Greek preposition · G1883
ἐπάνω
epanoep-an'-o
adverbially; As prep. C. genitive
19 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: epánō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1883is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 27New Testament books
- 1spelling
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1883
up above, i.e. over or on (of place, amount, rank, etc.)
The King James renders it: above, more than, (up-)on, over.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
epano is rendered "adverbially; As prep. C. genitive". It stands 19 times in the Greek text, across six books.
- Eight of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "adverbially".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 2:9After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stood over the place where the Child was.
The first use
After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stood over the place where the Child was.
Matthew 2:9ἐπάνω
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Eight of the word's nineteen uses are in Matthew.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: adverbially, and As prep. C. genitive.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| adverbially__(a) of place | Tagged as
| WhereMark 14:5It could have been sold for over three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor… |
| As prep. C. genitive__(a) of place | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 2:9After they had heard the king, they went on their way… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἐπάν | epan | when/as soon as | Uses3 |
| ἐπανάγω | epanago | to set off | Uses3 |
| ἐπανέρχομαι | epanerchomai | to return | Uses2 |
| ἐπανίσταμαι | epanistamai | to rebel against | Uses2 |
| ἐπαναπαύομαι | epanapauomai | to rest/rely on | Uses2 |
| ἐπάναγκες | epanankes | necessarily | Uses1 |
| ἐπανόρθωσις | epanorthosis | correcting | Uses1 |
| ἐπαναμιμνήσκω | epanamimnesko | to remind | Uses1 |
The words it stands beside
All 19, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
1 spelling and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἐπάνω19
The grammar of each form
- preposition19PREP
Matthew
eight uses
After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stood over the place where the Child was.
- ἐπάνωepanoprepositiontagged: over
You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.
- ἐπάνωepanoprepositiontagged: on
They brought the donkey and the colt and laid their cloaks on them, and Jesus sat on them.
- ἐπάνωepanoprepositiontagged: on
And you say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gift on it, he is bound by his oath.’
- ἐπάνωepanoprepositiontagged: upon
So then, he who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.
- ἐπάνωepanoprepositiontagged: upon
And he who swears by heaven swears by God’s throne and by the One who sits on it.
- ἐπάνωepanoprepositiontagged: upon
Above His head they posted the written charge against Him: THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
- ἐπάνωepanoprepositiontagged: over
Suddenly there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, rolled away the stone, and sat on it.
- ἐπάνωepanoprepositiontagged: upon
Mark
one use
It could have been sold for over three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor.” And they scolded her.
- ἐπάνωepanoprepositiontagged: above
Luke
five uses
and He stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. And she got up at once and began to serve them.
- ἐπάνωepanoprepositiontagged: over
Behold, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will harm you.
- ἐπάνωepanoprepositiontagged: upon
Woe to you! For you are like unmarked graves, which men walk over without even noticing.”
- ἐπάνωepanoprepositiontagged: above
His master replied, ‘Well done, good servant! Because you have been faithful in a very small matter, you shall have authority over ten cities.’
- ἐπάνωepanoprepositiontagged: over
And to this one he said, ‘You shall have authority over five cities.’
- ἐπάνωepanoprepositiontagged: over
John
two uses
The One who comes from above is above all. The one who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks as one from the earth. The One who comes from heaven is above all.
- ἐπάνωepanoprepositiontagged: above
- ἐπάνωepanoprepositiontagged: above
1 Corinthians
one use
After that, He appeared to more than five hundred brothers at once, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep.
- ἐπάνωepanoprepositiontagged: to above
Revelation
two uses
Then I looked and saw a pale green horse. Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed close behind. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill by sword, by famine, by plague, and by the beasts of the earth.
- ἐπάνωepanoprepositiontagged: on
And he threw him into the Abyss, shut it, and sealed it over him, so that he could not deceive the nations until the thousand years were complete. After that, he must be released for a brief period of time.
- ἐπάνωepanoprepositiontagged: over
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.