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It can denote physical position (e.g., "on" or "upon"), temporal aspects (e.g., "at" or "during"), or metaphorical relationships (e.g., "on the basis of" or "because of"). Its usage is determined by the case of the noun it governs (genitive, dative, or accusative), which can affect its meaning.Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Greek culture, prepositions like "ἐπί" were crucial for expressing spatial and relational concepts. The preposition was used in various contexts, from everyday speech to philosophical and theological discourse. In the New Testament, "ἐπί" is employed to convey theological truths, relational dynamics, and physical descriptions, reflecting the rich linguistic heritage of the Hellenistic world.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div>1909 epí (a preposition) – properly, on (upon), implying what "fits" given the "apt contact," building on the verbal idea. <a href="/greek/1909.htm">1909</a> /epí ("upon") naturally looks to the response (effect) that goes with the envisioned contact, i.e. its apt result ("spin-offs," effects). The precise nuance of <a href="/greek/1909.htm">1909</a> (epí) is only determined by the context, and by the grammatical case following it – i.e. genitive, dative, or accusative case.<iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div>Word Origin a prim. preposition Definition on, upon NASB Translation about (4), above (2), after (2), against (41), among (2), any (2), around (2), basis (4), because (2), because* (2), bedridden* (1), before (24), besides (1), beyond (1), certainly* (2), chamberlain* (1), charge (1), concerning (4), connection (1), embraced* (2), extent* (2), further* (3), inasmuch* (1), onto (1), over (57), passenger* (1), point (1), referring (1), time (3), together* (7), toward (5), truly* (2), under (1), under* (1), view (1), within (1).<div align="center"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div>STRONGS NT 1909: ἐπί ἐπί (before a rough breathing ἐφ' (occasionally in manuscripts ἐπ'; see e. g. <a href="/interlinear/psalms/145-3.htm">Psalm 145:3</a><FOOTNOTE:10> (<BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Ps. 146:3>)), and also in some instances before a smooth breathing (as ἐφ' ἐλπίδι, <a href="/interlinear/acts/2-26.htm">Acts 2:26</a> L; <a href="/interlinear/romans/8-20.htm">Romans 8:20</a>-21Tdf.); see ἀφειδον. It neglects elision before proper names beginning with a vowel (except Αἴγυπτον <a href="/interlinear/acts/7-10.htm">Acts 7:10, 18</a>) and (at least in Tdf.s text) before some other words, see the Proleg., p. 94f; cf. Winers Grammar, § 5, 1 a.; Buttmann, p. 10), a preposition (from the Sanskrit local prefix ἀρι; Curtius, § 335), joined to the genitive, the dative, and the accusative; its primary signification is upon (Latinsuper; (cf. Winer's Grammar, 374 (350) note)). A. with the genitive (cf. Winers Grammar, § 47, g.; Buttmann, 336 (289)); I. of place; and 1. of the place on which; a. upon the surface of (Latinin orsuper with the abl., German auf with the dative); after verbs of a biding, remaining, standing, going, coming, etc.; of doing anything: ἐπί κλίνης, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/9-2.htm">Matthew 9:2</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/17-34.htm">Luke 17:34</a>; ἐπί τοῦ δώματος, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/24-17.htm">Matthew 24:17</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/17-31.htm">Luke 17:31</a>; ἐπ' ἐρημίας (cf. on a desert), <a href="/interlinear/mark/8-4.htm">Mark 8:4</a>; ἐπί τῶν νεφελῶν, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/24-30.htm">Matthew 24:30</a>; <a href="/interlinear/matthew/26-64.htm">Matthew 26:64</a>; ἐπί (τῆς) γῆς, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/6-10.htm">Matthew 6:10</a>; <a href="/interlinear/matthew/9-6.htm">Matthew 9:6</a>; <a href="/interlinear/matthew/23-9.htm">Matthew 23:9</a>; <a href="/interlinear/matthew/28-18.htm">Matthew 28:18</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/21-25.htm">Luke 21:25</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/2-19.htm">Acts 2:19</a>, and very often; ἐπί τῆς θαλάσσης, on (the surface of) the sea, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/14-25.htm">Matthew 14:25</a> R G; 26 L T Tr WH; <a href="/interlinear/mark/6-48.htm">Mark 6:48</a> (49); <a href="/interlinear/revelation/5-13.htm">Revelation 5:13</a>, and, according to the interpretations of many, <a href="/interlinear/john/6-19.htm">John 6:19</a>; but cf. Baumg.-Crusius at the passage (per contra, cf. Lücke at the passage; Meyer on Matthew, the passage cited) (<a href="/interlinear/job/9-8.htm">Job 9:8</a>; βαδίζειν ἐφ' ὕδατος, Lcian. philops. 13; ἐπί τοῦ πελαγους διαθεοντες, v. h. 2, 4; (Artemidorus Daldianus, oneir. 3, 16); on a different sense of the phrase ἐπί γῆς θαλάσσης see 2 a. below (Winer's Grammar, 374 (351))); ποιεῖν σημεῖα ἐπί τῶν ἀσθενούντων, to be seen upon the bodies of men, externally, (on the sick (cf. Winer's Grammar, 375 (351))), <a href="/interlinear/john/6-2.htm">John 6:2</a>; ἐκάθισα and κάθημαι (καθέζομαι) ἐπί, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/19-28.htm">Matthew 19:28</a>; <a href="/interlinear/matthew/23-2.htm">Matthew 23:2</a>; <a href="/interlinear/matthew/24-3.htm">Matthew 24:3</a>; <a href="/interlinear/matthew/25-31.htm">Matthew 25:31</a>; <a href="/interlinear/matthew/27-19.htm">Matthew 27:19</a>; <a href="/interlinear/john/19-13.htm">John 19:13</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/20-9.htm">Acts 20:9</a>; <a href="/interlinear/revelation/9-17.htm">Revelation 9:17</a>, etc.; ἔστην, ἕστηκα ἐπί, <a href="/interlinear/luke/6-17.htm">Luke 6:17</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/21-40.htm">Acts 21:40</a>; <a href="/interlinear/revelation/10-5.htm">Revelation 10:5, 8</a>; where parts of the body are spoken of: ἐπί χειρῶν, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/4-6.htm">Matthew 4:6</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/4-11.htm">Luke 4:11</a>; ἐπί τῆς κεφαλῆς, <a href="/interlinear/john/20-7.htm">John 20:7</a>; <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/11-10.htm">1 Corinthians 11:10</a>; <a href="/interlinear/revelation/10-1.htm">Revelation 10:1</a> R G (others, accusative); <BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Revelation 12:1>; σινδόνα ἐπί γυμνοῦ, <a href="/interlinear/mark/14-51.htm">Mark 14:51</a>; ἐπί τοῦ μετώπου (or μετώπων), <a href="/interlinear/revelation/7-3.htm">Revelation 7:3</a>; <a href="/interlinear/revelation/9-4.htm">Revelation 9:4</a>; <a href="/interlinear/revelation/13-16.htm">Revelation 13:16</a> (Rec., others, accusative); <a href="/interlinear/revelation/14-9.htm">Revelation 14:9</a>. b. Like the preposition ἐν (see the exposition under the word ἐν, I. 7, p. 212{a}), so also ἐπί with the genitive is used after verbs expressing motion to indicate the rest following the motion; thus after βάλλειν, <a href="/interlinear/mark/4-26.htm">Mark 4:26</a>; <a href="/interlinear/matthew/26-12.htm">Matthew 26:12</a>; σπείρειν, <a href="/interlinear/mark/4-31.htm">Mark 4:31</a>; τιθέναι, <a href="/interlinear/john/19-19.htm">John 19:19</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/5-15.htm">Acts 5:15</a>; (<a href="/interlinear/luke/8-16.htm">Luke 8:16</a> L T Tr WH); ἐπιτιθεναι, <a href="/interlinear/luke/8-16.htm">Luke 8:16</a> (R G); καθιεναι, <a href="/interlinear/acts/10-11.htm">Acts 10:11</a>; πίπτειν, <a href="/interlinear/mark/9-20.htm">Mark 9:20</a>; <a href="/interlinear/mark/14-35.htm">Mark 14:35</a>; ἐπιγράφειν, <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/10-16.htm">Hebrews 10:16</a> R G; ἑλκύειν, <a href="/interlinear/john/21-11.htm">John 21:11</a> R G; ἔρχεσθαι, <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/6-7.htm">Hebrews 6:7</a>; <a href="/interlinear/revelation/3-10.htm">Revelation 3:10</a>; (anatellein], <a href="/interlinear/luke/12-54.htm">Luke 12:54</a> T Tr marginal reading WH); γενόμενος ἐπί τοῦ τόπου (cf. our having arrived on the spot), <a href="/interlinear/luke/22-40.htm">Luke 22:40</a> (cf. Winer's Grammar, p. 376 (352) and see below, C. I. 1 b. at the end). κρεμαν τινα ἐπί (Hebrew עַל תָּלָה, <a href="/interlinear/genesis/40-19.htm">Genesis 40:19</a>; <a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/21-22.htm">Deuteronomy 21:22</a>, etc.), for which the Latin hassuspendereex,de,a, andalicui, <a href="/interlinear/acts/5-30.htm">Acts 5:30</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/10-39.htm">Acts 10:39</a>; <a href="/interlinear/galatians/3-13.htm">Galatians 3:13</a>. c. figuratively used of that upon which anything rests (like our upon) (cf. Winers Grammar, 375 (351); Buttmann, 336 (289); Ellicott on 1 Timothy as below): ἵνα σταθῇ ἐπί στόματος etc. (עַל־פִּי יָקוּם, <a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/19-15.htm">Deuteronomy 19:15</a>), resting on the declaration, etc., <a href="/interlinear/matthew/18-16.htm">Matthew 18:16</a>; <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/13-1.htm">2 Corinthians 13:1</a>; more simply ἐπί μαρτύρων, <a href="/interlinear/1_timothy/5-19.htm">1 Timothy 5:19</a>; in the adverb phrase ἐπ' ἀληθείας (on the ground of truth), see ἀλήθεια, I. 1. (c. akin is its use (with a personal or a reflexive pronoun) to denote dependence, as in λογιζέσθω ἐφ' (others ἀφ' which see II. 2 d. aa.) ἑαυτοῦ, <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/10-7.htm">2 Corinthians 10:7</a> T Tr WH (for himself, i. e. apart from and independently of others; R. V. with himself); cf. Kühner, 2:432; Liddell and Scott, under the word A. I. 1 d.) d. figuratively used of things, affairs, persons, which one is set over, over which he exercises power; Latinsupra, our over (cf. below, B. 2 b. and C. I. 2 e.): ἐπί πάντων, <a href="/interlinear/romans/9-5.htm">Romans 9:5</a>; <a href="/interlinear/ephesians/4-6.htm">Ephesians 4:6</a> (where ἐπί, διά and ἐν are distinguished); καθίστημι