ἐπί
upon
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Matthew 107 verses
- Matthew 1:11 ἐπὶ prep Josiah became the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the exile to Babylon.
- Matthew 3:7 ἐπὶ prep But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his baptism, he said to them, "You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
- Matthew 3:13 ἐπὶ prep Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him.
- Matthew 3:16 ἐπ’ prep Jesus, when he was baptized, went up directly from the water: and behold, the heavens were opened to him. He saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming on him.
- Matthew 4:4 ἐπ’ ἐπὶ prep prep But he answered, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.'"
- Matthew 4:5 ἐπὶ prep Then the devil took him into the holy city. He set him on the pinnacle of the temple,
- Matthew 4:6 ἐπὶ prep and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, 'He will give his angels charge concerning you.' and, 'On their hands they will bear you up, So that you don't dash your foot against a stone.'"
- Matthew 5:15 ἐπὶ prep Neither do you light a lamp, and put it under a measuring basket, but on a stand; and it shines to all who are in the house.
- Matthew 5:23 ἐπὶ prep "If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you,
- Matthew 5:45 ἐπὶ ἐπὶ prep prep that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.
- Matthew 6:10 ἐπὶ prep Let your Kingdom come. Let your will be done, as in heaven, so on earth.
- Matthew 6:19 ἐπὶ prep "Don't lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;
- Matthew 6:27 ἐπὶ prep "Which of you, by being anxious, can add one cubit to the measure of his life?
- Matthew 7:24 ἐπὶ prep "Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock.
- Matthew 7:25 ἐπὶ prep The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it didn't fall, for it was founded on the rock.
- Matthew 7:26 ἐπὶ prep Everyone who hears these words of mine, and doesn't do them will be like a foolish man, who built his house on the sand.
- Matthew 7:28 ἐπὶ prep It happened, when Jesus had finished saying these things, that the multitudes were astonished at his teaching,
- Matthew 9:2 ἐπὶ prep Behold, they brought to him a man who was paralyzed, lying on a bed. Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, "Son, cheer up! Your sins are forgiven you."
- Matthew 9:6 ἐπὶ prep But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins..." (then he said to the paralytic), "Get up, and take up your mat, and go up to your house."
- Matthew 9:9 ἐπὶ prep As Jesus passed by from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax collection office. He said to him, "Follow me." He got up and followed him.
- Matthew 9:15 ἐφ’ prep Jesus said to them, "Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.
- Matthew 9:16 ἐπὶ prep No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch would tear away from the garment, and a worse hole is made.
- Matthew 9:18 ἐπ’ prep While he told these things to them, behold, a ruler came and worshiped him, saying, "My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live."
- Matthew 10:13 ἐπ’ prep If the household is worthy, let your peace come on it, but if it isn't worthy, let your peace return to you.
- Matthew 10:18 ἐπὶ prep Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.
- Matthew 10:21 ἐπὶ prep "Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.
- Matthew 10:27 ἐπὶ prep What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.
- Matthew 10:29 ἐπὶ prep "Aren't two sparrows sold for an assarion? Not one of them falls on the ground apart from your Father's will,
- Matthew 10:34 ἐπὶ prep "Don't think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn't come to send peace, but a sword.
- Matthew 11:29 ἐφ’ prep Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.
- Matthew 12:18 ἐπ’ prep "Behold, my servant whom I have chosen; My beloved in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit on him. He will proclaim justice to the Gentiles.
- Matthew 12:26 ἐφ’ prep If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?
- Matthew 12:28 ἐφ’ prep But if I by the Spirit of God cast out demons, then the Kingdom of God has come upon you.
- Matthew 12:49 ἐπὶ prep He stretched out his hand towards his disciples, and said, "Behold, my mother and my brothers!
- Matthew 13:2 ἐπὶ prep Great multitudes gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat, and sat, and all the multitude stood on the beach.
- Matthew 13:5 ἐπὶ prep Others fell on rocky ground, where they didn't have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth.
- Matthew 13:7 ἐπὶ prep Others fell among thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them:
- Matthew 13:8 ἐπὶ prep and others fell on good soil, and yielded fruit: some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.
- Matthew 13:20 ἐπὶ prep What was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word, and immediately with joy receives it;
- Matthew 13:23 ἐπὶ prep What was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word, and understands it, who most assuredly bears fruit, and brings forth, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty."
- Matthew 13:48 ἐπὶ prep which, when it was filled, they drew up on the beach. They sat down, and gathered the good into containers, but the bad they threw away.
