epichrio describes applying clay onto the eyes in the healing account of John 9.

The attested use describes the completed act of putting clay onto the eyes: John 9:6 narrates the act, and John 9:11 recounts it as the action preceding washing and receiving sight.

1. Applying clay to the eyes · dominant

   Both occurrences are third-person singular aorist active indicative forms in the account of clay being put on the eyes. In John 9:6 the APB renders the surrounding action, “applied the clay to his eyes”; in John 9:11 it recounts that the man “made clay and applied it to my eyes” before he washed and received sight.

   John 9:6John 9:11

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the action with “applied” in both verses, once in the narrative and once in the man's retelling. This wording confirms the clause's action rather than establishing a separate lexical nuance.