τινα ἐπί τίνος, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/24-45.htm">Matthew 24:45</a>; <a href="/interlinear/matthew/25-21.htm">Matthew 25:21, 23</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/12-42.htm">Luke 12:42</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/6-3.htm">Acts 6:3</a> (<a href="/interlinear/genesis/39-4.htm">Genesis 39:4, 5</a>; 1 Macc. 6:14 1 Macc. 10:37, etc.; Plato, rep. 5, p. 460 b., etc.); δίδωμι τίνι ἐξουσίαν ἐπί τίνος, <a href="/interlinear/revelation/2-26.htm">Revelation 2:26</a>; ἔχω ἐξουσίαν ἐπί τίνος, <a href="/interlinear/revelation/20-6.htm">Revelation 20:6</a>; βασιλεύειν ἐπί τίνος, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/2-22.htm">Matthew 2:22</a> R G Tr brackets; <a href="/interlinear/revelation/5-10.htm">Revelation 5:10</a>; ἔχειν ἐφ' ἑαυτοῦ βασιλέα, <a href="/interlinear/revelation/9-11.htm">Revelation 9:11</a>; ἔχειν βασιλείαν ἐπί τῶν βασιλέων, <a href="/interlinear/revelation/17-18.htm">Revelation 17:18</a>; ὅς ἦν ἐπ' τῆς γάζης, who was over the treasury, <a href="/interlinear/acts/8-27.htm">Acts 8:27</a>; ὁ ἐπί τοῦ κοιτῶνος, he who presided over the bedchamber, the chamberlain, <a href="/interlinear/acts/12-20.htm">Acts 12:20</a> (Passow, i., 2, p. 1035a gives many examples from Greek authors (cf. Liddell and Scott, under the word A. III. 1; Lob. ad Phryn., p. 474; Sophocles Lexicon, under the word); for examples from the O. T. Apocrypha see Wahl, Clavis Apocr., p. 218a). e. of that to which the mental act looks or refers: λέγειν ἐπί τίνος, to speak upon (of) a thing, <a href="/interlinear/galatians/3-16.htm">Galatians 3:16</a> (Plato, Charm., p. 155 d.; legg. 2, p. 662 d.; Aelian v. h. 1, 30;scriberesuperre, Cicero, ad Att. 16, 6;dissereresuper, Tacitus, ann. 6, 28; cf. Winers Grammar, 375 (351); (Buttmann, 336 (289))). f. of one on whom an obligation has been laid: εὐχήν ἔχειν ἐφ' ἑαυτοῦ, have (taken) on themselves a vow, have bound themselves by a vow, <a href="/interlinear/acts/21-23.htm">Acts 21:23</a> (WH text ἐφ' ἑαυτῶν (see ἀπό, II. 2 d. aa.)). 2. used of vicinity, i. e. of the place at, near, hard by, which (German bei,an); a. properly, κόλπος ὁ ἐπί ποσιδηιου, Herodotus 7, 115; ἐπί τῶν θυρῶν (<a href="/interlinear/acts/5-23.htm">Acts 5:23</a> L T Tr WH) (1 Macc. 1:55; (Plutarch, G. Gracch. 14, 3, p. 841 c.)); cf. Matthiae, ii., p. 1366 § 584; Passow, under the word, p. 1034b; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, I. 1 a., at the end). But the examples of this signification adduced from the N. T. (with the exception of Acts, the passage cited) (and most of those from Greek authors also) are such as to allow the rendering of ἐπί by super also, over or above (so Winer's Grammar, 374f (351)): ἐπί τῆς θαλάσσης at the sea, upon the shore, or above the sea, for the shore overhung the sea, <a href="/interlinear/john/6-19.htm">John 6:19</a> (?(cf. 1 a. above)); <BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:John 21:1> (<a href="/interlinear/exodus/14-2.htm">Exodus 14:2</a>; <a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/1-40.htm">Deuteronomy 1:40</a>; 1 Macc. 14:34 1 Macc. 15:11; Polybius 1, 44, 4; cf. the FrenchBoulognesurmer,ChalonssurMarne (English Stratford on Avon), etc.; ἐπί τοῦ ποταμοῦ <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/1-1.htm">Ezekiel 1:1</a>; (Xenophon, an. 4, 3, 28); ἐπί τοῦ Ιορδάνου, <a href="/interlinear/2_kings/2-7.htm">2 Kings 2:7</a>); ἐσθίειν ἐπί τῆς τραπέζης τίνος (German überJemandsTischeessen (cf. English over one's food, over one's cups, etc.)), food and drink placed upon the table, <a href="/interlinear/luke/22-30.htm">Luke 22:30</a> cf. <a href="/interlinear/luke/22-21.htm">Luke 22:21</a>; συκῆν ἐπί τῆς ὁδοῦ, a fig tree above (i. e. higher than) the way, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/21-19.htm">Matthew 21:19</a>. b. before, with the genitive of a person, in the presence of one as spectator, or auditor (Winers Grammar, 375 (351); Buttmann, 336 (289)): <a href="/interlinear/matthew/28-14.htm">Matthew 28:14</a> (L Tr WH marginal reading ὑπό); <a href="/interlinear/mark/13-9.htm">Mark 13:9</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/24-19.htm">Acts 24:19, 20</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/25-9.htm">Acts 25:9</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/26-2.htm">Acts 26:2</a>; <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/6-1.htm">1 Corinthians 6:1, 6</a>; <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/7-14.htm">2 Corinthians 7:14</a>; <a href="/interlinear/1_timothy/6-13.htm">1 Timothy 6:13</a> (some bring this under II. below; see μαρτυρέω); ἐπί τοῦ βήματος Καίσαρος, <a href="/interlinear/acts/25-10.htm">Acts 25:10</a>. c. ἐπί τοῦ (Rec. τῆς) βάτου at the bush, i. e. at the place in the sacred volume where the bush is spoken of, <a href="/interlinear/mark/12-26.htm">Mark 12:26</a> (see ἐν, I. 1 d.). II. of Time when; with the genitive of a person in the time or age of a man (in the days of); at the time when an office was held by one; under the administration of (cf. Winers Grammar, 375 (352); Buttmann, 336 (289)): <a href="/interlinear/mark/2-26.htm">Mark 2:26</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/3-2.htm">Luke 3:2</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/4-2.htm">Luke 4:2</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/11-28.htm">Acts 11:28</a>; (1 Macc. 13:42 1 Macc. 14:27 (for other examples in which this phrase is equivalent to in or of the reign etc. of, and is preceded by a specification of the year etc., see B. D. American edition, p. 651 note{b}); 2 Macc. 8:19 2Macc. 15:22; for numerous examples from Greek writings see Passow, i., 2, p. 1035, floss fully in Liddell and Scott, under the word, A. II.)). with the genitive of a tiring, at the time of any occurrence: ἐπί τῆς μετοικεσίας Βαβυλῶνος, at the time of the deportation to Babylon, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-11.htm">Matthew 1:11</a>; (on <a href="/interlinear/luke/12-54.htm">Luke 12:54</a> T Tr marginal reading WH see δυσμή); of the time when any occupation is (or was) carried on: ἐπί τῶν προσευχῶν μου, Latin in precibus meis, at my prayers, when I am praying, <a href="/interlinear/romans/1-10.htm">Romans 1:10</a> (9); <a href="/interlinear/ephesians/1-16.htm">Ephesians 1:16</a>; <a href="/interlinear/1_thessalonians/1-2.htm">1 Thessalonians 1:2</a>; <a href="/interlinear/philemon/1-4.htm">Philemon 1:4</a>. of time itself, ἐπ' ἐσχάτων and (according to another reading) ἐσχάτου τῶν ἡμερῶν (literally, at the end of the days): <a href="/interlinear/2_peter/3-3.htm">2 Peter 3:3</a>; <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/1-2.htm">Hebrews 1:2</a> (1) (for the Hebrew הַיָמִים בְּאַחֲרִית, <a href="/interlinear/genesis/49-1.htm">Genesis 49:1</a>; <a href="/interlinear/numbers/24-14.htm">Numbers 24:14</a>; <a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/37-24.htm">Jeremiah 37:24</a><FOOTNOTE:10> (<BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Jer. 30:24>); <a href="/interlinear/micah/4-1.htm">Micah 4:1</a>; <a href="/interlinear/daniel/10-14.htm">Daniel 10:14</a>); ἐπ' ἐσχάτου τοῦ χρόνου, <a href="/interlinear/jude/1-18.htm">Jude 1:18</a> L T Tr WH; (τῶν χρόνων, <a href="/interlinear/1_peter/1-20.htm">1 Peter 1:20</a> L T Tr WH). B. with the dative, used of place (Winers Grammar, 392f (366f); Buttmann, 336f (289f)); and 1. properly; a. of the place where or in which (Latinin with the abl., German auf with the dative) (English on, etc.), where continuance, position, situation, etc., are spoken of: ἐφ' ᾧ (L text T Tr WH ὅπου) κατέκειτο, <a href="/interlinear/mark/2-4.htm">Mark 2:4</a>; λίθος ἐπί λίθῳ (λίθον T Tr WH), <a href="/interlinear/mark/13-2.htm">Mark 13:2</a>; ἐπί πίνακι, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/14-8.htm">Matthew 14:8, 11</a>; <a href="/interlinear/mark/6-25.htm">Mark 6:25</a>; ἐπί τοῦ κραββάτοις, <a href="/interlinear/mark/6-55.htm">Mark 6:55</a>; ἀνακλῖναι πάντας ἐπί τῷ χόρτῳ, <a href="/interlinear/mark/6-39.htm">Mark 6:39</a>; ἐπέκειτο ἐπ' αὐτῷ, lay upon it, <a href="/interlinear/john/11-38.htm">John 11:38</a>; ἐφ' ἵπποις, <a href="/interlinear/revelation/19-14.htm">Revelation 19:14</a>. b. of the place in which (Latinin with the abl., German auf with the accusative), after verbs expressing motion toward a place, to denote a remaining in the place after the motion (English upon, at, etc.): βάλλειν λίθον ἐπιτινι, the dative of person, <a href="/interlinear/john/8-7.htm">John 8:7</a> Rec.; οἰκοδομεῖν, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/16-18.htm">Matthew 16:18</a>; ἐποικοδόμειν, <a href="/interlinear/ephesians/2-20.htm">Ephesians 2:20</a>; ἐπιβάλλειν, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/9-16.htm">Matthew 9:16</a> (<a href="/interlinear/luke/5-36.htm">Luke 5:36</a> ἐπιβάλλειν ἐπί τί); ἐπιρράπτειν, <a href="/interlinear/mark/2-21.htm">Mark 2:21</a> (where L T Tr WH have ἐπί with the accusative); ἐπιπίπτειν, <a href="/interlinear/acts/8-16.htm">Acts 8:16</a>. c. of the place above which (Latinsuper, German über (English over)): ἐπ' αὐτῷ, over his head, <a href="/interlinear/luke/23-38.htm">Luke 23:38</a> (for which <a href="/interlinear/matthew/27-37.htm">Matthew 27:37</a> ἐπάνω τῆς κεφαλῆς αὐτοῦ). d. of the place at, or by, or near which: ἐπί θύραις and ἐπί τῇ θύρα, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/24-33.htm">Matthew 24:33</a>; <a href="/interlinear/mark/13-29.htm">Mark 13:29</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/5-9.htm">Acts 5:9</a> (and often in Greek writings; cf. Passow, under the word, p. 1037a; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, B. I. 1 a.; cf. A. I. 2 a. above)); ἐπί τῇ προβατικῇ, <a href="/interlinear/john/5-2.htm">John 5:2</a>; ἐπί τῷ ποταμῷ, <a href="/interlinear/revelation/9-14.htm">Revelation 9:14</a>; ἐπί τῇ στοά, <a href="/interlinear/acts/3-11.htm">Acts 3:11</a>; ἐπ' (L T Tr WH παῥ) αὐτοῖς ἐπιμεῖναι, <a href="/interlinear/acts/28-14.htm">Acts 28:14</a>. 