ἐπί
upon
also: on, at, by, before fuller range ↓
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Luke 139 verses
- Luke 4:9 ἐπὶ prep He led him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down from here,
- Luke 4:11 ἐπὶ prep and, 'On their hands they will bear you up, Lest perhaps you dash your foot against a stone.'"
- Luke 4:18 ἐπ’ prep "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, Because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim release to the captives, Recovering of sight to the blind, To deliver those who are crushed,
- Luke 4:22 ἐπὶ prep All testified about him, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth, and they said, "Isn't this Joseph's son?"
- Luke 4:25 ἐπ’ ἐπὶ ἐπὶ prep prep prep But truly I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land.
- Luke 4:27 ἐπὶ prep There were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, yet not one of them was cleansed, except Naaman, the Syrian."
- Luke 4:29 ἐφ’ prep They rose up, threw him out of the city, and led him to the brow of the hill that their city was built on, that they might throw him off the cliff.
- Luke 4:32 ἐπὶ prep and they were astonished at his teaching, for his word was with authority.
- Luke 4:36 ἐπὶ prep Amazement came on all, and they spoke together, one with another, saying, "What is this word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!"
- Luke 4:43 ἐπὶ prep But he said to them, "I must preach the good news of the Kingdom of God to the other cities also. For this reason I have been sent."
- Luke 5:5 ἐπὶ prep Simon answered him, "Master, we worked all night, and took nothing; but at your word I will let down the net."
- Luke 5:9 ἐπὶ prep For he was amazed, and all who were with him, at the catch of fish which they had caught;
- Luke 5:11 ἐπὶ prep When they had brought their boats to land, they left everything, and followed him.
- Luke 5:12 ἐπὶ prep It happened, while he was in one of the cities, behold, there was a man full of leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell on his face, and begged him, saying, "Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean."
- Luke 5:18 ἐπὶ prep Behold, men brought a paralyzed man on a cot, and they sought to bring him in to lay before Jesus.
- Luke 5:19 ἐπὶ prep Not finding a way to bring him in because of the multitude, they went up to the housetop, and let him down through the tiles with his cot into the midst before Jesus.
- Luke 5:24 ἐπὶ prep But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins" (he said to the paralyzed man), "I tell you, arise, and take up your cot, and go to your house."
- Luke 5:25 ἐφ’ prep Immediately he rose up before them, and took up that which he was laying on, and departed to his house, glorifying God.
- Luke 5:27 ἐπὶ prep After these things he went out, and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax office, and said to him, "Follow me!"
- Luke 5:36 ἐπὶ prep He also told a parable to them. "No one puts a piece from a new garment on an old garment, or else he will tear the new, and also the piece from the new will not match the old.
- Luke 6:17 ἐπὶ prep He came down with them, and stood on a level place, with a crowd of his disciples, and a great number of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases;
- Luke 6:35 ἐπὶ prep But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.
- Luke 6:48 ἐπὶ prep He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock. When a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it, because it was founded on the rock.
- Luke 6:49 ἐπὶ prep But he who hears, and doesn't do, is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream broke, and immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great."
- Luke 7:13 ἐπ’ prep When the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said to her, "Don't cry."
- Luke 7:44 ἐπὶ prep Turning to the woman, he said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I entered into your house, and you gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head.
- Luke 8:6 ἐπὶ prep Other seed fell on the rock, and as soon as it grew, it withered away, because it had no moisture.
- Luke 8:13 ἐπὶ prep Those on the rock are they who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; but these have no root, who believe for a while, then fall away in time of temptation.
- Luke 8:16 ἐπὶ prep "No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a container, or puts it under a bed; but puts it on a stand, that those who enter in may see the light.
- Luke 8:27 ἐπὶ prep When Jesus stepped ashore, a certain man out of the city who had demons for a long time met him. He wore no clothes, and didn't live in a house, but in the tombs.
- Luke 9:1 ἐπὶ prep He called the twelve together, and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases.
- Luke 9:5 ἐπ’ prep As many as don't receive you, when you depart from that city, shake off even the dust from your feet for a testimony against them."
- Luke 9:38 ἐπὶ prep Behold, a man from the crowd called out, saying, "Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, for he is my only child.
