epi G1909

ἐπί (epi) means “upon/to/against” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

ἐπί Greek · G1909 882 tagged occurrences in 775 verses

Pronunciation guide: ep-ee' Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G1909

ἐπί · epi · upon/to/against

ἐπί (before a smooth breathing ἐπ᾽, before a rough breathing ἐφ᾽), prep. with genitive, dative, accusative (accusative most frequently in NT), with primary sense of superposition, on, upon. I. C. genitive, 1. of place, answering the question, where? (a) of the place on which, on, upon: ἐπὶ (τ.) γῆς, Mat.6:10, 19, al.; τ. κεφαλῆς, 1Co.11:10; τ. νεφελῶν, Mat.24:3o, al.; like ἐν, in constr. praegn. after verbs of motion: βάλλειν, Mrk.4:26; σπείρειν, ib. 31; ἔρχεσθαι, Heb.6:7, al.; figuratively, ἐπ᾽ ἀληθείας (MM, see word ἀ.); of the subject of thought or speech, Gal.3:16; of power or authority, over, πάντων, Rom.9:5: τ. γάζης, Act.8:27; ἐξουσία, Rev.2:26 20:6; (b) of vicinity, at, by: τ. θαλάσσης, Jhn.6:9; τ. ὁδοῦ, Mat.21:19; τοῦ βάτου, Mrk.12:26 (see Swete, in l.); with genitive of person(s), in the presence of, before, Mat.28:14, Act.23:30, 1Co.6:1, al. 2. Of time, (a) with genitive of person(s), in the time of: ἐπὶ Ἐλισαίου, Luk.4:27; ἐπὶ Κλαυδίου, Act.11:28; ἐπὶ Ἀβιάθαρ ἀρχιερέως, when A. was high priest, Mrk.2:26; (b) with genitive of thing(s), at, at the time of: Mat.1:11, Heb.1:2, 2Pe.3:3; ἐπὶ τ. προσευχῶν, Rom.1:10, Eph.1:16, 1Th.1:2, Phm 4. II. C. dative, of place, answering the question, where? (a) lit., on, upon: Mat.9:16, 14:8, al.; after verbs of motion (see supr., I, 1, (a)), Mat.9:16 Act.8:16; above, Luk.23:38; at, by, Mrk.13:29, Jhn.5:2, Act.5:9, al.; (b) metaphorically, upon, on the ground of, Luk.4:4 (LXX); in the matter of, Mrk.6:52 (see Swete, in l.); upon, of, concerning, Act.5:35, 40; of the ground, reason or motive (Bl., §38, 2; 43, 3), Mat.18:3 19:9, Rom.12:12, al.; ἐφ᾽ ᾧ, for the reason that, because, Rom.5:12 2Co.5:4; after verbs of motion, over, Mat.18:13, Rom.16:19, al.; of a condition (cl.), Rom.8:20, 1Co.9:10; ἐπὶ δυσὶ μάρτυσιν (see Westc. on Heb.9:10), Heb.10:28; of purpose or aim, Eph.2:10, Php.4:10; of authority, over, Mat.24:47 Luk.12:44; of hostility, with dative of person(s) (cl.), against, Luk.12:52; in addition to (cl.), 2Co.7:13; of an adjunct, in, at, on, Php.1:3 2:17. III. C. accusative, 1. of place of motion upon or over, answering the question, whither? (a) lit., upon, over: Mat.14:28, 29, Luk.5:19, al. mult.; in NT also, answering the question, where? (as with genitive, dative), Mrk.4:38 11:2, Luk.2:25, Jhn.1:32; ἐπὶ τ. αὐτό, Act.1:15 2:1, al.; of motion to a vicinity, to, Mrk.16:2, Act.8:36, al.; (b) metaphorically (in wh. "the accusative is more widely prevalent than it strictly should be," Bl., §43, 1); of blessings, evils, etc., coming upon one, with accusative of person(s), Mat.10:13 12:28, Act.2:17, Jhn.18:4, Eph.5:6, al.; of addition (dative in cl.), λύπη ἐπὶ λύπην, Php.2:27; ἐπικαλεῖν ὄνομα ἐπί (see: ἐπικαλέω), Act.15:17, Jas.2:7; καλεῖν ἐπί, to call after, Luk.1:59; of number or degree: ἐπὶ τρίς (cl. εἰς τ.), thrice, Act.10:16 11:10; ἐπὶ πλεῖον, the more, further, Act.4:17 2Ti.2:16 3:9 (see also infr., 2, (a)); ἐφ᾽ ὅσον (see infr., ib.), forasmuch as, Mat.25:40, 45, Rom.11:13; of power, authority, control, Luk.1:33, Act.7:10 Rom.5:14, Heb.3:6, al.; of the direction of thoughts and feelings, unto, towards, Luk.1:17 23:28, Act.9:35, 42, Rom.11:22, Gal.4:9, Eph.2:7, 1Ti.5:5, al.; of purpose, for, Mat.3:7, Luk.23:48; ἐφ᾽ ὅ πάρει (Rec. ἐφ᾽ ᾧ, Mat.26:50; of hostility, against, Mat.24:7, Mrk.3:24-26 10:11 13:8, Luk.9:5, Jhn.13:18, Act.7:54, 1Co.7:36, 2Co.1:23; Of reference, concerning, for (cl. usually dative), Mrk.9:12 15:24, Jhn.19:24, Rom.4:9. 2. Of time, (a) during, for: Luk.4:25 (WH, txt., omits ἐπί), Act.13:31 16:18, Heb.11:30, al.; ἐφ᾽ ὅσον (χρόνον), as long as, for so long time as, Mrk.9:15 Rom.7:1, al. (for ἐφ᾽ ὅ in another sense, see supr., 1, (b)); ἐφ᾽ ἱκανόν (see: ἱ), Act.20:11; ἐπὶ πλεῖον (see supr., 1, (b)), yet longer, further, Act.20:9 24:4; (b) on, about, towards (cl. εἰς): Luk.10:35 Act.3:1 4:5. IV. In composition, ἐπί signifies: up, ἐπαίρω; upon, ἐπίγειος, ἐπιδημέω, ὠπικαθίζω; towards, επιβλέπω, ὠπεκτείνω; over (of superintendence), ἐπιστάτης; again, in addition, ἐπαιτέω; against, ἐπιορκέω, ἐπιβουλή. (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

