ἐπάνωepánō
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Greek (New Testament) · G1883
Meanings
1. adverbially
(a) of place: Luke 11:44
(b) of number, more than: Mark 14:5, 1 Corinthians 15:6.
2. As preposition with genitive
(a) of place: Matthew 2:9, Matthew 5:14, Matthew 21:7, Matthew 23:18, Matthew 23:20, Matthew 23:22, Matthew 27:37, Matthew 28:2, Luke 4:39, Luke 10:19, Revelation 6:8, Revelation 20:3
(b) of pre-eminence: Luke 19:17, Luke 19:19, John 3:31.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 19 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 2:9 After this interview the wise men went their way. And the star they had seen in the east guided them to Bethlehem. It went ahead of them and stopped over the place where the child was.
- Matthew 5:14 “You are the light of the world—like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden.
- Matthew 21:7 They brought the donkey and the colt to him and threw their garments over the colt, and he sat on it.
- Matthew 23:18 And you say that to swear ‘by the altar’ is not binding, but to swear ‘by the gifts on the altar’ is binding.
- Matthew 23:20 When you swear ‘by the altar,’ you are swearing by it and by everything on it.
- Matthew 23:22 And when you swear ‘by heaven,’ you are swearing by the throne of God and by God, who sits on the throne.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.