Strong's Greek · G1909
ἐπί
epí
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
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.
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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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).