2. Metaphorically; a. of that upon which any action, effect, condition, rests as a basis or support; properly, upon the ground of; and α. of that upon which anything is sustained or upheld: ζῆν ἐπί τίνι, to sustain life on (by) a thing, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/4-4.htm">Matthew 4:4</a> (where L Tr, the second time, ἐν; (cf. Winer's Grammar, 389 (364) note)); <a href="/interlinear/luke/4-4.htm">Luke 4:4</a> (<a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/8-3.htm">Deuteronomy 8:3</a> for עַל חָיָה; Plato, Alcib. 1, p. 105 c.; Plutarch, de cup. divit. 7, p. 526 d.; Alciphron, epistles 3, 7, etc.); συνιέναι ἐπί τοῖς ἄρτοις, to understand by reasoning built upon the loaves, <a href="/interlinear/mark/6-52.htm">Mark 6:52</a> (cf. Winers Grammar, 392 (367); Buttmann, 337 (290)). β. of that upon which anything rests (our upon): ἐπ' ἐλπίδι (see in ἐλπίς, 2), supported by hope, in hope (cf; Winer's Grammar, § 51, 2f.), <a href="/interlinear/acts/2-26.htm">Acts 2:26</a>; <a href="/interlinear/romans/4-18.htm">Romans 4:18</a>; <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/9-10.htm">1 Corinthians 9:10</a> (differently in ε. below); to do anything ἐπί τῷ ὀνόματι τίνος, relying upon the name i. e. the authority of anyone (cf. Winer's Grammar, 393 (367)): ἐλεύσονται ἐπί τῷ ὀνόματι μου, appropriating to themselves the name of Messiah, which belongs to me, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/24-5.htm">Matthew 24:5</a>; <a href="/interlinear/mark/13-6.htm">Mark 13:6</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/21-8.htm">Luke 21:8</a> (in which passage λέγοντες, ὅτι ἐγώ εἰμί ὁ Χριστός is added by way of explanation); βαπτίζεσθαι ἐπί (L Tr WH ἐν) τῷ ὀνόματι Χριστοῦ, so as to repose your hope and confidence in his Messianic authority, <a href="/interlinear/acts/2-38.htm">Acts 2:38</a>; δέχεσθαι τινα ἐπί τῷ ὀνόματι μου, to receive one because he bears my name, is devoted to my authority and instruction, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/18-5.htm">Matthew 18:5</a>; <a href="/interlinear/mark/9-37.htm">Mark 9:37</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/9-48.htm">Luke 9:48</a>. to do anything upon the name of Christ, his name being introduced, appeal being made to his authority and command: as κηρύσσειν, διδάσκειν, etc., <a href="/interlinear/luke/24-47.htm">Luke 24:47</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/4-17.htm">Acts 4:17, 18</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/5-28.htm">Acts 5:28, 40</a>; δύναμιν ποιεῖν, δαιμόνια ἐκβάλλειν, using his name as a formula of exorcism (cf. Winer's Grammar, 393 (367)), <a href="/interlinear/mark/9-39.htm">Mark 9:39</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/9-49.htm">Luke 9:49</a> (WH Tr marginal reading ἐν). γ. of that upon which as a foundation any superstructure is reared: νομοθετεῖσθαι, <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/7-11.htm">Hebrews 7:11</a> (ἐπ' αὐτῇ, for which L T Tr WH have ἐπ' αὐτῆς); <BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Hebrews 8:6>; after verbs of trusting, believing, hoping, etc.: ἀρκεῖσθαι ἐπί τίνι, <a href="/interlinear/3_john/1-10.htm">3 John 1:10</a>; παρρησιάζεσθαι, <a href="/interlinear/acts/14-3.htm">Acts 14:3</a>; πεποιθέναι, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/27-43.htm">Matthew 27:43</a> L text WH marginal reading; <a href="/interlinear/luke/11-22.htm">Luke 11:22</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/18-9.htm">Luke 18:9</a>; <a href="/interlinear/mark/10-24.htm">Mark 10:24</a> (T WH omit; Tr marginal reading brackets the clause); <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/1-9.htm">2 Corinthians 1:9</a>; <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/2-13.htm">Hebrews 2:13</a>; πιστεύειν, <a href="/interlinear/luke/24-25.htm">Luke 24:25</a>; <a href="/interlinear/romans/9-33.htm">Romans 9:33</a>; <a href="/interlinear/romans/10-11.htm">Romans 10:11</a>, etc.; ἐλπίζειν (see ἐλπίζω) (cf. C. I. 2 g. α. below). δ. of the reason or motive underlying words and deeds, so that ἐπί is equivalent to for, on account of (Winers Grammar, 394 (368); Buttmann, 337 (290)): <a href="/interlinear/matthew/19-9.htm">Matthew 19:9</a> R G T Tr WH text; <a href="/interlinear/luke/5-5.htm">Luke 5:5</a> (ἐπί τῷ ῤήματι σου, at thy word, German auf; (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 48, c. d.; in reliance on)); <a href="/interlinear/acts/3-16.htm">Acts 3:16</a> (WH omit); <BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Acts 4:9; 11:19> (L Tr marginal reading have the genitive); <BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Acts 21:24>; <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/8-11.htm">1 Corinthians 8:11</a> (ἀπολλυσθαι ἐπί τίνι, German zuGrundegehenüber etc. (cf. Winers Grammar, 394 (368) note, but L T Tr WH read ἐν)); <a href="/interlinear/philippians/3-9.htm">Philippians 3:9</a>; after αἰνεῖν, <a href="/interlinear/luke/2-20.htm">Luke 2:20</a>; δοξάζειν, <a href="/interlinear/acts/4-21.htm">Acts 4:21</a>; <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/9-13.htm">2 Corinthians 9:13</a> (cf. Winer's Grammar, 381 (357)); μαρτυρεῖν, <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/11-4.htm">Hebrews 11:4</a>; εὐχαριστεῖν etc. to give thanks for, <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/1-4.htm">1 Corinthians 1:4</a>; <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/9-15.htm">2 Corinthians 9:15</a>; <a href="/interlinear/philippians/1-5.htm">Philippians 1:5</a>; <a href="/interlinear/1_thessalonians/3-9.htm">1 Thessalonians 3:9</a>. ἐφ' ᾧ (equivalent to ἐπί τούτῳ, ὅτι for that, on the ground of this, that) because that, because, <a href="/interlinear/romans/5-12.htm">Romans 5:12</a> (on the various interpretations of this passage see Dietzsch, Adam und Christus. Bonn 1871, p. 50ff); <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/5-4.htm">2 Corinthians 5:4</a> (Rec.st ἐπειδή); <a href="/interlinear/philippians/3-12.htm">Philippians 3:12</a> (ἐφ' ᾧ — ὁ σατανᾶς — οὐκ ἴσχυσε θανατῶσαι αὐτούς, Theophilus of Antioch ad Antol. 2, 29, p. 138, Otto edition; ἐφ' ᾧ Γενναδιον ἔγραψεν, for the reason that he had accused Gennadius, Synes. epistle 73; cf. Hermann ad Vig., p. 710; the better Greeks commonly used ἐφ' οἷς in the same sense, cf. Winers Grammar, 394 (368); (Fritzsche or Meyer on Romans, the passage cited; Ellicott on Philippians, the passage cited)). Used especially after verbs signifying a mental affection or emotion, where we also often say over (for examples from Greek writings see Passow, i. 2, p. 1039b; Krüger, § 68, 41, 6; (cf. Winers Grammar, 393 (368) c.)): as ἀγαλλιαν, <a href="/interlinear/luke/1-47.htm">Luke 1:47</a>; χαίρειν, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/18-13.htm">Matthew 18:13</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/1-14.htm">Luke 1:14</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/13-17.htm">Luke 13:17</a>; <a href="/interlinear/romans/16-19.htm">Romans 16:19</a>, etc.; χαρά ἔσται, <a href="/interlinear/luke/15-7.htm">Luke 15:7</a>; χαράν (Rec. χάριν) ἔχω, <a href="/interlinear/philemon/1-7.htm">Philemon 1:7</a>; παρακαλεῖν, παρακαλεῖσθαι, <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/1-4.htm">2 Corinthians 1:4</a>; <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/7-13.htm">2 Corinthians 7:13</a>; <a href="/interlinear/1_thessalonians/3-7.htm">1 Thessalonians 3:7</a>; κλαίειν, <a href="/interlinear/luke/19-41.htm">Luke 19:41</a> R G; κοπετόν ποιεῖν, <a href="/interlinear/acts/8-2.htm">Acts 8:2</a>; κόπτεσθαι, <a href="/interlinear/revelation/18-9.htm">Revelation 18:9</a> (T Tr WH text the accusative); ὀδύνασθαι, <a href="/interlinear/acts/20-38.htm">Acts 20:38</a>; ὀλολύζειν, <a href="/interlinear/james/5-1.htm">James 5:1</a>; στυγνάζειν, <a href="/interlinear/mark/10-22.htm">Mark 10:22</a>; συλλυπεῖσθαι, <a href="/interlinear/mark/3-5.htm">Mark 3:5</a>; μετανοεῖν ἐπί, to grieve over, repent of, <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/12-21.htm">2 Corinthians 12:21</a>; σπλαγχνίζεσθαι, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/14-14.htm">Matthew 14:14</a> G L T Tr WH; <a href="/interlinear/mark/6-34.htm">Mark 6:34</a> R G; <a href="/interlinear/luke/7-13.htm">Luke 7:13</a> (Tdf. the accusative); μακροθύμειν, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/18-26.htm">Matthew 18:26</a> (Tr the accusative), 29 (L Tr the accusative); <a href="/interlinear/luke/18-7.htm">Luke 18:7</a> (see μακροθυμέω, 2); <a href="/interlinear/james/5-7.htm">James 5:7</a>; ὀργίζεσθαι, <a href="/interlinear/revelation/12-17.htm">Revelation 12:17</a> (Lachmann omits ἐπἰ; ἐκπλήσσεσθαι, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/7-28.htm">Matthew 7:28</a>; <a href="/interlinear/mark/1-22.htm">Mark 1:22</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/4-32.htm">Luke 4:32</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/13-12.htm">Acts 13:12</a>; διαταράσσεσθαι, <a href="/interlinear/luke/1-29.htm">Luke 1:29</a>; ἐξίστασθαι, <a href="/interlinear/luke/2-47.htm">Luke 2:47</a>; θαμβεῖσθαι, <a href="/interlinear/mark/10-24.htm">Mark 10:24</a>; θάμβος, <a href="/interlinear/luke/5-9.htm">Luke 5:9</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/3-10.htm">Acts 3:10</a>; θαυμάζειν, <a href="/interlinear/mark/12-17.htm">Mark 12:17</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/2-33.htm">Luke 2:33</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/4-22.htm">Luke 4:22</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/9-43.htm">Luke 9:43</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/20-26.htm">Luke 20:26</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/3-12.htm">Acts 3:12</a>; καυχᾶσθαι, <a href="/interlinear/romans/5-2.htm">Romans 5:2</a>; ἐπαισχύνεσθαι, <a href="/interlinear/romans/6-21.htm">Romans 6:21</a>; παραζηλουν and παροργίζειν τινα ἐπί τίνι, <a href="/interlinear/romans/10-19.htm">Romans 10:19</a>. ε. of the rule, or condition (Winers Grammar, 394 (368) d.): ἐπ' ἐλπίδι, a hope being held out or given, <a href="/interlinear/romans/8-20.htm">Romans 8:20</a>; <a href="/interlinear/titus/1-2.htm">Titus 1:2</a> (differently in β. above); ἐπί δυσίν ... μάρτυσιν, on condition that two witnesses testify to the matter in question (at (the mouth of) two etc.; cf. Winer's Grammar, 392 (367)), <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/10-28.htm">Hebrews 10:28</a>; ἐπί νεκροῖς, equivalent to ὄντων νεκρῶν (in the case of the dead), if anyone has died, <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/9-17.htm">Hebrews 9:17</a>. ζ. of the purpose and end (unto, for; Winers Grammar, 394 (368) e.): ἐπ' ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ, to worship and profess his name, <a href="/interlinear/acts/15-14.htm">Acts 15:14</a> Rec.; καλεῖν τινα ἐπί τίνι, Latinadaliquid, <a href="/interlinear/galatians/5-13.htm">Galatians 5:13</a>; <a href="/interlinear/1_thessalonians/4-7.