For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
ἐπί
Vocabulary form:
ejpiv
Definition:
gen: on, over, when;
dat: on the basis of, at;
acc: on, to, against
dat: on the basis of, at;
acc: on, to, against
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.
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
| Revelation 7:15 | For this reason they are before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple, and the one seated on (epi | ἐπί | prep-gen) the throne will be a shelter over (ep | ἐπ᾿ | prep-acc) them. |
| Revelation 7:16 | No longer will they go hungry, neither will they thirst again; the sun will not beat down upon (ep | ἐπ᾿ | prep-acc) them, nor any scorching heat; |
| Revelation 7:17 | for the Lamb at the center of the throne will shepherd them and guide them to (epi | ἐπί | prep-acc) springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.” |
| Revelation 8:3 | And another angel came and stood at (epi | ἐπί | prep-gen) the altar, holding a golden censer. To him was given a large quantity of incense to offer up, with the prayers of all the saints, on (epi | ἐπί | prep-acc) the golden altar that is before the throne. |
| Revelation 8:10 | The third angel blew his trumpet, and there fell from heaven a great star, blazing like a torch, and it fell on (epi | ἐπί | prep-acc) a third of the rivers and on (epi | ἐπί | prep-acc) the springs of water. |
| Revelation 8:13 | Then I looked, and I heard an eagle crying with a loud voice as it flew directly overhead, “Woe, woe, woe to those who live on (epi | ἐπί | prep-gen) the earth because of the blasts of the other trumpets that the three angels are about to blow!” |
| Revelation 9:4 | They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any green plant or any tree, but only those people who did not have the seal of God on (epi | ἐπί | prep-gen) their foreheads. |
| Revelation 9:7 | In appearance the locusts were like horses prepared for battle. On (epi | ἐπί | prep-acc) their heads were something like crowns of gold, and their faces were like human faces. |
| Revelation 9:11 | They have as king over (ep | ἐπ᾿ | prep-gen) them the angel of the abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, but in Greek he has the name Apollyon. |
| Revelation 9:14 | saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at (epi | ἐπί | prep-dat) the great river Euphrates.” |
| Revelation 9:17 | And this is how I saw the horses in my vision and those who rode them: The riders wore breastplates that were fiery red, dark blue, and yellow like sulfur, and the heads of the horses were like lions’ heads, and out of their mouths came fire and smoke and sulfur. |
| Revelation 10:1 | Then I saw another powerful angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above (epi | ἐπί | prep-gen) his head; his face was like the sun, and his legs were like pillars of fire. |
| Revelation 10:2 | He held in his hand a little scroll that had been unrolled. Placing his right foot on (epi | ἐπί | prep-gen) the sea and his left foot on (epi | ἐπί | prep-gen) the land, |
| Revelation 10:5 | Then the angel that I had seen standing on (epi | ἐπί | prep-gen) the sea and on (epi | ἐπί | prep-gen) the land raised his right hand to heaven |
| Revelation 10:8 | Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me again, saying, “Go, take the scroll that is open in the hand of the angel who is standing on (epi | ἐπί | prep-gen) the sea and on (epi | ἐπί | prep-gen) the land.” |
| Revelation 10:11 | Then they said to me, “You must prophesy again about (epi | ἐπί | prep-dat) many peoples and nations and languages and kings.” |
| Revelation 11:6 | These two witnesses have the power to shut the sky so that no rain will fall during the days of their prophesying, and they have power over (epi | ἐπί | prep-gen) the waters to turn them into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague, as often as they wish. |
| Revelation 11:8 | and their dead bodies will lie in (epi | ἐπί | prep-gen) the street of the great city, which symbolically is called Sodom, or Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified. |
| Revelation 11:10 | And those who dwell on (epi | ἐπί | prep-gen) the earth will rejoice over (ep | ἐπ᾿ | prep-dat) them and celebrate and send gifts to one another, because these two prophets had tormented those who dwell on (epi | ἐπί | prep-gen) the earth. |
| Revelation 11:11 | But after the three and a half days, the breath of life from God entered them and they stood on (epi | ἐπί | prep-acc) their feet; and great fear fell on (epi | ἐπί | prep-acc) those who were watching them. |
| Revelation 11:16 | Then the twenty-four elders who were seated on (epi | ἐπί | prep-acc) their thrones before God fell on (epi | ἐπί | prep-acc) their faces and worshiped God, |
| Revelation 12:1 | Then a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on (epi | ἐπί | prep-gen) her head was a crown of twelve stars. |
| Revelation 12:3 | Then another sign appeared in heaven: a huge red dragon that had seven heads and ten horns, and on (epi | ἐπί | prep-acc) its heads were seven crowns. |
| Revelation 12:17 | So the dragon became furious with (epi | ἐπί | prep-dat) the woman and went off to make war against the rest of her children, those who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. |
| Revelation 12:18 | |
