ἐπιβαίνωepibaínō
to walk upon, i.e. mount, ascend, embark, arrive
Greek (New Testament) · G1910
Meanings
1. to get up on, mount: followed by ἐπί, with acc, Matthew 21:5 (LXX); to embark in (a boat), go aboard: with dative, Acts 27:2; followed by εἰς, Acts 21:6 (Rec.); absolutely, Acts 21:2.
2. to go up to, go on to, enter: followed by εἰς, Acts 20:18, Acts 21:4; with dative, Acts 25:1.
Same root
- ἐπίepí · G1909properly, 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.
- βάσιςbásis · G939a pace ("base"), i.e. (by implication) the foot
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 21:5 “Tell the people of Jerusalem, ‘Look, your King is coming to you. He is humble, riding on a donkey— riding on a donkey’s colt.’”
- Acts 20:18 When they arrived he declared, “You know that from the day I set foot in the province of Asia until now
- Acts 21:2 There we boarded a ship sailing for Phoenicia.
- Acts 21:4 We went ashore, found the local believers, and stayed with them a week. These believers prophesied through the Holy Spirit that Paul should not go on to Jerusalem.
- Acts 25:1 Three days after Festus arrived in Caesarea to take over his new responsibilities, he left for Jerusalem,
- Acts 27:2 Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, was also with us. We left on a ship whose home port was Adramyttium on the northwest coast of the province of Asia; it was scheduled to make several stops at ports along the coast of the province.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.