- Matthew 14:8 ἐπὶ prep She, being prompted by her mother, said, "Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptizer."
- Matthew 14:11 ἐπὶ prep His head was brought on a platter, and given to the young lady: and she brought it to her mother.
- Matthew 14:14 ἐπ’ prep Jesus went out, and he saw a great multitude. He had compassion on them, and healed their sick.
- Matthew 14:19 ἐπὶ prep He commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass; and he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, broke and gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples gave to the multitudes.
- Matthew 14:25 ἐπὶ prep In the fourth watch of the night, Jesus came to them, walking on the sea.
- Matthew 14:26 ἐπὶ prep When the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, "It's a ghost!" and they cried out for fear.
- Matthew 14:28 ἐπὶ prep Peter answered him and said, "Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the waters."
- Matthew 14:29 ἐπὶ prep He said, "Come!" Peter stepped down from the boat, and walked on the waters to come to Jesus.
- Matthew 14:34 ἐπὶ prep When they had crossed over, they came to the land of Gennesaret.
- Matthew 15:32 ἐπὶ prep Jesus summoned his disciples and said, "I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days and have nothing to eat. I don't want to send them away fasting, or they might faint on the way."
- Matthew 15:35 ἐπὶ prep He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground;
- Matthew 16:18 ἐπὶ prep I also tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
- Matthew 16:19 ἐπὶ ἐπὶ prep prep I will give to you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven; and whatever you release on earth will be released in heaven."
- Matthew 17:6 ἐπὶ prep When the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces, and were very afraid.
- Matthew 18:5 ἐπὶ prep Whoever receives one such little child in my name receives me,
- Matthew 18:12 ἐπὶ prep "What do you think? If a man has one hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, doesn't he leave the ninety-nine, go to the mountains, and seek that which has gone astray?
- Matthew 18:13 ἐπ’ ἐπὶ prep prep If he finds it, most assuredly I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which have not gone astray.
- Matthew 18:16 ἐπὶ prep But if he doesn't listen, take one or two more with you, that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
- Matthew 18:18 ἐπὶ ἐπὶ prep prep Most assuredly I tell you, whatever things you will bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever things you will release on earth will be released in heaven.
- Matthew 18:19 ἐπὶ prep Again, assuredly I tell you, that if two of you will agree on earth concerning anything that they will ask, it will be done for them by my Father who is in heaven.
- Matthew 18:26 ἐπ’ prep The servant therefore fell down and kneeled before him, saying, 'Lord, have patience with me, and I will repay you all!'
- Matthew 18:29 ἐπ’ prep "So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying, 'Have patience with me, and I will repay you!'
- Matthew 19:9 ἐπὶ prep I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and he who marries her when she is divorced commits adultery."
- Matthew 19:28 ἐπὶ ἐπὶ prep prep Jesus said to them, "Most assuredly I tell you that you who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on the throne of his glory, you also will sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
- Matthew 21:5 ἐπὶ ἐπὶ prep prep "Tell the daughter of Zion, Behold, your King comes to you, Humble, and riding on a donkey, On a colt, the foal of a donkey."
- Matthew 21:7 ἐπ’ prep and brought the donkey and the colt, and laid their clothes on them; and he sat on them.
- Matthew 21:19 ἐπὶ ἐπ’ prep prep Seeing a fig tree by the road, he came to it, and found nothing on it but leaves. He said to it, "Let there be no fruit from you forever!" Immediately the fig tree withered away.
- Matthew 22:5 ἐπὶ prep But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his merchandise,
- Matthew 22:9 ἐπὶ prep Go therefore to the intersections of the highways, and as many as you may find, invite to the marriage feast.'
- Matthew 22:33 ἐπὶ prep When the multitudes heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.
- Matthew 22:34 ἐπὶ prep But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, gathered themselves together.
- Matthew 23:2 ἐπὶ prep saying, "The scribes and the Pharisees sat on Moses' seat.
- Matthew 23:4 ἐπὶ prep For they bind heavy burdens that are grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not lift a finger to help them.
- Matthew 23:9 ἐπὶ prep Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven.
- Matthew 23:35 ἐφ’ ἐπὶ prep prep that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom you killed between the sanctuary and the altar.
- Matthew 23:36 ἐπὶ prep Most assuredly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.
- Matthew 24:2 ἐπὶ prep But he answered them, "Don't you see all of these things? Most assuredly I tell you, there will not be left here one stone on another, that will not be thrown down."
- Matthew 24:3 ἐπὶ prep As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things be? What is the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?"
- Matthew 24:5 ἐπὶ prep For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will lead many astray.