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:7</a> (ἐπί ξένια, Xenophon, an. 7, 6, 3; cf. Winer's Grammar, as above); κτισθεντε ἐπί ἔργοις ἀγαθοῖς, <a href="/interlinear/ephesians/2-10.htm">Ephesians 2:10</a>; φρονεῖν ἐπί τίνι to take thought for a thing, <a href="/interlinear/philippians/4-10.htm">Philippians 4:10</a>; ἐφ' ᾧ (by a later Greek impropriety for ἐπί τίνι, cf. Winers Grammar, § 24, 4; (Buttmann, § 139, 59; but on the extreme doubtfulness of this alleged use of ὅς in direct questions, see present T. D. Woolsey in the Bibliotheca Sacra for Apr. 1874, p. 314ff)) πάρει; for what purpose art thou come? Vulg.adquid (others,quod)venisti? <a href="/interlinear/matthew/26-50.htm">Matthew 26:50</a> R (but G L T Tr WH ἐφ' ὁ, see C. I. 2 g. γ. αα. below) (Theoph. ἐπί ποιῶ σκόπω; cf. Herodotus 7, 146 πυθόμενος, ἐπ' ὁισι ἦλθον; (but the view of many ancient expositors which explains the passage by an aposiopesis: that for which thou hast come — do is thoroughly established by Dr. Woolsey, as above)). of the issue or undesigned result: λογομαχεῖν ἐπί καταστροφή τῶν ἀκουόντων, <a href="/interlinear/2_timothy/2-14.htm">2 Timothy 2:14</a>; (τοῖς ἐπί ὠφέλεια πεποιημενοις ἐπί βλάβη χρῆσθαι, Xenophon, mem. 2, 3, 19). εε. of the pattern or standard (A. V. after; Winer's Grammar, 394 (368) f.): καλεῖν τινα ἐπί τῷ ὀνόματι τίνος, to call one after the name of another, <a href="/interlinear/luke/1-59.htm">Luke 1:59</a> (<a href="/interlinear/nehemiah/7-63.htm">Nehemiah 7:63</a> (Winer's Grammar, 410 (382))); ἐπί τῷ ὁμοιώματι τίνος after the likeness of a thing, <a href="/interlinear/romans/5-14.htm">Romans 5:14</a>. b. of that over which one is placed, for its care or administration: ἐπί τοῖς ὑπάρχουσι τινα καθιστάναι, <a href="/interlinear/luke/12-44.htm">Luke 12:44</a> (cf. A. I. 1 d. above (also C. I. 2 e. below); Lob. ad Phryn., p. 474f; Bernhardy (1829), p. 249; (Winers Grammar, 393 (367) a.)). e. used of a hostile aim, against (for examples from Greek writings from Homer down, see Passow, i. 2, p. 1036a; (cf. Liddell and Scott, under the word, B. I. 1 c.; Winers Grammar, 392 (367); Buttmann, 337 (290))): <a href="/interlinear/luke/12-52.htm">Luke 12:52</a>f; θλῖψις γενομένη ἐπί Στεφάνῳ (Στεφάνου, L Tr marginal reading), <a href="/interlinear/acts/11-19.htm">Acts 11:19</a> (A. V. about). d. of that to which anything is added (so that it is, as it were, upon it); in addition to; over and above (Winers Grammar, 393 (367f) b.): <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/7-13.htm">2 Corinthians 7:13</a> (L T Tr WH ἐπί δέ τῇ παρακλήσει ὑμῶν (but L T Tr WH ἡμῶν) περισσοτέρως κτλ., but in addition to the comfort given (us) by you, we rejoiced the more exceedingly etc. (A. V. in etc. (of condition))); κερδαίνειν τί ἐπί τίνι, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/25-20.htm">Matthew 25:20, 22</a> R G; ἔχειν λύπην ἐπί λύπη, <a href="/interlinear/philippians/2-27.htm">Philippians 2:27</a> Rec. (Euripides, Iph. T. 197 φόνος ἐπί φόνῳ, Troad. 596 ἐπί δ' ἀλγεσιν ἀλγεα, Sophocles O. C. 544 ἐπί νόσῳ νόσον; (cf. Meyer on Philippians, the passage cited; but G L T Tr WH give the accusative, see C. I. 2 e. below)); προστιθεναι ἐπί, <a href="/interlinear/luke/3-20.htm">Luke 3:20</a>; ἐπί πᾶσι τούτοις, besides all this, <a href="/interlinear/luke/16-26.htm">Luke 16:26</a> (L marginal reading T Tr marginal reading WH ἐν; see ἐν, I. 5 e., p. 211a); <a href="/interlinear/ephesians/6-16.htm">Ephesians 6:16</a> (L text T Tr WH ἐν (and there is no τούτοις); see ἐν, as above); <a href="/interlinear/colossians/3-14.htm">Colossians 3:14</a> (Sir. 37:15; 1 Macc. 10:42; (classic examples in Wetstein (1752) on Luke, the passage cited)); add also <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/8-1.htm">Hebrews 8:1</a> (see Lünem. at the passage); <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/9-10.htm">Hebrews 9:10</a>; <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/14-16.htm">1 Corinthians 14:16</a>. e. of that which is connected as an adjunct (especially of time) with the principal matter under consideration (in German generallybei, i. e. at, on, etc.) (Winer's Grammar, 392 (367)): ἐυχαριστο τῷ Θεῷ μου ἐπί πάσῃ τῇ μνεία ὑμῶν, at every mention of you, as often as I call you to mind, <a href="/interlinear/philippians/1-3.htm">Philippians 1:3</a> (but see Meyer, Ellicott, Lightfoot at the passage, and under the word πᾶς, I. 2); σπένδομαι ἐπί τῇ θυσία, while engaged in (busied over) the sacrifice, <a href="/interlinear/philippians/2-17.htm">Philippians 2:17</a>; ἐπί συντέλεια τῶν αἰώνων, <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/9-26.htm">Hebrews 9:26</a>; ἐπί τῇ πρώτη διαθήκη, <a href="/interlinear/philippians/2-15.htm">Philippians 2:15</a>; σπείρειν and θερίζειν ἐπ' εὐλογίαις, so that blessings attend, i. e. bountifully, freely, <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/9-6.htm">2 Corinthians 9:6</a>; ἐπί πάσῃ τῇ ἀνάγκη, <a href="/interlinear/1_thessalonians/3-7.htm">1 Thessalonians 3:7</a>; ἐπί τῷ παροργισμῷ ὑμῶν while your anger lasts, <a href="/interlinear/ephesians/4-26.htm">Ephesians 4:26</a>; ἐπί τούτῳ meanwhile, i. e. while this was going on ((?), upon this), <a href="/interlinear/john/4-27.htm">John 4:27</a>. f. of the object of an action, and α. where the German usesan (English on (nearly equivalent to to)): πράσσειν τί ἐπί τίνι, <a href="/interlinear/acts/5-35.htm">Acts 5:35</a> (like δραν τί ἐπί τίνι, Herodotus 3, 14; Aelian n. an. 11, 11); cf. Bernhardy (1829), p. 250 bottom; (but see Buttmann, 337 (290)); ὁ γέγονεν ἐπ' αὐτῇ, <a href="/interlinear/mark/5-33.htm">Mark 5:33</a> (T Tr WH omit; L brackets ἐπί); ἀναπληροῦσθαι, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/13-14.htm">Matthew 13:14</a> Rec. β. where the German saysüber, (English upon, of, concerning), after verbs of writing, speaking, thinking: γεγραμμένα ἐπ' αὐτῷ, <a href="/interlinear/john/12-16.htm">John 12:16</a> (Herodotus 1, 66); προφητεύειν, <a href="/interlinear/revelation/10-11.htm">Revelation 10:11</a>; μαρτυρεῖν, <BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Revelation 22:16> R G T Tr text WH text (see μαρτυρέω, a.) (δόξα ἐπί τῇ εὐσέβεια, an opinion about, on, piety, 4 Macc. 5:17 (18)). C. with the accusative (Winers Grammar, § 49,1.; Buttmann, 337f (290f)); I. of place; 1. properly; a. of the place above, over, which, our up on, on to: after verbs signifying motion and continuance, ἐλθεῖν, περιπατεῖν ἐπί τά ὕδατα, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/14-28.htm">Matthew 14:28</a>f; ἐπί τήν θάλασσαν, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/14-25.htm">Matthew 14:25</a> L T Tr WH, 26 R G (πλεῖν ἐπί Πόντον, Homer, Odyssey 1, 183); ἀναπεσεῖν ἐπί τήν γῆν, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/15-35.htm">Matthew 15:35</a>; ἐπί τό στῆθος τίνος, <a href="/interlinear/john/21-20.htm">John 21:20</a>; ἀνακλιθῆναι ἐπί τούς χόρτους, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/14-19.htm">Matthew 14:19</a> R G; κατοικεῖν ἐπί πᾶν τό πρόσωπον (L T Tr WH παντός προσώπου (cf. πᾶς, I. 1 c.)) τῆς γῆς, <a href="/interlinear/acts/17-26.htm">Acts 17:26</a>; καθῆσθαι, <a href="/interlinear/luke/21-35.htm">Luke 21:35</a>; ἦλθε λιμός ἐφ' ὅλην τήν γῆν, <a href="/interlinear/acts/7-11.htm">Acts 7:11</a>; σκότος ἐγένετο ἐπί πᾶσαν τήν γῆν, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/27-45.htm">Matthew 27:45</a>. over i. e. along: εἱστήκει ἐπί τόν αἰγιαλόν, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/13-2.htm">Matthew 13:2</a> (Winers Grammar, 408 (380); differently in d. below). b. of motion to a place whose surface is occupied or touched (German auf with the accusative), upon, unto, etc.; after verbs of going, coming, ascending, descending, falling, etc.: πορεύεσθαι ἐπί τήν ὁδόν, <a href="/interlinear/acts/8-26.htm">Acts 8:26</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/9-11.htm">Acts 9:11</a>; ἐπί τάς διεξόδους, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/22-9.htm">Matthew 22:9</a>; προέρχεσθαι, <a href="/interlinear/acts/20-13.htm">Acts 20:13</a> (here Tr WH marginal reading προσέρχεσθαι); φεύγειν, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/24-16.htm">Matthew 24:16</a> (where L Tr WH text εἰς); ἐξέρχεσθαι, <a href="/interlinear/luke/8-27.htm">Luke 8:27</a>; ἐξιέναι, <a href="/interlinear/acts/27-43.htm">Acts 27:43</a>; ἐπιβαίνειν, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/21-5.htm">Matthew 21:5</a>; ἀναβαίνειν, <a href="/interlinear/luke/5-19.htm">Luke 5:19</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/19-4.htm">Luke 19:4</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/10-9.htm">Acts 10:9</a>; <a href="/interlinear/revelation/20-9.htm">Revelation 20:9</a>; καταβαίνειν, <a href="/interlinear/luke/22-44.htm">Luke 22:44</a> (L brackets WH reject the passage); <a href="/interlinear/revelation/16-21.htm">Revelation 16:21</a>; ἀπέρχεσθαι, <a href="/interlinear/luke/23-33.htm">Luke 23:33</a> (L Tr WH ἔρχεσθαι); πίπτειν ἐπί τούς πόδας, <a href="/interlinear/acts/10-25.htm">Acts 10:25</a>; ἐπί πρόσωπον, to fall upon