| Revelation 13:1 | And I saw, rising out of the sea, a beast with ten horns and seven heads. On (epi | ἐπί | prep-gen) his ten horns were ten crowns and on (epi | ἐπί | prep-acc) his heads were written blasphemous names. |
| Revelation 13:7 | The beast was allowed to make war against the saints and to conquer them. And he was given authority over (epi | ἐπί | prep-acc) every tribe and people and language and nation. |
| Revelation 13:8 | And all those living on (epi | ἐπί | prep-gen) the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb who was slain from the foundation of the world. |
| Revelation 13:14 | and by the signs he was allowed to perform on behalf of the beast, he deceived those who live on (epi | ἐπί | prep-gen) the earth. He told them to make an image in honor of the beast who had been wounded by the sword yet lived. |
| Revelation 13:16 | He also caused everyone — small and great, rich and poor, free and slave — to receive a mark on (epi | ἐπί | prep-gen) their right hand or on (epi | ἐπί | prep-acc) their forehead. |
| Revelation 14:1 | Then I looked, and behold, I saw a Lamb standing on (epi | ἐπί | prep-acc) Mount Zion; and with him were one hundred and forty-four thousand who had his name and his Father’s name written on (epi | ἐπί | prep-gen) their foreheads. |
| Revelation 14:6 | Then I saw another angel flying directly overhead, with an eternal gospel to proclaim to (epi | ἐπί | prep-acc) those who live on (epi | ἐπί | prep-gen) the earth — to (epi | ἐπί | prep-acc) every nation, tribe, language, and people. |
| Revelation 14:9 | Then another angel, a third, followed them, declaring in a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives a mark on (epi | ἐπί | prep-gen) his forehead or on (epi | ἐπί | prep-acc) his hand, |
| Revelation 14:14 | Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and seated on (epi | ἐπί | prep-acc) the cloud was one like a son of man. He had a golden crown on (epi | ἐπί | prep-gen) his head and a sharp sickle in his hand. |
| Revelation 14:15 | Then another angel came out of the temple, calling with a loud voice to the one who was sitting on (epi | ἐπί | prep-gen) the cloud, “Thrust in your sickle and reap, for the hour to reap has come, because the harvest of the earth is ripe.” |
| Revelation 14:16 | So the one who sat on (epi | ἐπί | prep-gen) the cloud swung his sickle across (epi | ἐπί | prep-acc) the earth, and the earth was reaped. |
| Revelation 14:18 | Then another angel, the one who had authority over (epi | ἐπί | prep-gen) the fire, came out from the altar and called with a loud voice to the angel who had the sharp sickle, “Thrust in your sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the vine of the earth, for its grapes are ripe.” |
| Revelation 15:2 | And I saw what appeared to be a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who had conquered the beast and his image and the number of his name. They were standing beside (epi | ἐπί | prep-acc) the sea of glass with harps given them by God. |
| Revelation 16:2 | So the first angel went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and a repulsive and malignant sore broke out on (epi | ἐπί | prep-acc) everyone who bore the mark of the beast and who worshiped his image. |
| Revelation 16:8 | The fourth angel poured out his bowl on (epi | ἐπί | prep-acc) the sun, and it was allowed to scorch people with fire. |
| Revelation 16:9 | Although scorched by the fierce heat they cursed the name of God who had authority over (epi | ἐπί | prep-acc) these plagues, and would not repent and give him glory. |
| Revelation 16:10 | The fifth angel poured out his bowl on (epi | ἐπί | prep-acc) the throne of the beast, and his kingdom was plunged into darkness. People gnawed their tongues in pain |
| Revelation 16:12 | The sixth angel poured out his bowl on (epi | ἐπί | prep-acc) the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the east. |
| Revelation 16:14 | They were demonic spirits, performing signs, who go out to (epi | ἐπί | prep-acc) the kings of the whole world to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty. |
| Revelation 16:17 | Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl on (epi | ἐπί | prep-acc) the air, and out of the temple came a loud voice from the throne, saying, “It is done!” |
| Revelation 16:18 | There came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, and a violent earthquake such as there had never been since man was on (epi | ἐπί | prep-gen) the earth, so violent was that earthquake. |
| Revelation 16:21 | And enormous hailstones, about one hundred pounds each, fell from heaven and people blasphemed God for the plague of hail, because the plague was so devastating. |
| Revelation 17:1 | Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and talked with me, saying, “Come, I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who is seated on (epi | ἐπί | prep-gen) many waters. |
| Revelation 17:3 | So he carried me away in the spirit into a wilderness, and there I saw a woman sitting on (epi | ἐπί | prep-acc) a scarlet beast covered with blasphemous names. It had seven heads and ten horns. |
| Revelation 17:5 | And on (epi | ἐπί | prep-acc) her forehead was written a name, a mystery: “Babylon the great, mother of prostitutes and of the abominations of the earth.” |