- Matthew 24:7 ἐπ’ ἐπὶ prep prep For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be famines, plagues, and earthquakes in various places.
- Matthew 24:16 ἐπὶ prep then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
- Matthew 24:17 ἐπὶ prep Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take out things that are in his house.
- Matthew 24:30 ἐπὶ prep and then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky. Then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory.
- Matthew 24:33 ἐπὶ prep Even so you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
- Matthew 24:45 ἐπὶ prep "Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has set over his household, to give them their food in due season?
- Matthew 24:47 ἐπὶ prep Most assuredly I tell you that he will set him over all that he has.
- Matthew 25:21 ἐπὶ ἐπὶ prep prep "His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'
- Matthew 25:23 ἐπὶ ἐπὶ prep prep "His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'
- Matthew 25:31 ἐπὶ prep "But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory.
- Matthew 25:40 ἐφ’ prep "The King will answer them, 'Most assuredly I tell you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.'
- Matthew 25:45 ἐφ’ prep "Then he will answer them, saying, 'Most assuredly I tell you, inasmuch as you didn't do it to one of the least of these, you didn't do it to me.'
- Matthew 26:7 ἐπὶ prep a woman came to him having an alabaster jar of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he sat at the table.
- Matthew 26:12 ἐπὶ prep For in pouring this ointment on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.
- Matthew 26:39 ἐπὶ prep He went forward a little, fell on his face, and prayed, saying, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me; nevertheless, not what I desire, but what you desire."
- Matthew 26:50 ἐφ’ ἐπὶ prep prep Jesus said to him, "Friend, why are you here?" Then they came and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.
- Matthew 26:55 ἐπὶ prep In that hour Jesus said to the multitudes, "Have you come out as against a robber with swords and clubs to seize me? I sat daily in the temple teaching, and you didn't arrest me.
- Matthew 26:64 ἐπὶ prep Jesus said to him, "You have said it. Nevertheless, I tell you, henceforth you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming on the clouds of the sky."
- Matthew 27:19 ἐπὶ prep While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, "Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him."
- Matthew 27:25 ἐφ’ ἐπὶ prep prep All the people answered, "May his blood be on us, and on our children!"
- Matthew 27:27 ἐπ’ prep Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium, and gathered the whole garrison together against him.
- Matthew 27:29 ἐπὶ prep They braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they kneeled down before him, and mocked him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!"
- Matthew 27:42 ἐπ’ prep "He saved others, but he can't save himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him.
- Matthew 27:43 ἐπὶ prep He trusts in God. Let God deliver him now, if he wants him; for he said, 'I am the Son of God.'"
- Matthew 27:45 ἐπὶ prep Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.
- Matthew 28:14 ἐπὶ prep If this comes to the governor's ears, we will persuade him and make you free of worry."
- Matthew 28:18 ἐπὶ prep Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.
Mark 71 verses
- Mark 1:22 ἐπὶ prep They were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as having authority, and not as the scribes.
- Mark 1:45 ἐπ’ prep But he went out, and began to proclaim it much, and to spread about the matter, so that Jesus could no more openly enter into a city, but was outside in desert places: and they came to him from everywhere.
- Mark 2:10 ἐπὶ prep But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins"--he said to the paralytic--
- Mark 2:14 ἐπὶ prep As he passed by, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, "Follow me." And he arose and followed him.
- Mark 2:21 ἐπὶ prep No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, or else the patch shrinks and the new tears away from the old, and a worse hole is made.
- Mark 2:26 ἐπὶ prep How he entered into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the show bread, which it is not lawful to eat except for the priests, and gave also to those who were with him?"
- Mark 3:5 ἐπὶ prep When he had looked around at them with anger, being grieved at the hardening of their hearts, he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out, and his hand was restored as healthy as the other.
- Mark 3:24 ἐφ’ prep If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
- Mark 3:25 ἐφ’ prep If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
- Mark 3:26 ἐφ’ prep If Satan has risen up against himself, and is divided, he can't stand, but has an end.
- Mark 4:1 ἐπὶ prep Again he began to teach by the seaside. A great multitude was gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat in the sea, and sat down. All the multitude were on the land by the sea.
- Mark 4:5 ἐπὶ prep Others fell on the rocky ground, where it had little soil, and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil.
- Mark 4:16 ἐπὶ prep These in like manner are those who are sown on the rocky places, who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy.
- Mark 4:18 ἐπί prep Others are those who are sown among the thorns. These are those who have heard the word,
- Mark 4:20 ἐπὶ prep These are those which were sown on the good ground: such as hear the word, and accept it, and bear fruit, some thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times."