the face, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/17-6.htm">Matthew 17:6</a>; <a href="/interlinear/matthew/26-39.htm">Matthew 26:39</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/5-12.htm">Luke 5:12</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/17-16.htm">Luke 17:16</a>; <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/14-25.htm">1 Corinthians 14:25</a>; <a href="/interlinear/revelation/7-11.htm">Revelation 7:11</a>. After verbs of placing, leading, bringing, building, laying, throwing, etc.: τιθέναι, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/5-15.htm">Matthew 5:15</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/11-33.htm">Luke 11:33</a>; ἐπιτιθεναι, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/23-4.htm">Matthew 23:4</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/15-5.htm">Luke 15:5</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/15-10.htm">Acts 15:10</a>, etc.; τιθέναι τά γόνατα ἐπί, <a href="/interlinear/acts/21-5.htm">Acts 21:5</a>; οἰκοδομεῖν, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/7-24.htm">Matthew 7:24, 26</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/6-49.htm">Luke 6:49</a>; <a href="/interlinear/romans/15-20.htm">Romans 15:20</a>; ἐποικοδόμειν, <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/3-12.htm">1 Corinthians 3:12</a>; θεμελιοῦν, <a href="/interlinear/luke/6-48.htm">Luke 6:48</a>; βάλλειν, <a href="/interlinear/john/8-59.htm">John 8:59</a>; <a href="/interlinear/revelation/2-24.htm">Revelation 2:24</a>; <a href="/interlinear/revelation/14-16.htm">Revelation 14:16</a>; <a href="/interlinear/revelation/18-19.htm">Revelation 18:19</a>; ἐπιβάλλειν, <a href="/interlinear/luke/5-36.htm">Luke 5:36</a> (ἐπιβάλλειν ἐπί τίνι, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/9-16.htm">Matthew 9:16</a>); ἐπιβάλλειν τάς χεῖρας ἐπί τινα, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/26-50.htm">Matthew 26:50</a>, etc. (see ἐπιβάλλω, 1 a.); ἐπιρρίπτειν, <a href="/interlinear/luke/19-35.htm">Luke 19:35</a> and tropically <a href="/interlinear/1_peter/5-7.htm">1 Peter 5:7</a>; ῥαπίζειν, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/5-39.htm">Matthew 5:39</a> (L T Tr text WH εἰς); τύπτειν, <a href="/interlinear/luke/6-29.htm">Luke 6:29</a> (Tdf. εἰς); ἀναβιβάζειν, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/13-48.htm">Matthew 13:48</a> (not Lachmann text); ἐπιβιβάζειν, <a href="/interlinear/luke/10-34.htm">Luke 10:34</a>; κατάγειν, <a href="/interlinear/luke/5-11.htm">Luke 5:11</a>; σωρεύειν, <a href="/interlinear/romans/12-20.htm">Romans 12:20</a>; διδόναι, <a href="/interlinear/luke/7-44.htm">Luke 7:44</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/19-23.htm">Luke 19:23</a>; <a href="/interlinear/revelation/8-3.htm">Revelation 8:3</a>; ἀναφέρειν, <a href="/interlinear/1_peter/2-24.htm">1 Peter 2:24</a>; κρεμαν, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/18-6.htm">Matthew 18:6</a> (L T Tr WH περί); γράφειν, <a href="/interlinear/revelation/2-17.htm">Revelation 2:17</a>; <a href="/interlinear/revelation/3-12.htm">Revelation 3:12</a>; <a href="/interlinear/revelation/19-16.htm">Revelation 19:16</a>; ἐπιγράφειν, <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/8-10.htm">Hebrews 8:10</a>. After verbs which include another verb signifying motion, or transfer, or entrance into (where German usesauf orüber; our on, to, etc.): ἀνατέλλειν, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/5-45.htm">Matthew 5:45</a>; βρέχειν, ibid.; πνεηιν, <a href="/interlinear/revelation/7-1.htm">Revelation 7:1</a> (here we see the difference between ἐπί with the genitive to blow over a thing, German über, and ἐπί with the according to blow on a thing, to come blowing upon it, German einenanwehen,wehendaufeinenkommen); (apparently nearly the same view of the distinction between the cases is take, by Thiersch § 274, 6; Hermann on Euripides, Alcest. 845. But Krüger (sec. 68, 40, 3), Kühner, (ii. § 438, L 1 b.), others, regard ἐπί with the accusative as denoting merely movement toward a place, while ἐπί with the genitive involves the idea of actual or intended arrival; cf. Liddell and Scott, under the word, A. I. 1. Still others hold the two expressions to be substantially synonymous: e. g. Alexander Buttmann (1873) Gram. § 147 (p. 417 English translation); Matthiae, § 584; Passow, p. 1034a; — especially in the N. T., see Winers Grammar, 409f (382); 408 (381) note; Buttmann, 338 (291). On the variations of case with this preposition in the Rev. cf. Alford on <BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Revelation 4:2>); διασωθῆναι ἐπί τήν γῆν, <a href="/interlinear/acts/27-44.htm">Acts 27:44</a>. c. It is used of persons over whom anything is done, that thereby some benefit may accrue to them (German über with the dative) (Winer's Grammar, 408 (381) note): ὀνομάζειν τό ὄνομα Ἰησοῦ ἐπί τινα, to name the name of Jesus (as a spell, a magic formula) over one, namely, that help may come to him from that name, <a href="/interlinear/acts/19-13.htm">Acts 19:13</a>; προσεύχεσθαι ἐπί τινα, <a href="/interlinear/james/5-14.htm">James 5:14</a>. d. As εἰς (which see C. 2, p. 186a), so ἐπί also stands after verbs of rest and continuance (Buttmann, 337f (290f); Winer's Grammar, § 49, 50:1): καθεύδειν ἐπί τί, <a href="/interlinear/mark/4-38.htm">Mark 4:38</a>; στῆναι, <a href="/interlinear/revelation/11-11.htm">Revelation 11:11</a>; σταθῆναι ἐπί τί, <a href="/interlinear/revelation/12-18.htm">Revelation 12:18</a> (<a href="/interlinear/revelation/13-1.htm">Revelation 13:1</a>); ἑστηκεναι, <a href="/interlinear/john/21-4.htm">John 21:4</a> (ἐπί τόν αἰγιαλόν L T Tr marginal reading WH marginal reading; otherwise where many are spoken of; see a. at the end, above); <a href="/interlinear/revelation/14-1.htm">Revelation 14:1</a>; καθῆσθαι, <a href="/interlinear/john/12-15.htm">John 12:15</a>; <a href="/interlinear/revelation/4-4.htm">Revelation 4:4</a>; <a href="/interlinear/revelation/6-2.htm">Revelation 6:2</a> (Rec. dative); <BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Revelation 11:16; 14:14,16> (L T Tr WH text genitive); <BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Revelation 17:3; 19:11>; κεκαθικεναι, καθίσαι, <a href="/interlinear/mark/11-2.htm">Mark 11:2</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/19-30.htm">Luke 19:30</a>; <a href="/interlinear/john/12-14.htm">John 12:14</a>; <a href="/interlinear/revelation/20-4.htm">Revelation 20:4</a>; καθίσεσθαι, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/19-28.htm">Matthew 19:28</a>; σκηνουν, <a href="/interlinear/revelation/7-15.htm">Revelation 7:15</a>; κεῖσθαι, <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/3-15.htm">2 Corinthians 3:15</a>; κατακεῖσθαι, <a href="/interlinear/luke/5-25.htm">Luke 5:25</a> T Tr WH; εἶναι ἐπί τό αὐτό, to be together, assembled, in the same place: <a href="/interlinear/luke/17-35.htm">Luke 17:35</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/1-15.htm">Acts 1:15</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/2-1.htm">Acts 2:1, 44</a> — to come together, of sexual intercourse, <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/7-5.htm">1 Corinthians 7:5</a> G L T Tr WH; συνελθεῖν ἐπί τό αὐτό have convened, come together, to the same place, <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/14-23.htm">1 Corinthians 14:23</a> (L text ἐλθεῖν); simply ἐπί τό αὐτό namely, ὄντες, together, <a href="/interlinear/acts/3-1.htm">Acts 3:1</a> (but L T Tr WH (so R. V.) connect ἐπί τήν α. here with <a href="/interlinear/acts/2-47.htm">Acts 2:47</a>); <a href="/interlinear/2_samuel/2-13.htm">2 Samuel 2:13</a> (cf. Buttmann, 338 (291)). e. used of motion or arrival into the vicinity of a place (not to the place itself); near; to, as far as; (German an,bei,zu,hin ...zu): ἐπί τό μνημεῖον (or μνῆμα), <a href="/interlinear/mark/16-2.htm">Mark 16:2</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/24-12.htm">Luke 24:12</a> (L Tr brackets; T omits; WH reject the verse), 22,24; ἐπί τούς ἀναβαθμούς, <a href="/interlinear/acts/21-35.htm">Acts 21:35</a>; ἔρχεσθαι ἐπί τί ὕδωρ, <a href="/interlinear/acts/8-36.htm">Acts 8:36</a>; ἐπί τήν πύλην, <a href="/interlinear/acts/12-10.htm">Acts 12:10</a>; ἐπιστηναι ἐπί τόν πυλῶνα, <a href="/interlinear/acts/10-17.htm">Acts 10:17</a>; καταβαίνειν ἐπί τήν θάλασσαν, <a href="/interlinear/john/6-16.htm">John 6:16</a>, etc., etc.; with the accusative of a person to, near to one: <a href="/interlinear/john/19-33.htm">John 19:33</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/25-12.htm">Acts 25:12</a>; <a href="/interlinear/2_thessalonians/2-1.htm">2 Thessalonians 2:1</a>; <a href="/interlinear/revelation/16-14.htm">Revelation 16:14</a>; especially to judges, kings, etc., equivalent to to their tribunal: <a href="/interlinear/matthew/10-18.htm">Matthew 10:18</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/12-58.htm">Luke 12:58</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/21-12.htm">Luke 21:12</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/23-1.htm">Luke 23:1</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/9-21.htm">Acts 9:21</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/16-19.htm">Acts 16:19</a>. also in pregnant construction after verbs of sitting, standing, etc.: καθῆσθαι ἐπί τό τελώνιον, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/9-9.htm">Matthew 9:9</a>; <a href="/interlinear/mark/2-14.htm">Mark 2:14</a>; ἑστηκεναι ἐπί, <a href="/interlinear/revelation/3-20.htm">Revelation 3:20</a>; <a href="/interlinear/revelation/15-2.htm">Revelation 15:2</a>; ἐπιστηναι ἐπί, <a href="/interlinear/acts/10-17.htm">Acts 10:17</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/11-11.htm">Acts 11:11</a>; ἐπί τήν δεξιάν on the right hand, <a href="/interlinear/revelation/5-1.htm">Revelation 5:1</a>. f. of mere direction toward a terminus (so that the terminus itself is not reached): πορεύεσθαι ἐπί τό ἀπολωλός, to recover it (where we say after), <a href="/interlinear/luke/15-4.htm">Luke 15:4</a>; ἐκτείνειν τάς χεῖρας ἐπί, against one, to take him, <a href="/interlinear/luke/22-53.htm">Luke 22:53</a>; toward one, in pointing him out, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/12-49.htm">Matthew 12:49</a>; ἐξέρχεσθαι ἐπί λῃστήν, to take a robber, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/26-55.htm">Matthew 26:55</a>; <a href="/interlinear/mark/14-48.htm">Mark 14:48</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/22-52.htm">Luke 22:52</a>, cf. <a href="/interlinear/luke/14-31.htm">Luke 14:31</a>. 