- Luke 9:43 ἐπὶ ἐπὶ prep prep They were all astonished at the majesty of God. But while all were marveling at all the things which Jesus did, he said to his disciples,
- Luke 9:48 ἐπὶ prep and said to them, "Whoever receives this little child in my name receives me. Whoever receives me receives him who sent me. For whoever is least among you all, this one will be great."
- Luke 9:49 ἐπὶ prep John answered, "Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we forbade him, because he doesn't follow with us."
- Luke 9:62 ἐπ’ prep But Jesus said to him, "No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of God."
- Luke 10:6 ἐπ’ ἐφ’ prep prep If a son of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you.
- Luke 10:9 ἐφ’ prep Heal the sick who are therein, and tell them, 'The Kingdom of God has come near to you.'
- Luke 10:19 ἐπὶ prep Behold, I give you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will in any way hurt you.
- Luke 10:34 ἐπὶ prep came to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. He set him on his own animal, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
- Luke 10:35 ἐπὶ prep On the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii, and gave them to the host, and said to him, 'Take care of him. Whatever you spend beyond that, I will repay you when I return.'
- Luke 11:17 ἐφ’ ἐπὶ prep prep But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation. A house divided against itself falls.
- Luke 11:18 ἐφ’ prep If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.
- Luke 11:20 ἐφ’ prep But if I by the finger of God cast out demons, then the Kingdom of God has come to you.
- Luke 11:22 ἐφ’ prep But when someone stronger attacks him and overcomes him, he takes from him his whole armor in which he trusted, and divides his spoils.
- Luke 11:33 ἐπὶ prep "No man, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a cellar, nor under a basket, but on a stand, that those who enter in may see the light.
- Luke 12:3 ἐπὶ prep Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light. What you have spoken in the ear in the inner chambers will be proclaimed on the housetops.
- Luke 12:11 ἐπὶ prep When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, don't be anxious how or what you will answer, or what you will say;
- Luke 12:14 ἐφ’ prep But he said to him, "Man, who made me a judge or an arbitrator over you?"
- Luke 12:25 ἐπὶ prep Which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his height?
- Luke 12:42 ἐπὶ prep The Lord said, "Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the right times?
- Luke 12:44 ἐπὶ prep Truly I tell you, that he will set him over all that he has.
- Luke 12:49 ἐπὶ prep "I came to throw fire on the earth. I wish it were already kindled.
- Luke 12:52 ἐπὶ ἐπὶ prep prep For from now on, there will be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
- Luke 12:53 ἐπὶ ἐπὶ ἐπὶ ἐπὶ ἐπὶ ἐπὶ prep prep prep prep prep prep They will be divided, father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against her mother; mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law."
- Luke 12:54 ἐπὶ prep He said to the multitudes also, "When you see a cloud rising from the west, immediately you say, 'A shower is coming,' and so it happens.
- Luke 12:58 ἐπ’ prep For when you are going with your adversary before the magistrate, try diligently on the way to be released from him, lest perhaps he drag you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.
- Luke 13:4 ἐφ’ prep Or those eighteen, on whom the tower in Siloam fell, and killed them; do you think that they were worse offenders than all the men who dwell in Jerusalem?
- Luke 13:17 ἐπὶ prep As he said these things, all his adversaries were disappointed, and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.
- Luke 14:31 ἐπ’ prep Or what king, as he goes to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?
- Luke 15:4 ἐπὶ prep "Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep, and lost one of them, wouldn't leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one that was lost, until he found it?
- Luke 15:5 ἐπὶ prep When he has found it, he carries it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
- Luke 15:7 ἐπὶ ἐπὶ prep prep I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.
- Luke 15:10 ἐπὶ prep Even so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner repenting."
- Luke 15:20 ἐπὶ prep "He arose, and came to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
- Luke 17:16 ἐπὶ prep He fell on his face at Jesus' feet, giving him thanks; and he was a Samaritan.
- Luke 17:31 ἐπὶ prep In that day, he who will be on the housetop, and his goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away. Let him who is in the field likewise not turn back.
- Luke 17:34 ἐπὶ prep I tell you, in that night there will be two people in one bed. The one will be taken, and the other will be left.
- Luke 17:35 ἐπὶ prep There will be two grinding grain together. One will be taken, and the other will be left."
- Luke 18:4 ἐπὶ prep He wouldn't for a while, but afterward he said to himself, 'Though I neither fear God, nor respect man,
- Luke 18:7 ἐπ’ prep Won't God avenge his chosen ones, who are crying out to him day and night, and yet he exercises patience with them?
