ἐπιούσιοςepioúsios

found only in the phrase ἄρτος ἐ., EV, daily; R, margin, for the coming day: Matthew 6:11, Luke 11:3. (Several derivations find support, each pointing to a different meaning.

1. < ἐπιοῦσα (namely ἡμέρα) (or, < ἐπὶ τὴν ἰοῦσαν (namely ήμέραν), Zorell, under that word), hence, for the morrow or for the coming day (R, margin).

(a) < ἐπί + οὐσία, hence, for subsistence, needful (Am. R, margin)

(b) < ἐπί + εἶναι in fem. participle form, hence, pertaining to (the day). For renderings of versions and views of various writers, see references in DB, ext., 36 f.; DCG, ii, 58 f., 62a; ICC on Lk, in the passage cited The EV, daily, is based on the Vg. (Lk; OL, Mt, Lk, quotidianus). "It is difficult not to think that τὸν ἐ. rests upon misunderstanding of an original Aramaic phrase, or upon a Greek corruption".