'Lay' in the Bible

Then falling on his knees [in worship], he cried out loudly, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them [do not charge them]!” When he had said this, he fell asleep [in death].

and in a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come in and place his hands on him, so that he may regain his sight.”

For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to place on you any greater burden than these essentials:

But as the sailors were trying to escape [secretly] from the ship and had let down the skiff into the sea, pretending that they were going to lay out anchors from the bow,