- Luke 18:8 ἐπὶ prep I tell you that he will avenge them quickly. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?"
- Luke 18:9 ἐφ’ prep He spoke also this parable to certain people who were convinced of their own righteousness, and who despised all others.
- Luke 19:4 ἐπὶ prep He ran on ahead, and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was to pass that way.
- Luke 19:5 ἐπὶ prep When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and saw him, and said to him, "Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your house."
- Luke 19:14 ἐφ’ prep But his citizens hated him, and sent an envoy after him, saying, 'We don't want this man to reign over us.'
- Luke 19:23 ἐπὶ prep Then why didn't you deposit my money in the bank, and at my coming, I might have earned interest on it?'
- Luke 19:27 ἐπ’ prep But bring those enemies of mine who didn't want me to reign over them here, and kill them before me.'"
- Luke 19:30 ἐφ’ prep saying, "Go your way into the village on the other side, in which, as you enter, you will find a colt tied, whereon no man ever yet sat. Untie it, and bring it.
- Luke 19:35 ἐπὶ prep They brought it to Jesus. They threw their cloaks on the colt, and set Jesus on them.
- Luke 19:41 ἐπ’ prep When he drew near, he saw the city and wept over it,
- Luke 19:43 ἐπὶ prep For the days will come on you, when your enemies will throw up a barricade against you, surround you, hem you in on every side,
- Luke 19:44 ἐπὶ prep and will dash you and your children within you to the ground. They will not leave in you one stone on another, because you didn't know the time of your visitation."
- Luke 20:18 ἐπ’ ἐφ’ prep prep "Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, But it will crush whomever it falls on to dust."
- Luke 20:19 ἐπ’ prep The chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on Him that very hour, but they feared the people--for they knew He had spoken this parable against them.
- Luke 20:21 ἐπ’ prep They asked him, "Teacher, we know that you say and teach what is right, and aren't partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God.
- Luke 20:26 ἐπὶ prep They weren't able to trap him in his words before the people. They marveled at his answer, and were silent.
- Luke 20:37 ἐπὶ prep But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at the bush, when he called the Lord 'The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.'
- Luke 21:6 ἐπὶ prep "As for these things which you see, the days will come, in which there will not be left here one stone on another that will not be thrown down."
- Luke 21:8 ἐπὶ prep He said, "Watch out that you don't get led astray, for many will come in my name, saying, 'I AM,' and, 'The time is at hand.' Therefore don't follow them.
- Luke 21:10 ἐπ’ ἐπὶ prep prep Then he said to them, "Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.
- Luke 21:12 ἐφ’ ἐπὶ prep prep But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for my name's sake.
- Luke 21:23 ἐπὶ prep Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who nurse infants in those days! For there will be great distress in the land, and wrath to this people.
- Luke 21:25 ἐπὶ prep There will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars; and on the earth anxiety of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the waves;
- Luke 21:34 ἐφ’ prep "So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you suddenly.
- Luke 21:35 ἐπὶ ἐπὶ prep prep For it will come like a snare on all those who dwell on the surface of all the earth.
- Luke 22:21 ἐπὶ prep But behold, the hand of him who betrays me is with me on the table.
- Luke 22:30 ἐπὶ ἐπὶ prep prep that you may eat and drink at my table in my Kingdom. You will sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel."
- Luke 22:40 ἐπὶ prep When he was at the place, he said to them, "Pray that you don't enter into temptation."
- Luke 22:44 ἐπὶ prep Being in agony he prayed more earnestly. His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down on the ground.
- Luke 22:52 ἐπὶ prep Jesus said to the chief priests, captains of the temple, and elders, who had come against him, "Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs?
- Luke 22:53 ἐπ’ prep When I was with you in the temple daily, you didn't stretch out your hands against me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness."
- Luke 22:59 ἐπ’ prep After about one hour passed, another confidently affirmed, saying, "Truly this man also was with him, for he is a Galilean!"
- Luke 23:1 ἐπὶ prep The whole company of them rose up and brought him before Pilate.
- Luke 23:28 ἐπ’ ἐφ’ ἐπὶ prep prep prep But Jesus, turning to them, said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, don't weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.
- Luke 23:30 ἐφ’ prep Then they will begin to tell the mountains, 'Fall on us!' and tell the hills, 'Cover us.'