- Mark 4:21 ἐπὶ prep He said to them, "Is the lamp brought to be put under a basket or under a bed? Isn't it put on a lampstand?
- Mark 4:26 ἐπὶ prep He said, "The Kingdom of God is as if a man should cast seed on the earth,
- Mark 4:31 ἐπὶ ἐπὶ prep prep It's like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, though it is less than all the seeds that are on the earth,
- Mark 4:38 ἐπὶ prep He himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion, and they woke him up, and told him, "Teacher, don't you care that we are dying?"
- Mark 5:21 ἐπ’ prep When Jesus had crossed back over in the boat to the other side, a great multitude was gathered to him; and he was by the sea.
- Mark 6:25 ἐπὶ prep She came in immediately with haste to the king, and asked, "I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptizer on a platter."
- Mark 6:28 ἐπὶ prep and brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the young lady; and the young lady gave it to her mother.
- Mark 6:34 ἐπ’ prep Jesus came out, saw a great multitude, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things.
- Mark 6:39 ἐπὶ prep He commanded them that everyone should sit down in groups on the green grass.
- Mark 6:47 ἐπὶ prep When evening had come, the boat was in the midst of the sea, and he was alone on the land.
- Mark 6:48 ἐπὶ prep Seeing them distressed in rowing, for the wind was contrary to them, about the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea, and he would have passed by them,
- Mark 6:49 ἐπὶ prep but they, when they saw him walking on the sea, supposed that it was a ghost, and cried out;
- Mark 6:52 ἐπὶ prep for they hadn't understood about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.
- Mark 6:53 ἐπὶ prep When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret, and moored to the shore.
- Mark 6:55 ἐπὶ prep and ran around that whole region, and began to bring those who were sick, on their mats, to where they heard he was.
- Mark 7:30 ἐπὶ prep She went away to her house, and found the child having been laid on the bed, with the demon gone out.
- Mark 8:2 ἐπὶ prep "I have compassion on the multitude, because they have stayed with me now three days, and have nothing to eat.
- Mark 8:4 ἐπ’ prep His disciples answered him, "From where could one satisfy these people with bread here in a deserted place?"
- Mark 8:6 ἐπὶ prep He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground, and he took the seven loaves. Having given thanks, he broke them, and gave them to his disciples to serve, and they served the multitude.
- Mark 8:25 ἐπὶ prep Then again he laid his hands on his eyes. He looked intently, and was restored, and saw everyone clearly.
- Mark 9:3 ἐπὶ prep His clothing became glistening, exceedingly white, like snow, such as no launderer on earth can whiten them.
- Mark 9:12 ἐπὶ prep He said to them, "Elijah indeed comes first, and restores all things. How is it written about the Son of Man, that he should suffer many things and be despised?
- Mark 9:13 ἐπ’ prep But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they have also done to him whatever they wanted to, even as it is written about him."
- Mark 9:20 ἐπὶ prep They brought him to him, and when he saw him, immediately the spirit convulsed him, and he fell on the ground, wallowing and foaming at the mouth.
- Mark 9:22 ἐφ’ prep Often it has cast him both into the fire and into the water, to destroy him. But if you can do anything, have compassion on us, and help us."
- Mark 9:37 ἐπὶ prep "Whoever receives one such little child in my name, receives me, and whoever receives me, doesn't receive me, but him who sent me."
- Mark 9:39 ἐπὶ prep But Jesus said, "Don't forbid him, for there is no one who will do a mighty work in my name, and be able quickly to speak evil of me.
- Mark 10:11 ἐπ’ prep He said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery against her.
- Mark 10:16 ἐπ’ prep He took them in his arms, and blessed them, laying his hands on them.
- Mark 10:22 ἐπὶ prep But his face fell at that saying, and he went away sorrowful, for he was one who had great possessions.
- Mark 10:24 ἐπὶ prep The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus answered again, "Children, how hard is it for those who trust in riches to enter into the Kingdom of God!
- Mark 11:2 ἐφ’ prep and said to them, "Go your way into the village that is opposite you. Immediately as you enter into it, you will find a young donkey tied, on which no one has sat. Untie him, and bring him.
- Mark 11:4 ἐπὶ prep They went away, and found a young donkey tied at the door outside in the open street, and they untied him.
- Mark 11:7 ἐπ’ prep They brought the young donkey to Jesus, and threw their garments on it, and Jesus sat on it.
- Mark 11:13 ἐπ’ prep Seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came to see if perhaps he might find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.
