ἐπιοῦσα
epiousa
“to come later”
Definition
supervening, i.e. (G2250 (ἡμέρα) or G3571 (νύξ) being expressed or implied) the ensuing day or night
feminine singular participle of a comparative of G1909 (ἐπί) and (to go);
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Verb
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Greek Verb
Occurrences
ἐπιοῦσα appears 5 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
We sailed from Troas straight to Samothrace, and the following day on to Neapolis.
Sailing on from there, we arrived the next day opposite Chios. The day after that we arrived at Samos, and on the following day we came to Miletus.
The next day Paul went in with us to see James, and all the elders were present.
The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Take courage! As you have testified about Me in Jerusalem, so also you must testify in Rome.”
The next day he came upon two Israelites who were fighting, and he tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why are you mistreating each other?’
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