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Bill Mounce
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ἐπί (ἐπ᾽, ἐφ᾽)
Vocabulary form:
ἐπί
Definition:
gen: on, when
dat: on the basis of, at
acc: on, to, against
Erasmian:
Modern:
Frequency:
890
GK:
2093
Cognates:
The epidermis (ejpidermivV) is the outer layer of skin, "that which is on the skin."
Mnemonic Singing:
When darkness veils His lovely face,
I rest on His unchanging grace.
Notes:
When ejpiv is followed by a word beginning with a vowel and smooth breathing, the iota elides (ejp=). If the following word begins with a rough breathing, the iota elides and the pi aspirates to a phi (ejf=).
Biblical Concordance
| James 2:7 | Are they not the ones who are blaspheming the honorable name by which you were called? |
| James 2:21 | Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered his son Isaac on (epi | ἐπί | prep-acc) the altar? |
| James 5:1 | Come now, you rich people, weep and wail over (epi | ἐπί | prep-dat) the miseries that are coming your way. |
| James 5:5 | You have lived on (epi | ἐπί | prep-gen) the earth in self-indulgence and luxury. You have fattened your hearts for a day of slaughter. |
| James 5:7 | Be patient, therefore, dear friends, until the coming of the Lord. Note how the farmer waits for the precious harvest of the earth, being patient for (ep | ἐπ᾿ | prep-dat) it until it receives the early and latter rains. |
| James 5:14 | Is anyone among you sick? He should call for the elders of the church and have them pray over (ep | ἐπ᾿ | prep-acc) him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord; |
| James 5:17 | Elijah was a man exactly like us, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and for three years and six months no rain fell on (epi | ἐπί | prep-gen) the earth. |
| 1 Peter 1:13 | Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober-minded, and set your hope completely on (epi | ἐπί | prep-acc) the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. |
| 1 Peter 1:20 | He was chosen in advance, before the foundation of the world, but was revealed at (ep | ἐπ᾿ | prep-gen) the end of the times for you |
| 1 Peter 2:6 | For it says in scripture, “Behold, I lay in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious, and the one who believes in (ep | ἐπ᾿ | prep-dat) him will never be put to shame.” |
| 1 Peter 2:24 | He himself bore our sins in his body on (epi | ἐπί | prep-acc) the tree so that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness. By his wounds you were healed. |
| 1 Peter 2:25 | For you were like sheep, going astray, but now you have turned back to (epi | ἐπί | prep-acc) the shepherd and guardian of your souls. |
| 1 Peter 3:12 | For the eyes of the Lord are on (epi | ἐπί | prep-acc) the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayers; but the face of the Lord is against (epi | ἐπί | prep-acc) those who do evil.” |
| 1 Peter 4:14 | If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory, that is, the Spirit of God, is resting on (eph | ἐφ᾿ | prep-acc) you. |
| 1 Peter 5:7 | casting all your anxieties on (ep | ἐπ᾿ | prep-acc) him, because he cares about you. |
| 2 Peter 1:13 | Indeed, I consider it the right thing to do, as (eph | ἐφ᾿ | prep-acc) long as I am in this body, to keep refreshing your memory, |
| 2 Peter 2:22 | What has happened to them illustrates the true proverb: “A dog returns to (epi | ἐπί | prep-acc) its own vomit, and a sow, after washing herself, returns to wallow in the mire.” |
| 2 Peter 3:3 | Above all you must understand that in (ep | ἐπ᾿ | prep-gen) the last days scoffers will come with scoffing, following their own lusts |
| 1 John 3:3 | And everyone who has this hope in (ep | ἐπ᾿ | prep-dat) him purifies himself, just as he is pure. |
| 3 John 1:10 | For this reason, should I come, I will bring up the things he is doing, disparaging us with malicious talk. And not satisfied with (epi | ἐπί | prep-dat) that, he refuses to welcome the brothers. He even prevents those who would like to and puts them out of the church. |
| Jude 1:18 | how they said to you, “In (ep | ἐπ᾿ | prep-gen) the final age there will be scoffers driven by their own ungodly desires.” |
| Revelation 1:7 | Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him; and all the tribes of earth will wail on account of (ep | ἐπ᾿ | prep-acc) him. So shall it be! Amen. |
| Revelation 1:17 | And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. And he laid his right hand on (ep | ἐπ᾿ | prep-acc) me, saying, “Do not fear! I am the First and the Last, |
| Revelation 1:20 | The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in (epi | ἐπί | prep-gen) my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands, is this: the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches. |
| Revelation 2:17 | He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches. To the one who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna. And I will give him a white stone, and on (epi | ἐπί | prep-acc) that stone will be written a new name which no one can understand except the one who receives it. |