2. It is used metaphorically, a. with the accusative of a person after verbs of coming, falling, bringing, etc. α. of evils befalling (falling 'upon') one, and of perturbations coming upon the mind: τό αἷμα τίνος (the penalty for slaying him) ἥκει or ἔρχεται ἐπί τινα, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/23-35.htm">Matthew 23:35</a>; <a href="/interlinear/matthew/27-25.htm">Matthew 27:25</a>; ἐπάγειν τό αἷμα τίνος ἐπί τινα, <a href="/interlinear/acts/5-28.htm">Acts 5:28</a>; ἔρχεσθαι and ἥκειν ἐπί τινα, of other evils, <a href="/interlinear/john/18-4.htm">John 18:4</a>; <a href="/interlinear/ephesians/5-6.htm">Ephesians 5:6</a>; <a href="/interlinear/revelation/3-3.htm">Revelation 3:3</a>; after γίνεσθαι, <a href="/interlinear/luke/1-65.htm">Luke 1:65</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/4-36.htm">Luke 4:36</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/5-5.htm">Acts 5:5</a>; ἐπέρχεσθαι (ἐπεισέρχεσθαι L T Tr WH), <a href="/interlinear/luke/21-35.htm">Luke 21:35</a>; ἐπιπίπτειν, <a href="/interlinear/luke/1-12.htm">Luke 1:12</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/13-11.htm">Acts 13:11</a> (L T Tr WH πίπτειν); <BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Acts 19:17> (L Tr πίπτειν); <a href="/interlinear/romans/15-3.htm">Romans 15:3</a> (from <a href="/interlinear/psalms/68-10.htm">Psalm 68:10</a><FOOTNOTE:10> (<BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Ps. 69:10>)); <a href="/interlinear/revelation/11-11.htm">Revelation 11:11</a> (Rec. πίπτειν); ἐπιστηναι, <a href="/interlinear/luke/21-34.htm">Luke 21:34</a>. β. of blessings coming upon one: after ἐρχεσται, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/10-13.htm">Matthew 10:13</a>; ἐπιπίπτειν, of a trance, <a href="/interlinear/acts/10-10.htm">Acts 10:10</a> (L T Tr WH γίνεσθαι); ἐπισκηνουν, <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/12-9.htm">2 Corinthians 12:9</a>; ἔφθασεν and ἤγγικεν, ἐφ' ὑμᾶς (upon you namely, from heaven (cf. Winer's Grammar, 407 (380) note)) ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ Θεοῦ, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/12-28.htm">Matthew 12:28</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/10-9.htm">Luke 10:9</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/11-20.htm">Luke 11:20</a>. the Holy Spirit is said at one time ἐπί τινα ἐκχεῖσθαι, <a href="/interlinear/acts/2-17.htm">Acts 2:17</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/10-45.htm">Acts 10:45</a>; <a href="/interlinear/titus/3-6.htm">Titus 3:6</a>; at another, ἀποστέλλεσθαι (or ἐξαποστέλλεσθαι T Tr WH), <a href="/interlinear/luke/24-49.htm">Luke 24:49</a>; again, ἐπέρχεσθαι, <a href="/interlinear/acts/1-8.htm">Acts 1:8</a>; once more, καταβαίνειν, <a href="/interlinear/mark/1-10.htm">Mark 1:10</a> (L text T Tr WH εἰς); <a href="/interlinear/luke/3-22.htm">Luke 3:22</a>; <a href="/interlinear/john/1-33.htm">John 1:33</a>; ἔπεσεν ὁ κλῆρος ἐπί τινα, <a href="/interlinear/acts/1-26.htm">Acts 1:26</a>; after words of rest and continuance: χάρις ἦν ἐπί τινα, <a href="/interlinear/luke/2-40.htm">Luke 2:40</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/4-33.htm">Acts 4:33</a>; ἐπαναπαύεσθαι, <a href="/interlinear/luke/10-6.htm">Luke 10:6</a>; the Holy Spirit is said at one time ἐπί τινα μένειν, descending upon one to remain on him, <a href="/interlinear/john/1-32.htm">John 1:32</a>f (Buttmann, 338 (291)); and again ἀναπαύεσθαι, <a href="/interlinear/1_peter/4-14.htm">1 Peter 4:14</a>. b. of one upon whom anything is imposed, as a burden, office, duty, etc.: τήν μέριμναν ἐπιρρίπτειν ἐπί Θεόν, <a href="/interlinear/1_peter/5-7.htm">1 Peter 5:7</a>; συντελεῖν διαθήκην ἐπί τινα, to put a covenant UPON one, to be kept by him, <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/8-8.htm">Hebrews 8:8</a>, (in <a href="/interlinear/psalms/82-6.htm">Psalm 82:6</a><FOOTNOTE:10> (<BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Ps. 83:6>) פ עַל בְּרִית כָּרַת ... is to make a covenant AGAINST one). c. of that to which anything is added (English upon (nearly equivalent to after)): λύπη ἐπί λύπην, <a href="/interlinear/philippians/2-27.htm">Philippians 2:27</a> G L T Tr WH (<a href="/interlinear/psalms/68-27.htm">Psalm 68:27</a><FOOTNOTE:10> (<BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Ps. 69:27>); <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/7-26.htm">Ezekiel 7:26</a>; (especially <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/28-10.htm">Isaiah 28:10, 13</a>; cf. Latinsuper in Livy 1, 50; 22, 54 etc.); see above, B. 2 d.); (so some take οἶκος ἐπ' οἶκον, <a href="/interlinear/luke/11-17.htm">Luke 11:17</a>, Buttmann, 338 (291); see οἶκος, 2); ἐπικάλειν ὄνομα ἐπί τινα (see ἐπικαλέω, 2 (and Buttmann, 338 (291))), to call (put) a name upon one, <a href="/interlinear/acts/15-17.htm">Acts 15:17</a>; <a href="/interlinear/james/2-7.htm">James 2:7</a>. d. of the number or degree reached; Latinusquead (Winer's Grammar, § 49, 50:3 a.): ἐπί σταδίους δώδεκα, <a href="/interlinear/revelation/21-16.htm">Revelation 21:16</a> (Rst T Tr WH text, genitive) (Xenophon, mem. 1, 4, 17; an. 1, 7, 15; Polybius 3, 54, 7; Song of the Three 23); ἐπί τρίς, Vulg.perter, for three times, thrice: <a href="/interlinear/acts/10-16.htm">Acts 10:16</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/11-10.htm">Acts 11:10</a> (so εἰς τρίς, Herodotus 1, 86; Xenophon, an. 6, 4, 16. 19; Cyril 7, 1, 4 etc. (cf. Winer's Grammar, 422 (394))); ἐπί πλεῖον more widely, to a greater degree, further, the more (differently below, II. 1): <a href="/interlinear/acts/4-17.htm">Acts 4:17</a>; (<a href="/interlinear/acts/20-9.htm">Acts 20:9</a> WH marginal reading); <a href="/interlinear/2_timothy/2-16.htm">2 Timothy 2:16</a>; <a href="/interlinear/2_timothy/3-9.htm">2 Timothy 3:9</a>; ἐφ' ὅσον, forasmuch as, inasmuch as, (differently II. 1 below): <a href="/interlinear/matthew/25-40.htm">Matthew 25:40, 45</a>; <a href="/interlinear/romans/11-13.htm">Romans 11:13</a>. e. of care, power, control over anything (German über with the accusative) (Winer's Grammar, § 49, 1. 3 b.) (cf. above, A. I. 1 d. and B. 2 b.): βασιλεύειν ἐπί τινα (Hebrew עַל מָשַׁל), <a href="/interlinear/luke/1-33.htm">Luke 1:33</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/19-14.htm">Luke 19:14, 27</a>; <a href="/interlinear/romans/5-14.htm">Romans 5:14</a>; ἡγούμενον ἐπ' Αἴγυπτον, <a href="/interlinear/acts/7-10.htm">Acts 7:10</a>; καθίστημι, <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/2-7.htm">Hebrews 2:7</a> R ((from <a href="/interlinear/psalms/8-7.htm">Psalm 8:7</a>), L Tr WH brackets); ἐπί τόν οἶκον αὐτοῦ namely, ἐστι, <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/3-6.htm">Hebrews 3:6</a>; ἱερέα μέγαν ἐπί τόν οἶκον τοῦ Θεοῦ namely, καθεστηκοτα, <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/10-21.htm">Hebrews 10:21</a>; κατιησταναι δικαστήν ἐπί, <a href="/interlinear/luke/12-14.htm">Luke 12:14</a> (ἄρχοντα, Xenophon, Cyril 4, 5 at the end); ἐξουσία, <a href="/interlinear/luke/10-19.htm">Luke 10:19</a>; <a href="/interlinear/revelation/6-8.htm">Revelation 6:8</a>; <a href="/interlinear/revelation/16-9.htm">Revelation 16:9</a>; <a href="/interlinear/revelation/22-14.htm">Revelation 22:14</a>; φυλάσσειν φυλακάς, <a href="/interlinear/luke/2-8.htm">Luke 2:8</a>; of usurped dignity: ὑπεραίρεσθαι ἐπί πάντα λεγόμενον Θεόν, <a href="/interlinear/2_thessalonians/2-4.htm">2 Thessalonians 2:4</a> cf. <a href="/interlinear/daniel/11-36.htm">Daniel 11:36</a>f (others refer the use in Thessalonians, the passage cited to g. γ. ββ. below). Akin to this is the expression πιστός ἐπί τί (because fidelity is as it were spread over the things intrusted to its care), <a href="/interlinear/matthew/25-21.htm">Matthew 25:21</a>. f. of the end which the mind reaches or to which it is led; Latinad, to, unto: ἐπιστρέφειν, ἐπιστρέφεσθαι ἐπί τινα, especially to God, <a href="/interlinear/luke/1-17.htm">Luke 1:17</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/9-35.htm">Acts 9:35</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/11-21.htm">Acts 11:21</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/14-15.htm">Acts 14:15</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/26-20.htm">Acts 26:20</a>; <a href="/interlinear/galatians/4-9.htm">Galatians 4:9</a>; <a href="/interlinear/1_peter/2-25.htm">1 Peter 2:25</a>. g. of direction toward a person or a thing; α. after verbs of trusting and hoping (German auf, upon; see above, B. 2 a. γ.): after ἐλπίζειν, <a href="/interlinear/1_peter/1-13.htm">1 Peter 1:13</a>; <a href="/interlinear/1_peter/3-5.htm">1 Peter 3:5</a> R G; <a href="/interlinear/1_timothy/5-5.htm">1 Timothy 5:5</a> (and often in the Sept.); πιστεύειν, <a href="/interlinear/acts/9-42.htm">Acts 9:42</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/11-17.htm">Acts 11:17</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/16-31.htm">Acts 16:31</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/22-19.htm">Acts 22:19</a>; <a href="/interlinear/romans/4-24.htm">Romans 4:24</a>; πιστός, <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/6-1.htm">Hebrews 6:1</a>; πεποιθέναι, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/27-43.htm">Matthew 27:43</a> (where L text WH marginal reading ἐπί with the dative).