Laying
Bible Usage:
- laying used 13 times.
- First Reference: Numbers 35:20
- Last Reference: 1 Peter 2:1
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: No
Strongs Concordance:
- G2598 Used 1 time
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Laying
LA'YING, participle present tense Putting; placing; applying; imputing; wagering.
Naves Topical Index
Laying on of Hands
See Hand, Imposition of
Hand, Imposition of
Smith's Bible Dictionary
Laying On of Hands
This "formed at an early period a part of the ceremony observed on the appointment and consecration of persons to high and holy undertakings;" (and in the Christian Church was especially used in setting apart men to the ministry and to other holy offices. It is a symbolical act expressing the imparting of spiritual authority and power.
ED.)