- Mark 11:18 ἐπὶ prep The chief priests and the scribes heard it, and sought how they might destroy him. For they feared him, because all the multitude was astonished at his teaching.
- Mark 12:14 ἐπ’ prep When they had come, they asked him, "Teacher, we know that you are honest, and don't defer to anyone; for you aren't partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?
- Mark 12:17 ἐπ’ prep Jesus answered them, "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." They marveled greatly at him.
- Mark 12:26 ἐπὶ prep But about the dead, that they are raised; haven't you read in the book of Moses, about the Bush, how God spoke to him, saying, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?'
- Mark 12:32 ἐπ’ prep The scribe said to him, "Truly, teacher, you have said well that he is one, and there is none other but he,
- Mark 13:2 ἐπὶ prep Jesus said to him, "Do you see these great buildings? There will not be left here one stone on another, which will not be thrown down."
- Mark 13:6 ἐπὶ prep For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am he!' and will lead many astray.
- Mark 13:8 ἐπ’ ἐπὶ prep prep For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places. There will be famines and troubles. These things are the beginning of birth pains.
- Mark 13:9 ἐπὶ prep But watch yourselves, for they will deliver you up to councils. You will be beaten in synagogues. You will stand before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them.
- Mark 13:12 ἐπὶ prep "Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.
- Mark 13:15 ἐπὶ prep and let him who is on the housetop not go down, nor enter in, to take anything out of his house.
- Mark 13:29 ἐπὶ prep even so you also, when you see these things coming to pass, know that it is near, at the doors.
- Mark 14:35 ἐπὶ prep He went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass away from him.
- Mark 14:48 ἐπὶ prep Jesus answered them, "Have you come out, as against a robber, with swords and clubs to seize me?
- Mark 14:51 ἐπὶ prep A certain young man followed him, having a linen cloth thrown around himself, over his naked body. The young men grabbed him,
- Mark 15:22 ἐπὶ prep They brought him to the place called Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, "The place of a skull."
- Mark 15:24 ἐπ’ prep Crucifying him, they parted his garments among them, casting lots on them, what each should take.
- Mark 15:33 ἐφ’ prep When the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
- Mark 15:46 ἐπὶ prep He bought a linen cloth, and taking him down, wound him in the linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb which had been cut out of a rock. He rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.
- Mark 16:2 ἐπὶ prep Very early on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had risen.
- Mark 16:18 ἐπὶ prep they will take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it will in no way hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover."
Luke 139 verses
- Luke 1:12 ἐπ’ prep Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him.
- Luke 1:14 ἐπὶ prep You will have joy and gladness; and many will rejoice at his birth.
- Luke 1:16 ἐπὶ prep He will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord, their God.
- Luke 1:17 ἐπὶ prep He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, 'to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,' and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord."
- Luke 1:29 ἐπὶ prep But when she saw him, she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered what kind of salutation this might be.
- Luke 1:33 ἐπὶ prep and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever. There will be no end to his Kingdom."
- Luke 1:35 ἐπὶ prep The angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of God.
- Luke 1:47 ἐπὶ prep My spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior,
- Luke 1:48 ἐπὶ prep For he has looked at the humble state of his handmaid. For behold, from now on, all generations will call me blessed.
- Luke 1:59 ἐπὶ prep It happened on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of the father.
- Luke 1:65 ἐπὶ prep Fear came on all who lived around them, and all these sayings were talked about throughout all the hill country of Judea.
- Luke 2:8 ἐπὶ prep There were shepherds in the same country staying in the field, and keeping watch by night over their flock.
- Luke 2:14 ἐπὶ prep "Glory to God in the highest, On earth peace, good will toward men."
- Luke 2:20 ἐπὶ prep The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, just as it was told them.
- Luke 2:25 ἐπ’ prep Behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him.
- Luke 2:33 ἐπὶ prep Joseph and his mother were marveling at the things which were spoken concerning him,
- Luke 2:40 ἐπ’ prep The child was growing, and was becoming strong in spirit, being filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.
- Luke 2:47 ἐπὶ prep All who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.
- Luke 3:2 ἐπὶ ἐπὶ prep prep in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness.
- Luke 3:20 ἐπὶ prep added this also to them all, that he shut up John in prison.
- Luke 3:22 ἐπ’ prep and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form as a dove on him; and a voice came out of the sky, saying "You are my beloved Son. In you I am well pleased."
- Luke 4:4 ἐπ’ prep Jesus answered him, saying, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.'"
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.