β. of the feelings, affections, emotions, German über, over: κόπτομαι, <a href="/interlinear/revelation/1-7.htm">Revelation 1:7</a>; <a href="/interlinear/revelation/18-9.htm">Revelation 18:9</a> (R G L WH marginal reading with the dative); κλαίω, <a href="/interlinear/luke/23-28.htm">Luke 23:28</a>; <a href="/interlinear/revelation/18-9.htm">Revelation 18:9</a>; εὐφραίνεσθαι, <a href="/interlinear/revelation/18-20.htm">Revelation 18:20</a> (G L T Tr WH with the dative). unto, toward, Latinerga: σπλαγχνίζομαι, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/15-32.htm">Matthew 15:32</a>; <a href="/interlinear/mark/8-2.htm">Mark 8:2</a>; <a href="/interlinear/mark/9-22.htm">Mark 9:22</a>; (μακροθυμέω, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/18-26.htm">Matthew 18:26</a> Tr, 29 L Tr); χρηστός, <a href="/interlinear/luke/6-35.htm">Luke 6:35</a>; χρηστότης, <a href="/interlinear/romans/11-22.htm">Romans 11:22</a>; <a href="/interlinear/ephesians/2-7.htm">Ephesians 2:7</a>. γ. of the direction of the will and action; αα. of purpose and end (Winer's Grammar, § 49, l. 3 d.): ἐπί τό βάπτισμα αὐτοῦ, to receive his baptism, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/3-7.htm">Matthew 3:7</a>; ἐπί θεωρίαν ταύτην, <a href="/interlinear/luke/23-48.htm">Luke 23:48</a>; ἐφ' ὁ πάρει, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/26-50.htm">Matthew 26:50</a> G L T Tr WH (see above, B. 2 a. ζ.); where aim and result coalesce: ἐπί τό συμφέρον, <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/12-10.htm">Hebrews 12:10</a>. ββ. of things done with hostility; against: after ἀποτομία, <a href="/interlinear/romans/11-22.htm">Romans 11:22</a>; ἀναστῆναι, <a href="/interlinear/mark/3-26.htm">Mark 3:26</a>; ἐγείρεσθαι, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/24-7.htm">Matthew 24:7</a>; <a href="/interlinear/mark/13-8.htm">Mark 13:8</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/21-10.htm">Luke 21:10</a>; ἐπεγείρειν διωγμόν, <a href="/interlinear/acts/13-50.htm">Acts 13:50</a>; μερισθῆναι, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/12-26.htm">Matthew 12:26</a>; <a href="/interlinear/mark/3-24.htm">Mark 3:24</a>f; ἐπαίρειν τί ἐπί, <a href="/interlinear/john/13-18.htm">John 13:18</a>; μάρτυρ, <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/1-23.htm">2 Corinthians 1:23</a>; μαρτύριον, <a href="/interlinear/luke/9-5.htm">Luke 9:5</a>; ἀσχημονεῖν, <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/7-36.htm">1 Corinthians 7:36</a> (εἰς τινα, Dionysius Halicarnassus, 2, 26); μοιχᾶσθαι, <a href="/interlinear/mark/10-11.htm">Mark 10:11</a>; τολμᾶν, <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/10-2.htm">2 Corinthians 10:2</a>; βρύχειν ὀδόντας, <a href="/interlinear/acts/7-54.htm">Acts 7:54</a>. γγ. of that to which one refers in writing or speaking (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 49, 50 l. d.): after λέγειν, <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/7-13.htm">Hebrews 7:13</a>; ὁ οὖν μακαρισμός ... ἀκροβυστίαν, namely, λέγεται (Winers Grammar, 587 (546), cf. Buttmann, 394 (338)), <a href="/interlinear/romans/4-9.htm">Romans 4:9</a>; προφητεία, <a href="/interlinear/1_timothy/1-18.htm">1 Timothy 1:18</a>; on <a href="/interlinear/mark/9-12.htm">Mark 9:12</a>f see γράφω, 2 c. δδ. upon, i. e. in reference to; for: after βάλλειν κλῆρον, <a href="/interlinear/mark/15-24.htm">Mark 15:24</a>; <a href="/interlinear/john/19-24.htm">John 19:24</a>; cf. Fritzsche on Mark, p. 686 (who compares <a href="/interlinear/psalms/21-19.htm">Psalm 21:19</a><FOOTNOTE:10> (<BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Ps. 22:19>), and remarks that an Attic writer would have said ἐπί τίνι). II. of Time (Winer's Grammar, § 49, l. 2); 1. of time during or for (`for the space of') which (German auf,während): ἐπί ἔτη τρία, <a href="/interlinear/luke/4-25.htm">Luke 4:25</a> (R G T WH marginal reading); ἐπί ἡμέρας πλείους, <a href="/interlinear/acts/13-31.htm">Acts 13:31</a>; add also <a href="/interlinear/acts/16-18.htm">Acts 16:18</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/17-2.htm">Acts 17:2</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/18-20.htm">Acts 18:20</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/19-10.htm">Acts 19:10</a>; <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/11-30.htm">Hebrews 11:30</a>, etc., and often in Greek writings from Homer down; cf. Passow, under the word, p. 1044 (Liddell and Scott, under the word C. II.); ἐφ' ὅσον χρόνον for so long time as, <a href="/interlinear/romans/7-1.htm">Romans 7:1</a>; <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/7-39.htm">1 Corinthians 7:39</a>; <a href="/interlinear/galatians/4-1.htm">Galatians 4:1</a>; and simply ἐφ' ὅσον as long as (differently in I. 2 d. above), <a href="/interlinear/matthew/9-15.htm">Matthew 9:15</a>; <a href="/interlinear/2_peter/1-13.htm">2 Peter 1:13</a>; ἐφ' ἱκανόν long enough, for a considerable time, <a href="/interlinear/acts/20-11.htm">Acts 20:11</a>; ἐπί πλεῖον somewhat long, too long (differently in I. 2 d. above): <a href="/interlinear/acts/20-9.htm">Acts 20:9</a> (not WH marginal reading, see as above); <BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Acts 24:4>. 2. about, toward (German gegen): ἐπί τήν αὔριον on the morrow, <a href="/interlinear/luke/10-35.htm">Luke 10:35</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/4-5.htm">Acts 4:5</a>; ἐπί τήν ὥραν τῆς προσευχῆς, <a href="/interlinear/acts/3-1.htm">Acts 3:1</a>; ἐπί τό πρωι< <a href="/interlinear/mark/15-1.htm">Mark 15:1</a> (R G); rarely so in Greek writings, as Arrian exp. Al. 3, 18, 11 (7) ἐπί (others ὑπό) τήν ἕω. D. In Composition ἐπί denotes: 1. continuance, rest, influence upon or over any person or thing: ἐπίγειος, ἐπουράνιος, ἐπιδημέω, ἀπαναπαύομαι, etc. 2. motion, approach, direction toward or to anything: ἐπακούω, ἐπιβοάω, ἐπιβλέπω, ἐπεκτείνω, etc. 3. imposition: ἐπικαθίζω, ἐπιτίθημι, ἐπιβιβάζω, ἐπιβαρέω, ἐπιγράφω, ἐπιρρίπτω, ἐπιτάσσω, etc. 4. accumulation, increase, addition: ἐπεισαγωγή, ἐπισυνάγω, ἐπισωρεύω, ἐπικαλέω (by a cognomen), etc. 5. repetition: ἐπαιτέω, ἐπαναμιμνῄσκω, etc. 6. up, upward: ἐπαίρω, ἐπανάγω, ἐπαφρίζω, etc. 7. against: ἐπιβουλή, ἐπανίστημι, ἐπίορκος, ἐπιορκέω, etc. 8. superintendence: ἐπιστάτης. <iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>above, after, against, among, as long asA primary preposition; properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e. Over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc. -- about (the times), above, after, against, among, as long as (touching), at, beside, X have charge of, (be-, (where-))fore, in (a place, as much as, the time of, -to), (because) of, (up-)on (behalf of), over, (by, for) the space of, through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), with. In compounds it retains essentially the same import, at, upon, etc. (literally or figuratively). <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>από εν επ επ' ἐπ' επ΄ επι επί ἐπί ἐπὶ εφ εφ' ἐφ' εφ΄ πρὸς ep ep' eph eph' epi epí epì pros pròs<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><a href="/text/matthew/1-11.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 1:11</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Preposition">Prep</a> <a href="/interlinear/matthew/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τῆς μετοικεσίας <a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and his brothers, at the time of the deportation <a href="/kjvs/matthew/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> brethren, about the time they were carried away <a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-11.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> brothers of him at [the time] of the deportation<a href="/text/matthew/3-7.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 3:7</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Preposition">Prep</a> <a href="/interlinear/matthew/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> Σαδδουκαίων ἐρχομένους ἐπὶ τὸ βάπτισμα <a href="/kjvs/matthew/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Sadducees come to his baptism, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/3-7.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Sadducees coming to the baptism<a href="/text/matthew/3-13.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 3:13</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Preposition">Prep</a> <a href="/interlinear/matthew/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> τῆς Γαλιλαίας ἐπὶ τὸν Ἰορδάνην <a href="/kjvs/matthew/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> from Galilee to Jordan unto <a href="/interlinear/matthew/3-13.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Galilee to the Jordan<a href="/text/matthew/3-16.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 3:16</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Preposition">Prep</a> <a href="/interlinear/matthew/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> καὶ ἐρχόμενον ἐπ' αὐτόν <a href="/kjvs/matthew/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and lighting upon him: <a href="/interlinear/matthew/3-16.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and lighting upon him<a href="/text/matthew/4-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 4:4</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Preposition">Prep</a> <a href="/interlinear/matthew/4.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> Γέγραπται Οὐκ ἐπ' ἄρτῳ μόνῳ <a href="/kjvs/matthew/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> not live by bread alone, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/4-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> It has been written Not by bread alone<a href="/text/matthew/4-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 4:4</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Preposition">Prep</a> <a href="/interlinear/matthew/4.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> ἄνθρωπος ἀλλ' ἐπὶ παντὶ ῥήματι <a href="/kjvs/matthew/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> alone, but by every word <a href="/interlinear/matthew/4-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> man but by every word<a href="/text/matthew/4-5.