ἐπίepí

with primary sense of superposition, on, upon.

Greek (New Testament) · G1909

Meanings

I. C. genitive

1. of place, answering the question, where?

(a) of the place on which, on, upon: ἐπὶ (τ.) γῆς, Matthew 6:10, Matthew 6:19, and elsewhere; τ. κεφαλῆς, 1 Corinthians 11:10; τ. νεφελῶν, Matthew 24:30, and elsewhere; like ἐν, in constr. praegn. after verbs of motion: βάλλειν, Mark 4:26; σπείρειν, Mark 4:31; ἔρχεσθαι, Hebrews 6:7, and elsewhere; figuratively, ἐπ’ ἀληθείας; of the subject of thought or speech, Galatians 3:16; of power or authority, over, πάντων, Romans 9:5: τ. γάζης, Acts 8:27; ἐξουσία, Revelation 2:26, Revelation 20:6

(b) of vicinity, at, by: τ. θαλάσσης, John 6:9; τ. ὁδοῦ, Matthew 21:19; τοῦ βάτου, Mark 12:26; with genitive of person, in the presence of, before, Matthew 28:14, Acts 23:30, 1 Corinthians 6:1, and elsewhere

2. Of time

(a) with genitive of person, in the time of: ἐπὶ Ἐλισαίου, Luke 4:27; ἐπὶ Κλαυδίου, Acts 11:28; ἐπὶ Ἀβιάθαρ ἀρχιερέως, when A. was high priest, Mark 2:26

(b) with genitive of thing, at, at the time of: Matthew 1:11, Hebrews 1:2, 2 Peter 3:3; ἐπὶ τ. προσευχῶν, Romans 1:10, Ephesians 1:16, 1 Thessalonians 1:2, Philemon 1:4.

II. C. dative, of place, answering the question, where?

(a) lit., on, upon: Matthew 9:16, Matthew 14:8, and elsewhere; after verbs of motion (see above, I, 1, (a)), Matthew 9:16, Acts 8:16; above, Luke 23:38; at, by, Mark 13:29, John 5:2, Acts 5:9, and elsewhere

(b) metaphorically, upon, on the ground of, Luke 4:4 (LXX); in the matter of, Mark 6:52; upon, of, concerning, Acts 5:35, Acts 5:40; of the ground, reason or motive (Bl., §38, 2; 43, 3), Matthew 18:3, Matthew 19:9, Romans 12:12, and elsewhere; ἐφ’ ᾧ, for the reason that, because, Romans 5:12, 2 Corinthians 5:4; after verbs of motion, over, Matthew 18:13, Romans 16:19, and elsewhere; of a condition (classical Greek), Romans 8:20, 1 Corinthians 9:10; ἐπὶ δυσὶ μάρτυσιν (see Westc. on Hebrews 9:10), Hebrews 10:28; of purpose or aim, Ephesians 2:10, Philippians 4:10; of authority, over, Matthew 24:47, Luke 12:44; of hostility, with dative of person (classical Greek), against, Luke 12:52; in addition to (classical Greek), 2 Corinthians 7:13; of an adjunct, in, at, on, Philippians 1:3, Philippians 2:17.

III. C. accusative

1. of place of motion upon or over, answering the question, whither?

(a) lit., upon, over: Matthew 14:28, Matthew 14:29, Luke 5:19, and elsewhere many times; in NT also, answering the question, where? (as with genitive, dative), Mark 4:38, Mark 11:2, Luke 2:25, John 1:32; ἐπὶ τ. αὐτό, Acts 1:15, Acts 2:1, and elsewhere; of motion to a vicinity, to, Mark 16:2, Acts 8:36, and elsewhere

(b) metaphorically (in wh. "the accusative is more widely prevalent than it strictly should be, " Bl., §43, 1); of blessings, evils, etc., coming upon one, with accusative of person, Matthew 10:13, Matthew 12:28, Acts 2:17, John 18:4, Ephesians 5:6, and elsewhere; of addition (dative in classical Greek), λύπη ἐπὶ λύπην, Philippians 2:27; ἐπικαλεῖν ὄνομα ἐπί (see ἐπικαλέω), Acts 15:17, James 2:7; καλεῖν ἐπί, to call after, Luke 1:59; of number or degree: ἐπὶ τρίς (classical Greek εἰς τ.), thrice, Acts 10:16, Acts 11:10; ἐπὶ πλεῖον, the more, further, Acts 4:17, 2 Timothy 2:16, 2 Timothy 3:9 (see also infr., 2, (a)); ἐφ’ ὅσον (see below, ib.), forasmuch as, Matthew 25:40, Matthew 25:45, Romans 11:13; of power, authority, control, Luke 1:33, Acts 7:10, Romans 5:14, Hebrews 3:6, and elsewhere; of the direction of thoughts and feelings, unto, towards, Luke 1:17, Luke 23:28, Acts 9:35, Acts 9:42, Acts 11:22, Galatians 4:9, Ephesians 2:7, 1 Timothy 5:5, and elsewhere; of purpose, for, Matthew 3:7, Luke 23:48; ἐφ’ ὅ πάρει (Rec. ἐφ’ ᾧ, Matthew 26:50; of hostility, against, Matthew 24:7, Mark 3:24-26, Mark 10:11, Mark 13:8, Luke 9:5, John 13:18, Acts 7:54, 1 Corinthians 7:36, 2 Corinthians 1:23; Of reference, concerning, for (classical Greek usually dative), Mark 9:12, Mark 15:24, John 19:24, Romans 4:9.

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Where it appears

Appears 876 times in the Bible.

  • Matthew 1:11 Josiah was the father of Jehoiachin and his brothers (born at the time of the exile to Babylon).
  • Matthew 3:7 But when he saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to watch him baptize, he denounced them. “You brood of snakes!” he exclaimed. “Who warned you to flee the coming wrath?
  • Matthew 3:13 Then Jesus went from Galilee to the Jordan River to be baptized by John.
  • Matthew 3:16 After his baptism, as Jesus came up out of the water, the heavens were opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and settling on him.
  • Matthew 4:4 But Jesus told him, “No! The Scriptures say, ‘People do not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
  • Matthew 4:5 Then the devil took him to the holy city, Jerusalem, to the highest point of the Temple,
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Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.