1) to lie upon or over, rest upon, be laid or placed upon
1a) on the burning coals
2) metaphorically
2a) of things, of the pressure of a violent tempest
2b) of men, to press upon, to be urgent
Part of Speech: verb
Citing in TDNT: 3:655, 425
G1945
From G1909 and G2749; to rest upon (literally or figuratively): - impose, be instant, (be) laid (there-, up-) on, (when) lay (on), lie (on), press upon.
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| e exist | 13.73 |
| b press against | 19.43 |
| d keep on | 68.16 |
| c be in force | 76.17 |
| a lie on | 85.4 |
These two sites give similar information, with the definition from several dictionaries and statistics on the use of the word.
University of Chicago's Logion lexicon
Thayer's dictionary plus other information.
From this site's dictionary (in Italian)
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