Lay/put a hand on someone
Here’s what it means
A person seized, harmed, commissioned, blessed, identified with, or transferred authority to another, depending on context.
Why the Bible says it this way
An idiom is a familiar phrase whose meaning comes from the whole expression, not from reading each word by itself.
A helpful detail: Because the gesture has several real uses, the surrounding action must define it.
Where it appears
Genesis 22:12Go to Verse →Genesis 48:14Go to Verse →Leviticus 1:4Go to Verse →Numbers 27:18-23Go to Verse →Deuteronomy 34:9Go to Verse →Nehemiah 13:21Go to Verse →Esther 2:21Go to Verse →Job 1:11Go to Verse →Luke 20:19Go to Verse →Acts 5:18Go to Verse →Acts 6:6Go to Verse →Acts 13:3Go to Verse →1 Timothy 4:14Go to Verse →