- Luke 23:33 ἐπὶ prep When they came to the place that is called The Skull, they crucified him there with the criminals, one on the right and the other on the left.
- Luke 23:38 ἐπ’ prep An inscription was also written over him in letters of Greek, Latin, and Hebrew: "THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS."
- Luke 23:44 ἐφ’ prep It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour.
- Luke 23:48 ἐπὶ prep All the multitudes that came together to see this, when they saw the things that were done, returned home beating their breasts.
- Luke 24:1 ἐπὶ prep But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they and some others came to the tomb, bringing the spices which they had prepared.
- Luke 24:22 ἐπὶ prep Also, certain women of our company amazed us, having arrived early at the tomb;
- Luke 24:24 ἐπὶ prep Some of us went to the tomb, and found it just like the women had said, but they didn't see him."
- Luke 24:25 ἐπὶ prep He said to them, "Foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!
- Luke 24:47 ἐπὶ prep and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
- Luke 24:49 ἐφ’ prep Behold, I send forth the promise of my Father on you. But wait in the city of Jerusalem until you are clothed with power from on high."
John 34 verses
- John 1:32 ἐπ’ prep John testified, saying, "I have seen the Spirit descending like a dove out of heaven, and it remained on him.
- John 1:33 ἐφ’ ἐπ’ prep prep I didn't recognize him, but he who sent me to baptize in water, he said to me, 'On whomever you will see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.'
- John 1:52 ἐπὶ prep
- John 3:36 ἐπ’ prep One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys the Son won't see life, but the wrath of God remains on him."
- John 4:6 ἐπὶ prep Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being tired from his journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
- John 4:27 ἐπὶ prep At this, his disciples came. They marveled that he was speaking with a woman; yet no one said, "What are you looking for?" or, "Why do you speak with her?"
- John 5:2 ἐπὶ prep Now in Jerusalem by the sheep gate, there is a pool, which is called in Hebrew, "Bethesda," having five porches.
- John 6:2 ἐπὶ prep A great multitude followed him, because they saw his signs which he did on those who were sick.
- John 6:16 ἐπὶ prep When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea,
- John 6:19 ἐπὶ prep When therefore they had rowed about twenty-five or thirty stadia, they saw Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing near to the boat; and they were afraid.
- John 6:21 ἐπὶ prep They were willing therefore to receive him into the boat. Immediately the boat was at the land where they were going.
- John 7:30 ἐπ’ prep They sought therefore to take him; but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.
- John 7:44 ἐπ’ prep Some of them would have arrested him, but no one laid hands on him.
- John 8:7 ἐπ’ prep But when they continued asking him, he looked up and said to them, "He who is without sin among you, let him throw the first stone at her."
- John 8:59 ἐπ’ prep Therefore they took up stones to throw at him, but Jesus was hidden, and went out of the temple, having gone through the midst of them, and so passed by.
- John 9:6 ἐπὶ prep When he had said this, he spat on the ground, made mud with the saliva, anointed the blind man's eyes with the mud,
- John 9:15 ἐπὶ prep Again therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he received his sight. He said to them, "He put mud on my eyes, I washed, and I see."
- John 11:38 ἐπ’ prep Jesus therefore, again groaning in himself, came to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone lay against it.
- John 12:14 ἐπ’ prep Jesus, having found a young donkey, sat on it. As it is written,
- John 12:15 ἐπὶ prep "Don't be afraid, daughter of Zion. Behold, your King comes, sitting on a donkey's colt."
- John 12:16 ἐπ’ prep His disciples didn't understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about him, and that they had done these things to him.
- John 13:18 ἐπ’ prep I don't speak concerning all of you. I know whom I have chosen. But that the Scripture may be fulfilled, 'He who eats bread with me has lifted up his heel against me.'
- John 13:25 ἐπὶ prep He, leaning back, as he was, on Jesus' breast, asked him, "Lord, who is it?"
- John 17:4 ἐπὶ prep I glorified you on the earth. I have accomplished the work which you have given me to do.
- John 18:4 ἐπ’ prep Jesus therefore, knowing all the things that were happening to him, went forth, and said to them, "Who are you looking for?"
- John 19:13 ἐπὶ prep When Pilate therefore heard these words, he brought Jesus out, and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called "The Pavement," but in Hebrew, "Gabbatha."
