ἐπιοῦσαepioûsa
supervening, i.e. (G2250 (ἡμέρα) or G3571 (νύξ) being expressed or implied) the ensuing day or night
Greek (New Testament) · G1966
Meanings
1. to come upon, approach
2. Of time, to come on or after; mostly as participle, ἐπιών, -οῦσα, όν, next, following: τῇ- ἔ. (namely ἡμέρᾳ, as frequently in late Gk.), Acts 16:11, Acts 20:15, Acts 21:18; ἡμέρᾳ (as usual in classical Greek), Acts 7:26; νυκτί, Acts 23:11.
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.
- ἐπιούσιοςepioúsios · G1967tomorrow's; but more probably from G1909 (ἐπί) and a derivative of the present participle feminine of G1510 (εἰμί); for subsistence, i.e. needful
Where it appears
Appears 5 times in the Bible.
- Acts 7:26 “The next day he visited them again and saw two men of Israel fighting. He tried to be a peacemaker. ‘Men,’ he said, ‘you are brothers. Why are you fighting each other?’
- Acts 16:11 We boarded a boat at Troas and sailed straight across to the island of Samothrace, and the next day we landed at Neapolis.
- Acts 20:15 The next day we sailed past the island of Kios. The following day we crossed to the island of Samos, and a day later we arrived at Miletus.
- Acts 21:18 The next day Paul went with us to meet with James, and all the elders of the Jerusalem church were present.
- Acts 23:11 That night the Lord appeared to Paul and said, “Be encouraged, Paul. Just as you have been a witness to me here in Jerusalem, you must preach the Good News in Rome as well.”
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.