A verb meaning to throw or cast something upon someone — to transfer a burden, weight, or responsibility onto another. Used once in the New Testament in 1 Peter 5:7, with profound theological significance.
First Peter 5:7 — 'casting (epirrhipsantes) all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you' — is built on this single verb. Peter alludes to Psalm 55:22: 'Cast your burden on the LORD, and he will sustain you.' The word implies a decisive, active throwing — not a gradual releasing or a polite handing over, but a bold cast. The present tense participle suggests this is the ongoing posture of the trusting disciple: always casting, continually throwing the weight of anxiety onto the One who can bear it. The theological ground for the cast is explicit: because he cares. Epirrhiptō is the verb; care is the reason.