ἘΠΙΒΑΙΝΕΙ, ἐπιβαινει
EPIBAINEI, epibainei
Sounds Like: eh-pee-BAH-ee-neh
Translations: to go upon, to step on, to mount, to enter, to set foot on, to come upon, to embark
From the root: ἘΠΙΒΑΙΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition ἘΠΙ (upon, on, over) and the verb ΒΑΙΝΩ (to go, to step). It generally means to go or step upon something, or to enter a place. It can be used for mounting an animal, embarking on a ship, or setting foot on a territory. It can also mean to come upon or arrive at a place.
Inflection: Present, Indicative, Active, Third Person Singular
Strong’s number: G1911 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 19 — 1:35
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 7:193
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΠΙΒΑΙΝΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΠΕΒΗ — he went up, he came upon, he stepped on, he mounted, he entered, he embarked
- ἘΠΙΒΑΙΝΟΝΤΙ — to him who steps on, to him who goes upon, to him who mounts, to him who embarks, to him who treads on
- ἘΠΙΒΑΙΝΟΝΤΟΣ — of embarking, of going upon, of stepping on, of mounting, of entering
- ἘΠΙΒΑΙΝΟΝΤΩΝ — of those who were going upon, of those who were stepping on, of those who were embarking, of those who were mounting, of those who were landing
- ἘΠΙΒΑΙΝΩ — to step on, to go upon, to embark, to mount, to enter, to ascend
- ἘΠΙΒΕΒΗΚΩΣ — having mounted, having ridden, mounted upon, riding upon
- ἘΠΙΒΗΝΑΙ — to go up, to step on, to mount, to embark, to set foot on
- ἘΠΙΒΗΣΟΜΑΙ — I will step upon, I will go upon, I will mount, I will embark
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