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GreekG1883Preposition

ἐπάνω

epanō

18Occurrences
G1883Strong's #
PrepositionPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

up above, i.e. over or on (of place, amount, rank, etc.)

from G1909 (ἐπί) and G507 (ἄνω);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
adv., above
1.adverbially
(a)of place
(b)of number, more than
2.As prep. C. genitive
(a)of place
(b)of pre-eminence
LXX: for מַעֲלָה, עַל, מֵעָל, etc.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Preposition

Morphology Code

G:PREP

Full Description

Greek Preposition

Occurrences

ἐπάνω appears 18 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Matthew
8
Luke
5
Revelation
2
1 Corinthians
1
John
1
Mark
1

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 15:6BSB

After that, He appeared to more than five hundred brothers at once, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep.

Luke 11:44BSB

Woe to you! For you are like unmarked graves, which men walk over without even noticing.”

Luke 4:39BSB

and He stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. And she got up at once and began to serve them.

Matthew 23:18BSB

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.’

Matthew 27:37BSB

Above His head they posted the written charge against Him:THIS IS JESUS,THE KING OF THE JEWS.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.