| Revelation 2:24 | But to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not follow this teaching (who have not learned ‘the deep things of Satan,’ as they call them), to you I say, I lay on (eph | ἐφ᾿ | prep-acc) you no other burden, |
| Revelation 2:26 | As for the one who conquers, who keeps my works until the end, to him I will give authority over (epi | ἐπί | prep-gen) the nations, |
| Revelation 3:3 | Remember, then, what you received and heard; obey it, and repent. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come against (epi | ἐπί | prep-acc) you. |
| Revelation 3:10 | Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I also will keep you from the hour of testing that is coming upon (epi | ἐπί | prep-gen) the whole world to test those who live on (epi | ἐπί | prep-gen) the earth. |
| Revelation 3:12 | The one who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God and he will never go out of it, and I will write on (ep | ἐπ᾿ | prep-acc) him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God (the new Jerusalem which comes down out of heaven from my God), and my own new name. |
| Revelation 3:20 | Take note! I am standing at (epi | ἐπί | prep-acc) the door and knocking. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will enter his house and eat with him, and he with me. |
| Revelation 4:2 | Immediately I was in the spirit, and behold, a throne was standing in heaven and one sitting on (epi | ἐπί | prep-acc) the throne! |
| Revelation 4:4 | Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and seated on (epi | ἐπί | prep-acc) those thrones were twenty-four elders, clothed in white garments, and upon (epi | ἐπί | prep-acc) their heads were crowns of gold. |
| Revelation 4:9 | And whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to the one who is seated on (epi | ἐπί | prep-dat) the throne, to the one who lives forever and ever, |
| Revelation 4:10 | the twenty-four elders fall down before the one who is seated on (epi | ἐπί | prep-gen) the throne and worship the one who lives forever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne, saying, |
| Revelation 5:1 | Then I saw in (epi | ἐπί | prep-acc) the right hand of the one who was seated on (epi | ἐπί | prep-gen) the throne a scroll written inside and on the back, sealed with seven seals. |
| Revelation 5:3 | But no one in heaven or on (epi | ἐπί | prep-gen) earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or look into it. |
| Revelation 5:7 | And he went and took the scroll from the right hand of the one who was seated on (epi | ἐπί | prep-gen) the throne. |
| Revelation 5:10 | And you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they will reign on (epi | ἐπί | prep-gen) the earth.” |
| Revelation 5:13 | Then I heard every creature in heaven and on (epi | ἐπί | prep-dat) earth and under the earth and in (epi | ἐπί | prep-gen) the sea, and all that is in them, saying, “To the one seated on (epi | ἐπί | prep-gen) the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and might forever and ever!” |
| Revelation 6:2 | I looked, and behold, a white horse! And the one seated on (ep | ἐπ᾿ | prep-acc) it had a bow; and there was given to him a crown, and he went out conquering and to conquer. |
| Revelation 6:4 | And out came another horse, bright red; and its rider was allowed to take peace from the earth so that men should slay one another, and a great sword was given to him. |
| Revelation 6:5 | And when he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, “Come!” And I looked, and behold, a black horse! And its rider had a pair of scales in his hand. |
| Revelation 6:8 | And I looked, and behold, a pale horse! And its rider’s name was Death, and Hades was following with him. And authority was given to them over (epi | ἐπί | prep-acc) a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by wild beasts of the earth. |
| Revelation 6:10 | And they cried out with a loud voice, saying, “How long, O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, before you bring judgment and avenge our blood on those who dwell on (epi | ἐπί | prep-gen) the earth?” |
| Revelation 6:16 | They said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on (eph | ἐφ᾿ | prep-acc) us and hide us from the face of the one who is seated on (epi | ἐπί | prep-gen) the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb, |
| Revelation 7:1 | After this I saw four angels standing at (epi | ἐπί | prep-acc) the four corners of the earth holding back the four winds of the earth, so that no wind could blow on (epi | ἐπί | prep-gen) the earth or on (epi | ἐπί | prep-gen) the sea or against (epi | ἐπί | prep-acc) any tree. |
| Revelation 7:3 | saying, “Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees until we have sealed the servants of our God on (epi | ἐπί | prep-gen) their foreheads.” |
| Revelation 7:10 | and they cried out in a loud voice, saying, “Salvation belongs to our God who is seated on (epi | ἐπί | prep-dat) the throne and to the Lamb!” |
| Revelation 7:11 | And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on (epi | ἐπί | prep-acc) their faces before the throne and worshiped God, |
Mnemonics
mnemonic
epi as in you should know when to use an epi-pen