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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - ἐπί
ἐπί
G1909
Transliteration: epí
Pronunciation: ep-ee'
Definition: about
- Original: ἐπί - Transliteration: Epi - Phonetic: ep-ee'
- Definition:
1. upon, on, at, by, before
2. of position, on, at, by, over, against
3. to, over, on, at, across, against
- Origin: a root - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Preposition - Strong's: 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).