on, to, against, on the basis of, at.

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How translators render G1909

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
on	277
to	87
in	81
over	48
at	46
upon	34
against	32
vvv	32
for	29
before	19
by	11
about	8
of	8
with	8
together	5
around	4
because of	4
above	3
because	3
from	3
across	2
after	2
among	2
as	2
be on	2
during	2
in accordance with	2
into	2
is against	2
meaning	2
on the testimony of	2
right at	2
toward	2
under	2
whatever	2
you would	2
a gathering of	1
along	1
and for	1
are at	1
are on	1
as he leaned on	1
as long as	1
at the time	1
back to	1
beside	1
between	1
but in	1
by those who are	1
by which	1
divided against	1
facedown	1
from the things	1
further	1
has given	1
he of	1
he sets it on	1
in addition to	1
in charge of	1
in front of	1
in leading	1
in protest against	1
in return for	1
in the passage about	1
in the time	1
inasmuch	1
near	1
on the basis of	1
on whom	1
only	1
that for which	1
the man on	1
they set it on	1
time	1
to decide	1
to do	1
until	1
which	1
will be on	1
will lie in	1
you have lived on	1
you would against	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
on	193
upon	157
in	122
over	49
unto	47
at	43
to	42
against	39
for	27
of	19
before	18
into	17
by	9
with	8
together	7
toward	7
about	5
among	5
above	4
after	4
as	3
beside	3
under	3
whereon	3
as long as	2
bountifully	2
inasmuch	2
many	2
thereon	2
three	2
through	2
throughout	2
wherein	2
a great while	1
a long while	1
about the time	1
all	1
amazed	1
and	1
and as	1
as touching	1
because of	1
bed	1
behalf	1
being	1
but	1
by the space of	1
earth	1
for the space of	1
for yourselves	1
forth	1
from him	1
furlongs	1
in the days of	1
in the time	1
inasmuch as	1
one place	1
saith	1
that	1
that for	1
the eyes	1
the truth	1
three times	1
thrice	1
touching	1
truly	1
up	1
wherefore	1