- John 19:19 ἐπὶ prep Pilate wrote a title also, and put it on the cross. There was written, "JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS."
- John 19:24 ἐπὶ prep Then they said to one another, "Let's not tear it, but cast lots for it to decide whose it will be," that the Scripture might be fulfilled, which says, "They parted my garments among them. For my cloak they cast lots." Therefore the soldiers did these things.
- John 19:31 ἐπὶ prep Therefore the Jews, because it was the Preparation Day, so that the bodies wouldn't remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a special one), asked of Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
- John 19:33 ἐπὶ prep but when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was already dead, they didn't break his legs.
- John 20:7 ἐπὶ prep and the cloth that had been on his head, not lying with the linen cloths, but rolled up in a place by itself.
- John 21:1 ἐπὶ prep After these things, Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias. He revealed himself this way.
- John 21:4 ἐπὶ prep But when day had already come, Jesus stood on the beach, yet the disciples didn't know that it was Jesus.
- John 21:20 ἐπὶ prep Then Peter, turning around, saw a disciple following. This was the disciple whom Jesus sincerely loved, the one who had also leaned on Jesus' breast at the supper and asked, "Lord, who is going to betray You?"
Acts 153 verses
- Acts 1:8 ἐφ’ prep But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth."
- Acts 1:15 ἐπὶ prep In these days, Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples (and the number of names was about one hundred twenty), and said,
- Acts 1:21 ἐφ’ prep Of the men therefore who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
- Acts 1:26 ἐπὶ prep They drew lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
- Acts 2:1 ἐπὶ prep Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one accord in one place.
- Acts 2:3 ἐφ’ prep Tongues like fire appeared and were distributed to them, and one sat on each of them.
- Acts 2:17 ἐπὶ prep 'It will be in the last days, says God, That I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh. Your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions. Your old men will dream dreams.
- Acts 2:18 ἐπὶ ἐπὶ prep prep Yes, and on my servants and on my handmaidens in those days, I will pour out my Spirit, and they will prophesy.
- Acts 2:19 ἐπὶ prep I will show wonders in the sky above, And signs on the earth beneath; Blood, and fire, and billows of smoke.
- Acts 2:26 ἐφ’ prep Therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced. Moreover my flesh also will dwell in hope;
- Acts 2:30 ἐπὶ prep Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, he would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne,
- Acts 2:38 ἐπὶ prep Peter said to them, "Repent, and be baptized, everyone of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
- Acts 2:43 ἐπὶ prep Fear came on every soul, and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles.
- Acts 2:44 ἐπὶ prep All who believed were together, and had all things in common.
- Acts 2:47 ἐπὶ prep praising God, and having favor with all the people. The Lord added to the assembly day by day those who were being saved.
- Acts 3:1 ἐπὶ prep Peter and John were going up into the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.
- Acts 3:10 ἐπὶ ἐπὶ prep prep They recognized him, that it was he who used to sit begging for gifts for the needy at the Beautiful Gate of the temple. They were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.
- Acts 3:11 ἐπὶ prep As the lame man who was healed held on to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.
- Acts 3:12 ἐπὶ prep When Peter saw it, he responded to the people, "You men of Israel, why do you marvel at this man? Why do you fasten your eyes on us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made him walk?
- Acts 3:16 ἐπὶ prep By faith in his name has his name made this man strong, whom you see and know. Yes, the faith which is through him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
- Acts 4:5 ἐπὶ prep It happened in the morning, that their rulers, elders, and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem.
- Acts 4:9 ἐπὶ prep if we are examined today concerning a good deed done to a crippled man, by what means this man has been healed,
- Acts 4:17 ἐπὶ ἐπὶ prep prep But so that this spreads no further among the people, let's threaten them, that from now on they don't speak to anyone in this name."
- Acts 4:18 ἐπὶ prep They called them, and charged them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
- Acts 4:21 ἐπὶ prep When they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, because of the people; for everyone glorified God for that which was done.
- Acts 4:22 ἐφ’ prep For the man on whom this miracle of healing was performed was more than forty years old.
- Acts 4:26 ἐπὶ prep The kings of the earth take a stand, And the rulers take council together, Against the Lord, and against his Christ.'
