Strong's Greek · G1909
G1909 epí
ἐπί
ep-ee'
upon/to/against
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epí appears 890 times in Scripture, including Matthew 1:11 and Luke 5:11. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
properly, 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.
In the King James Version
about (the times), above, after, against, among, as long as (touching), at, beside, X have charge of, (be-, (where-))fore, in (a place, as much as, the time of, -to), (because) of, (up-)on (behalf of), over, (by, for) the space of, through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), with
Derivation
a primary preposition;
Appears 890 times in Scripture
“Now I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.””
“But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’””
“As soon as Jesus was baptized, He went up out of the water. Suddenly the heavens were opened, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and resting on Him.”
“At that time Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John.”
“And when they had brought their boats ashore, they left everything and followed Him.”
““Come,” said Jesus. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water, and came toward Jesus.”
“and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.”
“This is the Spirit He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior,”
“When they had crossed over, they landed at Gennesaret.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