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 4:5</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Preposition">Prep</a> <a href="/interlinear/matthew/4.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> ἔστησεν αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τὸ πτερύγιον <a href="/kjvs/matthew/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> him on a pinnacle <a href="/interlinear/matthew/4-5.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> sets him upon the pinnacle<a href="/text/matthew/4-6.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 4:6</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Preposition">Prep</a> <a href="/interlinear/matthew/4.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> σοῦ καὶ ἐπὶ χειρῶν ἀροῦσίν <a href="/kjvs/matthew/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and in [their] hands <a href="/interlinear/matthew/4-6.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> you and in [their] hands will they bear up<a href="/text/matthew/5-15.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 5:15</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Preposition">Prep</a> <a href="/interlinear/matthew/5.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> μόδιον ἀλλ' ἐπὶ τὴν λυχνίαν <a href="/kjvs/matthew/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> a bushel, but on a candlestick; and <a href="/interlinear/matthew/5-15.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> a basket but upon the lampstand<a href="/text/matthew/5-23.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 5:23</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Preposition">Prep</a> <a href="/interlinear/matthew/5.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> δῶρόν σου ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον <a href="/kjvs/matthew/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> thy gift to the altar, and there <a href="/interlinear/matthew/5-23.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> offering of you at the altar<a href="/text/matthew/5-45.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 5:45</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Preposition">Prep</a> <a href="/interlinear/matthew/5.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> αὐτοῦ ἀνατέλλει ἐπὶ πονηροὺς καὶ <a href="/kjvs/matthew/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> sun to rise on the evil and <a href="/interlinear/matthew/5-45.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of him he causes to rise on evil and<a href="/text/matthew/5-45.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 5:45</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Preposition">Prep</a> <a href="/interlinear/matthew/5.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> καὶ βρέχει ἐπὶ δικαίους καὶ <a href="/kjvs/matthew/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and sendeth rain on the just and <a href="/interlinear/matthew/5-45.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and sends rain on righteous and<a href="/text/matthew/6-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 6:10</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Preposition">Prep</a> <a href="/interlinear/matthew/6.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> οὐρανῷ καὶ ἐπὶ γῆς <a href="/kjvs/matthew/6.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> will be done in earth, as <a href="/interlinear/matthew/6-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> heaven [so] also upon earth<a href="/text/matthew/6-19.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 6:19</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Preposition">Prep</a> <a href="/interlinear/matthew/6.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> ὑμῖν θησαυροὺς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς <a href="/kjvs/matthew/6.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> treasures upon earth, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/6-19.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> for yourselves treasures upon the earth<a href="/text/matthew/6-27.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 6:27</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Preposition">Prep</a> <a href="/interlinear/matthew/6.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> δύναται προσθεῖναι ἐπὶ τὴν ἡλικίαν <a href="/kjvs/matthew/6.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> one cubit unto his stature? <a href="/interlinear/matthew/6-27.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> is able to add to the life span<a href="/text/matthew/7-24.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 7:24</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Preposition">Prep</a> <a href="/interlinear/matthew/7.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> τὴν οἰκίαν ἐπὶ τὴν πέτραν <a href="/kjvs/matthew/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> his house upon a rock: <a href="/interlinear/matthew/7-24.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> house upon the rock<a href="/text/matthew/7-25.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 7:25</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Preposition">Prep</a> <a href="/interlinear/matthew/7.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> τεθεμελίωτο γὰρ ἐπὶ τὴν πέτραν <a href="/kjvs/matthew/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> for it was founded upon a rock. <a href="/interlinear/matthew/7-25.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> it had been founded indeed upon the rock<a href="/text/matthew/7-26.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 7:26</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Preposition">Prep</a> <a href="/interlinear/matthew/7.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> τὴν οἰκίαν ἐπὶ τὴν ἄμμον <a href="/kjvs/matthew/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> his house upon the sand: <a href="/interlinear/matthew/7-26.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the house upon the sand<a href="/text/matthew/7-28.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 7:28</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Preposition">Prep</a> <a href="/interlinear/matthew/7.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> οἱ ὄχλοι ἐπὶ τῇ διδαχῇ <a href="/kjvs/matthew/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> were astonished at his <a href="/interlinear/matthew/7-28.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the crowds at the teaching<a href="/text/matthew/9-2.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 9:2</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Preposition">Prep</a> <a href="/interlinear/matthew/9.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> αὐτῷ παραλυτικὸν ἐπὶ κλίνης βεβλημένον <a href="/kjvs/matthew/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> lying on a bed: <a href="/interlinear/matthew/9-2.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> to him a paralytic on a bed lying<a href="/text/matthew/9-6.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 9:6</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Preposition">Prep</a> <a href="/interlinear/matthew/9.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς <a href="/kjvs/matthew/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> hath power on earth to forgive <a href="/interlinear/matthew/9-6.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of man on the earth<a href="/text/matthew/9-9.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 9:9</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Preposition">Prep</a> <a href="/interlinear/matthew/9.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> ἄνθρωπον καθήμενον ἐπὶ τὸ τελώνιον <a href="/kjvs/matthew/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> sitting at the receipt of custom: <a href="/interlinear/matthew/9-9.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> a man sitting at the tax booth<a href="/text/matthew/9-15.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 9:15</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Preposition">Prep</a> <a href="/interlinear/matthew/9.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> νυμφῶνος πενθεῖν ἐφ' ὅσον μετ' <a href="/kjvs/matthew/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> mourn, as long as the bridegroom <a href="/interlinear/matthew/9-15.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> bridechamber mourn as as long as with<a href="/text/matthew/9-16.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 9:16</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Preposition">Prep</a> <a href="/interlinear/matthew/9.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> ῥάκους ἀγνάφου ἐπὶ ἱματίῳ παλαιῷ <a href="/kjvs/matthew/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of new cloth unto an old garment, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/9-16.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of cloth unshrunk on clothing old<a href="/text/matthew/9-18.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 9:18</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Preposition">Prep</a> <a href="/interlinear/matthew/9.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> χεῖρά σου ἐπ' αὐτήν καὶ <a href="/kjvs/matthew/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> thy hand upon her, and <a href="/interlinear/matthew/9-18.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> hand of you upon her and<a href="/greek/1909.htm">Strong's Greek 1909</a> <a href="/greek/strongs_1909.htm">896 Occurrences</a> <a href="/greek/ep_1909.htm">ἐπ' — 145 Occ.</a> <a href="/greek/eph_1909.htm">ἐφ' — 82 Occ.</a> <a href="/greek/epi_1909.htm">ἐπὶ — 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