Dictionaries :: Imposed

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Imposed:

denotes "to be placed on, to lie on,"

(a) literally, as of the stone on the sepulchre of Lazarus, Jhn 11:38; of the fish on the fire of coals, Jhn 21:9;

(b) figuratively, of a tempest (to press upon), Act 27:20; of a necessity laid upon the Apostle Paul, 1Cr 9:16; of the pressure of the multitude upon Christ to hear Him, Luk 5:1, "pressed upon;" of the insistence of the chief priests, rulers and people that Christ should be crucified, Luk 23:23, "were instant;" of carnal ordinances "imposed" under the Law until a time of reformation, brought in through the High Priesthood of Christ, Hbr 9:10.
See INSTANT, LIE, PRESS.