Verses containing G1909

Page 9 of 16. 775 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

Acts 8:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go south to the desert road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.”
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Acts 8:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official in charge of the entire treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. He had gone to Jerusalem to worship,
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Acts 8:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and on his return was sitting in his chariot reading Isaiah the prophet.
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Acts 8:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The eunuch was reading this passage of Scripture: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before the shearer is silent, so He did not open His mouth.
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Acts 8:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As they traveled along the road and came to some water, the eunuch said, “Look, here is water! What is there to prevent me from being baptized?”
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Acts 9:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?”
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Acts 9:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Get up!” the Lord told him. “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying.
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Acts 9:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Ananias went to the house, and when he arrived, he placed his hands on Saul. “Brother Saul,” he said, “the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here, has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”
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Acts 9:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All who heard him were astounded and asked, “Isn’t this the man who wreaked havoc in Jerusalem on those who call on this name? And hasn’t he come here to take them as prisoners to the chief priests?”
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Acts 9:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
There he found a man named Aeneas who had been paralyzed and bedridden for eight years.
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Acts 9:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and all who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw him and turned to the Lord.
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Acts 9:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This became known all over Joppa, and many people believed in the Lord.
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Acts 10:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The next day at about the sixth hour, as the men were approaching the city on their journey, Peter went up on the roof to pray.
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Acts 10:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance.
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Acts 10:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He saw heaven open and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners.
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Acts 10:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This happened three times, and all at once the sheet was taken back up into heaven.
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Acts 10:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
While Peter was puzzling over the meaning of the vision, the men sent by Cornelius found Simon’s house and approached the gate.
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Acts 10:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As Peter was about to enter, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet to worship him.
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Acts 10:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Peter began to speak: “I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism,
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Acts 10:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence
We are witnesses of all that He did, both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem. And although they put Him to death by hanging Him on a tree,
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Acts 10:44 · BSB · 1 occurrence
While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who heard his message.
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Acts 10:45 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All the circumcised believers who had accompanied Peter were astounded that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles.
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Acts 11:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This happened three times, and everything was drawn back up into heaven.
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Acts 11:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Just then three men sent to me from Caesarea stopped at the house where I was staying.
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Acts 11:15 · BSB · 2 occurrences
As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as He had fallen upon us at the beginning.
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Acts 11:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So if God gave them the same gift He gave us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to hinder the work of God?”
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Acts 11:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Meanwhile those scattered by the persecution that began with Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the message only to Jews.
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Acts 11:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.
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Acts 11:28 · BSB · 2 occurrences
One of them named Agabus stood up and predicted through the Spirit that a great famine would sweep across the whole world. (This happened under Claudius.)
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Acts 12:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city, which opened for them by itself. When they had gone outside and walked the length of one block, the angel suddenly left him.
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Acts 12:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And when he had realized this, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered together and were praying.
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Acts 12:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Herod was in a furious dispute with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they convened before him. Having secured the support of Blastus, the king’s chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their region depended on the king’s country for food.
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Acts 12:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On the appointed day, Herod donned his royal robes, sat on his throne, and addressed the people.
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Acts 13:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Now look, the hand of the Lord is against you, and for a time you will be blind and unable to see the light of the sun.” Immediately mist and darkness came over him, and he groped about, seeking someone to lead him by the hand.
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Acts 13:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the proconsul saw what had happened, he believed, for he was astonished at the teaching about the Lord.
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Acts 13:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and for many days He was seen by those who had accompanied Him from Galilee to Jerusalem. They are now His witnesses to our people.
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Acts 13:50 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The Jews, however, incited the religious women of prominence and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their district.
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Acts 13:51 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So they shook the dust off their feet in protest against them and went to Iconium.
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Acts 14:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there, speaking boldly for the Lord, who affirmed the message of His grace by enabling them to perform signs and wonders.
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Acts 14:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In a loud voice Paul called out, “Stand up on your feet!” And the man jumped up and began to walk.
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Acts 14:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city, brought bulls and wreaths to the city gates, hoping to offer a sacrifice along with the crowds.
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Acts 14:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Men, why are you doing this? We too are only men, human like you. We are bringing you good news that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth and sea and everything in them.
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Acts 15:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now then, why do you test God by placing on the necks of the disciples a yoke that neither we nor our fathers have been able to bear?
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Acts 15:17 · BSB · 2 occurrences
so that the remnant of men may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by My name, says the Lord who does these things
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Acts 15:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not cause trouble for the Gentiles who are turning to God.
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Acts 15:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the people read it, they rejoiced at its encouraging message.
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Acts 16:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
She continued this for many days. Eventually Paul grew so aggravated that he turned and said to the spirit, “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!” And the spirit left her at that very moment.
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Acts 16:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the girl’s owners saw that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them before the authorities in the marketplace.
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Acts 16:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household.”
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Acts 17:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbaths he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
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