- Acts 4:27 ἐπ’ ἐπὶ prep prep For truly, in this city against your holy servant, Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together
- Acts 4:29 ἐπὶ prep Now, Lord, look at their threats, and grant to your servants to speak your word with all boldness,
- Acts 4:33 ἐπὶ prep With great power, the apostles gave their testimony of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. Great grace was on them all.
- Acts 5:5 ἐπὶ prep Ananias, hearing these words, fell down and died. Great fear came on all who heard these things.
- Acts 5:9 ἐπὶ prep But Peter asked her, "How is it that you have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out."
- Acts 5:11 ἐφ’ ἐπὶ prep prep Great fear came on the whole assembly, and on all who heard these things.
- Acts 5:15 ἐπὶ prep They even carried out the sick into the streets, and laid them on cots and mattresses, so that as Peter came by, at the least his shadow might overshadow some of them.
- Acts 5:18 ἐπὶ prep and laid hands on the apostles, and put them in public custody.
- Acts 5:23 ἐπὶ prep "We found the prison shut and locked, and the guards standing before the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside!"
- Acts 5:28 ἐπὶ ἐφ’ prep prep saying, "Didn't we strictly charge you not to teach in this name? Behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man's blood on us."
- Acts 5:30 ἐπὶ prep The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you killed, hanging him on a tree.
- Acts 5:35 ἐπὶ prep He said to them, "You men of Israel, be careful concerning these men, what you are about to do.
- Acts 5:40 ἐπὶ prep They agreed with him. Summoning the apostles, they beat them and charged them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
- Acts 6:3 ἐπὶ prep Therefore select from among you, brothers, seven men of good report, full of the Holy Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.
- Acts 7:10 ἐπ’ ἐφ’ prep prep and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. He made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
- Acts 7:11 ἐφ’ prep Now a famine came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction. Our fathers found no food.
- Acts 7:18 ἐπ’ prep until there arose a different king, who didn't know Joseph.
- Acts 7:23 ἐπὶ prep But when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.
- Acts 7:27 ἐφ’ prep But he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away, saying, 'Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?
- Acts 7:33 ἐφ’ prep The Lord said to him, 'Take your sandals off of your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.
- Acts 7:54 ἐπ’ prep Now when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth.
- Acts 7:57 ἐπ’ prep But they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and rushed at him with one accord.
About this entry
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επι — transliterated epí — is a Greek preposition carrying the sense “upon.” One archaism survives in the King James Version — “unto” — where modern Bibles read “on”; see the renderings breakdown. Spanning 781 verses in 26 books, it ranks among the most common words of the Greek New Testament. Its earliest occurrence is Matthew 1:11. Thayer's distinguishes 3 senses; alongside “upon” it spans “on”, “at”, and “by”. See the sense tree, 781-verse concordance, and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's G1909 catalogs a Greek word from the Greek New Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Greek New Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 781
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 781 distinct verses.
- 26 / 27
- NT books
- The word appears in 26 of 27 New Testament books.
- #22
- by frequency
- Top 25 most frequent Greek words (rank 22 of 5,347 Greek words by occurrence).
View all 781 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Acts 153 verses 20%
- Luke 139 verses 18%
- Revelation 111 verses 14%
By section of the New Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Some books belong to more than one corpus (Luke is in both the Gospels and the Lukan corpus, and so on), so these shares overlap and need not total 100%. Each figure is a share of the word’s 781 distinct verses.
- Gospels 351 verses · 45%
- Lukan (Luke–Acts) 292 verses · 37%
- Johannine 147 verses · 19%
- Pauline corpus 118 verses · 15%
- Revelation 111 verses · 14%
- Hebrews 26 verses · 3%
- General (Catholic) Epistles 22 verses · 3%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: On 188×, Upon 152×, In 114×
- American Standard Version: On 196×, Upon 170×, In 62×
- Berean Standard Bible: On 287×, To 87×, In 83×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: On 307×, To 98×, In 83×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders G1909 across 878 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 50 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 19 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders G1909 across 850 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 73 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 2 further occurrences.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders G1909 across 784 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 24 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 74 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders G1909 across 890 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 29 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in Thayer's
The 3 senses Thayer's distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- upon, on, at, by, before
- of position, on, at, by, over, against
- to, over, on, at, across, against
Word origin
Origin: a root
A primary preposition properly meaning superimposition (of time place order etc.) as a relation of distribution [with the genitive case] that is over upon etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at on etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards upon etc. : - 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. In compounds it retains essentially the same import at upon etc. (literally or figuratively).
— Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (1890), public domain.
Forms in the corpus
The 4 distinct written forms G1909 takes in the Greek New Testament, most frequent first — each parse links to that case’s occurrences in the concordance.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἐπὶ epì | Preposition | Matthew 1:11 | 659 |
| ἐπ’ ep | Preposition | Matthew 3:16 | 143 |
| ἐφ’ eph | Preposition | Matthew 9:15 | 82 |
| ἐπί epí | Preposition | Mark 4:18 | 4 |
Same root — word family
Other Thayer's entries built from the same root as G1909, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derived from this word
- επαγγελλω epangéllō G1861 to announce
- επαγω epágō G1863 to bring upon
- επαγωνιζομαι epagōnízomai G1864 to contend
- επαθροιζω epathroízō G1865 to gather together
- επαινεω epainéō G1867 to approve
- επαινος épainos G1868 approval
- επαιρω epaírō G1869 to lift up
- επαισχυνομαι epaischýnomai G1870 to be ashamed
- επαιτεω epaitéō G1871 to ask repeatedly
- επακουω epakoúō G1873 to give ear to
- επακροαομαι epakroáomai G1874 to listen to
- επαν epán G1875 after
- επαναγκες epánankes G1876 necessarily
- επαναγω epanágō G1877 to lead back
- επαναμιμνησκω epanamimnḗskō G1878 to remind
- επαναπαυομαι epanapaúomai G1879 to rest upon
- επανερχομαι epanérchomai G1880 to return
- επανισταμαι epanístamai G1881 to raise up against
- επανορθωσις epanórthōsis G1882 correction
- επανω epánō G1883 above
- επαρκεω eparkéō G1884 to avail
- επαρχια eparchía G1885 office of governor
- επαυλις épaulis G1886 farm
- επαυριον epaúrion G1887 the next day
+111 more words derive from G1909 (not shown).
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 137 — not the complete family. 1 of the same-root words is a proper name (a person or place). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint usage
The same Greek word επι appears 6,033 times in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 4,556 verses in 38 books.
- 6,033
- LXX occurrences
- Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.
- 4,556
- verses
- Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.
- 38 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 38 of the 39 Old Testament books.
Sample Septuagint occurrences
- Genesis 1:11 ἐπί
- Exodus 1:8 ἐπί
- Leviticus 1:4 ἐπί
- Numbers 1:50 ἐπί
- Deuteronomy 1:2 ἐπί
- Joshua 1:3 ἐπί
- Judges 1:16 ἐπί
- Ruth 1:19 ἐπί
- 1 Samuel 1:9 ἐπί
- 2 Samuel 1:2 ἐπί
- 1 Kings 1:13 ἐπί
- 2 Kings 1:4 ἐπί
Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)
Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G1909) appears in the Greek Septuagint — showing the first 50 of 4,556. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Genesis 1:11 ἐπί God said, "Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with its seed in it, on the earth," and it was so.
- Genesis 1:12 ἐπί The earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, with its seed in it, after their kind: and God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:15 ἐπί and let them be for lights in the expanse of sky to give light on the earth," and it was so.
- Genesis 1:17 ἐπί God set them in the expanse of sky to give light to the earth,
- Genesis 1:20 ἐπί God said, "Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of sky."
- Genesis 1:22 ἐπί God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth."
- Genesis 1:26 ἐπί God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."
- Genesis 1:28 ἐπί God blessed them. God said to them, "Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."
- Genesis 1:30 ἐπί To every animal of the earth, and to every bird of the sky, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food." And it was so.
- Genesis 2:5 ἐπί No plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for Yahweh God had not caused it to rain on the earth. There was not a man to till the ground,
- Genesis 2:21 ἐπί Yahweh God caused a deep sleep to fall on the man, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place.
- Genesis 3:1 ἐπί Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, "Yes, has God said, 'You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?'"
- Genesis 3:14 ἐπί Yahweh God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you above all cattle, and above every animal of the field. On your belly shall you go, and you shall eat dust all the days of your life.
- Genesis 4:4 ἐπί Abel also brought some of the firstborn of his flock and of the fat of it. Yahweh respected Abel and his offering,
- Genesis 4:5 ἐπί but he didn't respect Cain and his offering. Cain was very angry, and the expression on his face fell.
- Genesis 4:8 ἐπί Cain said to Abel, his brother, "Let's go into the field." It happened, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel, his brother, and killed him.
