Vocabulary Form
ἐπί
Definition

gen: on, over, when;
dat: on the basis of, at;
acc: on, to, against

Frequency
890
GK
2093
Cognates

The epidermis (ejpidermivV) is the outer layer of skin, "that which is on the skin."

Mnemonic Singing

When darkness veils His lovely face,
I rest on His unchanging grace.

Notes

When ἐπί is followed by a word beginning with a vowel and smooth breathing, the iota elides (ἐπ᾿). If the following word begins with a rough breathing, the iota elides and the π aspirates to a phi (ἐφ᾿).

Biblical Concordance

John 6:16 Now when evening had come, his disciples went down to (epi | ἐπί | prep-acc) the lake,
John 6:19 When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on (epi | ἐπί | prep-gen) the lake and approaching the boat, and they were terrified.
John 6:21 Then they were glad to take him into the boat, and at once the boat reached the shore toward which they were going.
John 7:30 So they were anxious to arrest him, but no one laid a hand on (ep | ἐπ᾿ | prep-acc) him, because his hour had not yet come.
John 7:44 Some of them wanted to arrest him, but no one laid a hand on (ep | ἐπ᾿ | prep-acc) him.
John 8:3 The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in (epi | ἐπί | prep-dat) adultery, and making her stand before them,
John 8:4 they said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in (ep | ἐπ᾿ | prep-dat) the very act of committing adultery.
John 8:7 When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “The man among you without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at (ep | ἐπ᾿ | prep-acc) her.”
John 8:59 Then they picked up stones to throw at (ep | ἐπ᾿ | prep-acc) him; but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple.
John 9:6 After saying this, he spat on the ground and made mud with his saliva; then he daubed the mud on (epi | ἐπί | prep-acc) the man’s eyes
John 9:15 Then the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. And he said to them, “He daubed mud on (epi | ἐπί | prep-acc) my eyes, and I washed, and now I see.”
John 11:38 Then Jesus, once more deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying across (ep | ἐπ᾿ | prep-dat) it.
John 12:14 And Jesus found a young donkey and sat on (ep | ἐπ᾿ | prep-acc) it; as it is written,
John 12:15 “Do not be afraid, daughter of Zion; behold, your king is coming, seated on (epi | ἐπί | prep-acc) a donkey’s colt!”
John 12:16 His disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about (ep | ἐπ᾿ | prep-dat) him, and that they had done these things to him.
John 13:18 I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But the Scripture must be fulfilled, ‘The one who eats my bread has lifted up his heel against (ep | ἐπ᾿ | prep-acc) me.’
John 13:25 So that disciple, leaning back against (epi | ἐπί | prep-acc) Jesus, said to him, “Lord, who is it?”
John 17:4 I glorified you on (epi | ἐπί | prep-gen) earth, having completed the task that you gave me to do;
John 18:4 Then Jesus, knowing everything that was going to happen to (ep | ἐπ᾿ | prep-acc) him, stepped forward and said to them, “Who is it that you are looking for?”
John 19:13 On hearing these words, Pilate brought Jesus out and sat down on (epi | ἐπί | prep-gen) the judge’s bench in the place called “Stone Pavement,” or in Hebrew, “Gabbatha.”
John 19:19 And Pilate wrote an inscription and fastened it to (epi | ἐπί | prep-gen) the cross. It read, “Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.”
John 19:24 So they said to one another, “Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it to see who will get it” — that the Scripture might be fulfilled that says, “They divided my garments among themselves, and for (epi | ἐπί | prep-acc) my clothing they cast lots.” So the soldiers did these things.
John 19:31 Then, since it was the day of Preparation, so that the bodies would not remain on (epi | ἐπί | prep-gen) the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs of the crucified men broken and their bodies taken down.
John 19:33 But when they came to (epi | ἐπί | prep-acc) Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs.
John 20:7 and the face cloth that had been on (epi | ἐπί | prep-gen) Jesus’ head; it was not lying with the linen wrappings but rolled up in a place by itself.