to Guard Humility...
... I do not, for my part, impose on such a great regard for humility, in whom pride
itself is confounded, and bloodstained by wound of conscience. ...
/.../augustine/of holy virginity /section 33 whereas then all.htm

How Internal Exercises are to be Practised in Times Improper and ...
... 4. In case, therefore, that superiors shall think good to impose an office upon
a religious subject: 1. If the subject know of any real incapacity or ...
/.../chapter iv how internal exercises.htm

On the Dominion of God Over the Creatures, and Chiefly Over Man
... But that dominion is infinite according to which it may be lawful and proper for
God to issue his commands to the creature, to impose on him all his works, to ...
/.../arminius/the works of james arminius vol 2/on the dominion of god.htm

Thesaurus
Impose (12 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To lay as a charge, burden, tax, duty, obligation, command, penalty, etc.;
to enjoin; to levy; to inflict; as, to impose a toll or tribute. ...
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Charge (379 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill. ...
3. (vt) To lay on, impose, or make subject to or liable for. ...
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Lay (524 Occurrences)
... 20. (vt) To apply; to put. 21. (vt) To impose, as a burden, suffering, or
punishment; to assess, as a tax; as, to lay a tax on land. 22. ...
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Imposed (16 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Impose. Multi-Version Concordance
Imposed (16 Occurrences). 1 Corinthians 9:16 If I go on ...
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Trump (2 Occurrences)
... 8. (vt) To trick, or impose on; to deceive. 9. (vt) To impose unfairly; to
palm off. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. TRUMP; TRUMPET. ...
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Dictate (2 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To say; to utter; to communicate authoritatively; to deliver (a command)
to a subordinate; to declare with authority; to impose; as, to dictate the ...
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Condition (38 Occurrences)
... 7. (vi) To impose upon an object those relations or conditions without
which knowledge and thought are alleged to be impossible. ...
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Imposing (8 Occurrences)
... & vb. n.) of Impose. 2. (a.) Laying as a duty; enjoining. ... 5. (n.) The act of imposing
the columns of a page, or the pages of a sheet. See Impose, vt, 4. ...
/i/imposing.htm - 9k

Keys (2 Occurrences)
... or obligation; privilege, or responsibility? Does He promise position, or
does He impose duty? These alternatives are not necessarily ...
/k/keys.htm - 32k

Oppress (57 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload;
hence, to treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty. ...
/o/oppress.htm - 24k

Resources
Why do Christians try to impose their values on others? | GotQuestions.org

Is there such a thing as absolute truth / universal truth? | GotQuestions.org

Did Moses copy the Law from the Code of Hammurabi? | GotQuestions.org

Impose: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Concordance
Impose (12 Occurrences)

1 Timothy 5:22
Impose hands hastily on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure.
(WBS)

Revelation 2:24
But to you I say, to the rest who are in Thyatira, as many as don't have this teaching, who don't know what some call'the deep things of Satan,' to you I say, I am not putting any other burden on you.
(See NIV)

Genesis 34:12
Impose on me very much as dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say to me; but give me the maiden as wife.
(DBY)

Exodus 5:8
The number of the bricks, which they made before, you require from them. You shall not diminish anything of it, for they are idle; therefore they cry, saying,'Let us go and sacrifice to our God.'
(See NAS)

Exodus 21:22
And if men strive together, and strike a woman with child, so that she be delivered, and no mischief happen, he shall in any case be fined, according as the woman's husband shall impose on him, and shall give it as the judges estimate.
(DBY)

2 Samuel 24:12
Go and say to David, Thus saith Jehovah: I impose on thee three things; choose one of them that I may do it unto thee.
(DBY)

1 Kings 9:21
their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel were not able utterly to destroy, upon them did Solomon impose a tribute of bondservice until this day.
(DBY)

2 Kings 18:14
Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, "I have offended; return from me. That which you put on me, I will bear." The king of Assyria appointed to Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
(See NAS RSV)

2 Chronicles 8:8
their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel had not destroyed, upon them did Solomon impose tribute-service until this day.
(DBY)

Ezra 7:24
Also we inform you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, the singers, porters, Nethinim, or servants of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose tribute, custom, or toll, on them.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Proverbs 17:26
To give punishment to the upright is not good, or to give blows to the noble for their righteousness.
(See RSV)

Amos 5:11
Forasmuch therefore as you trample on the poor, and take taxes from him of wheat: You have built houses of cut stone, but you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.
(See NAS)

Subtopics

Impose

Related Terms

Charge (379 Occurrences)

Lay (524 Occurrences)

Imposed (16 Occurrences)

Trump (2 Occurrences)

Dictate (2 Occurrences)

Condition (38 Occurrences)

Imposing (8 Occurrences)

Keys (2 Occurrences)

Oppress (57 Occurrences)

Gleaning (10 Occurrences)

Inflict (25 Occurrences)

Importunity (1 Occurrence)

Imposition (3 Occurrences)

Fool (95 Occurrences)

Fetter (4 Occurrences)

Force (250 Occurrences)

Fine (184 Occurrences)

Toll (8 Occurrences)

Tribute-service (1 Occurrence)

Tax (43 Occurrences)

Task (37 Occurrences)

Trail (5 Occurrences)

Trick (11 Occurrences)

Estimate (6 Occurrences)

Enjoin (15 Occurrences)

Enchantment (4 Occurrences)

Delude (2 Occurrences)

Deceive (48 Occurrences)

Daysman (1 Occurrence)

Prescribe (3 Occurrences)

Poll (5 Occurrences)

Punish (84 Occurrences)

Palm (49 Occurrences)

Beguile (10 Occurrences)

Burden (111 Occurrences)

Circumcision (98 Occurrences)

Cast (640 Occurrences)

Cheat (5 Occurrences)

Abuse (17 Occurrences)

Sell (58 Occurrences)

Stick (47 Occurrences)

Sham (1 Occurrence)

Inform (24 Occurrences)

Porters (34 Occurrences)

Maiden (40 Occurrences)

Nethinim (16 Occurrences)

Power (862 Occurrences)

Singers (41 Occurrences)

Workers (76 Occurrences)

Lawful (38 Occurrences)

Old (3966 Occurrences)

Ezra (28 Occurrences)

Warfare (18 Occurrences)

According (7613 Occurrences)

Hold (500 Occurrences)

War (529 Occurrences)

Case (138 Occurrences)

Custom (51 Occurrences)

Tribute (67 Occurrences)

Strike (168 Occurrences)

Gospel (108 Occurrences)

Testament (13 Occurrences)

Duty (90 Occurrences)

Touching (121 Occurrences)

Adam (29 Occurrences)

Accommodation (1 Occurrence)

Doctrine (52 Occurrences)

Abraham (2539 Occurrences)

Heaven (653 Occurrences)

Hebrews (24 Occurrences)

Kingdom (409 Occurrences)

God (45911 Occurrences)

Importunity
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