to put on/seize
epiballo most often describes laying hands on someone to seize them, and also placing, applying, or imposing something upon another.
The dominant attested use concerns laying hands on people in attempts to seize, arrest, or persecute them. Other contexts show something being placed on another object, while a smaller group presents restraint, an allotted share, or force against a boat in ways where the translation does not always isolate the term's contribution.
Senses in use
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Lay hands on someone to seize or detain · dominant
The aorist active forms occur where people physically take hold of others: in Acts 4:3 the APB renders the clause "they laid hands on them and placed them in custody," and in Mark 14:46 it renders "they laid their hands on him and seized him." The same action is sought or foretold against Jesus and his followers in John 7:30, Luke 20:19, and Luke 21:12.
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Place or apply something onto another thing · common
In Luke 5:36 and Matthew 9:16, the present active form appears in the parable of putting a patch on an old garment. In Mark 11:7 the present active plural occurs as cloaks are thrown on the colt, while Luke 9:62 uses an aorist active participle in the statement about putting a hand to a plow.
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Impose or bring something upon · occasional
In 1 Corinthians 7:35, the first-person aorist active subjunctive stands in the clause the APB renders "not to put a restraint upon you." Mark 4:37 presents waves beating against the boat, and Luke 15:12 places the present active participle within the younger son's request for the share of the estate that "falls to me"; in these latter clauses the translation does not make the term's individual contribution fully clear.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the clearest arrest contexts, the APB repeatedly uses "laid hands on" and sometimes adds "arrested," "seized," or custody language. In placement contexts it uses "puts it on," "threw their cloaks on it," and "put his hand to a plow"; these are verse-level renderings.