- Genesis 4:12 ἐπί From now on, when you till the ground, it won't yield its strength to you. You shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth."
- Genesis 4:14 ἐπί Behold, you have driven me out this day from the surface of the ground. I will be hidden from your face, and I will be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth. It will happen that whoever finds me will kill me."
- Genesis 4:17 ἐπί Cain knew his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Enoch. He built a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.
- Genesis 6:1 ἐπί It happened, when men began to multiply on the surface of the ground, and daughters were born to them,
- Genesis 6:4 ἐπί The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when God's sons came to men's daughters. They bore children to them: the same were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.
- Genesis 6:5 ἐπί Yahweh saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
- Genesis 6:6 ἐπί Yahweh was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart.
- Genesis 6:12 ἐπί God saw the earth, and saw that it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.
- Genesis 6:16 ἐπι You shall make a roof in the ark, and to a cubit shall you finish it upward. You shall set the door of the ark in the side of it. You shall make it with lower, second, and third levels.
- Genesis 6:17 ἐπί I, even, I do bring the flood of waters on this earth, to destroy all flesh having the breath of life from under the sky. Everything that is in the earth will die.
- Genesis 6:20 ἐπί Of the birds after their kind, of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every sort shall come to you, to keep them alive.
- Genesis 7:3 ἐπί Also of the birds of the sky, seven and seven, male and female, to keep seed alive on the surface of all the earth.
- Genesis 7:4 ἐπί In seven days, I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights. Every living thing that I have made, I will destroy from the surface of the ground."
- Genesis 7:6 ἐπί Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters came on the earth.
- Genesis 7:8 ἐπί Clean animals, animals that are not clean, birds, and everything that creeps on the ground
- Genesis 7:10 ἐπί It happened after the seven days, that the waters of the flood came on the earth.
- Genesis 7:12 ἐπί The rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights.
- Genesis 7:14 ἐπί they, and every animal after its kind, all the cattle after their kind, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, every bird of every sort.
- Genesis 7:17 ἐπί The flood was forty days on the earth. The waters increased, and lifted up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.
- Genesis 7:18 ἐπί The waters prevailed, and increased greatly on the earth; and the ark floated on the surface of the waters.
- Genesis 7:19 ἐπί The waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth. All the high mountains that were under the whole sky were covered.
- Genesis 7:21 ἐπί All flesh died that moved on the earth, including birds, cattle, animals, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, and every man.
- Genesis 7:22 ἐπί All in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, of all that was on the dry land, died.
- Genesis 7:23 ἐπί Every living thing was destroyed that was on the surface of the ground, including man, cattle, creeping things, and birds of the sky. They were destroyed from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those who were with him in the ark.
- Genesis 7:24 ἐπί The waters prevailed on the earth one hundred fifty days.
- Genesis 8:1 ἐπί God remembered Noah, all the animals, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark; and God made a wind to pass over the earth. The waters subsided.
- Genesis 8:4 ἐπί The ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on Ararat's mountains.
- Genesis 8:9 ἐπί but the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him into the ark; for the waters were on the surface of the whole earth. He put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her to him into the ark.
- Genesis 8:17 ἐπί Bring forth with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh, including birds, cattle, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply on the earth."
- Genesis 8:19 ἐπί Every animal, every creeping thing, and every bird, whatever moves on the earth, after their families, went forth out of the ark.
- Genesis 8:20 ἐπί Noah built an altar to Yahweh, and took of every clean animal, and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
- Genesis 8:21 ἐπί Yahweh smelled the sweet savor. Yahweh said in his heart, "I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake, because the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I ever again strike everything living, as I have done.
- Genesis 9:2 ἐπί The fear of you and the dread of you will be on every animal of the earth, and on every bird of the sky. Everything that the ground teems with, and all the fish of the sea are delivered into your hand.
- Genesis 9:7 ἐπί Be fruitful, and multiply. Bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply in it."
These are occurrences of the same Greek lexeme (G1909) in the Septuagint — not a translation of any one Hebrew word. The store carries no word-level Hebrew↔Greek alignment, so no Hebrew original is asserted here. Counts come from the recovered LXX Strong's tagging — high-frequency vocabulary is well covered, while rare or late forms may be untagged — so they reflect tagged occurrences and may slightly undercount.
