ἘΠΙΤΗΝ, ἐπιτην
EPITĒN, epitēn
Sounds Like: eh-pee-TEN
Translations: upon the, to the, against the, for the, at the, on the
From the root: ἘΠΙ
Part of Speech: Preposition, Article
Explanation: This is a compound phrase formed by the preposition 'ἐπί' (epi) and the feminine singular accusative definite article 'τήν' (tēn). It indicates direction towards, location upon, or purpose for something. Its meaning can vary depending on the context, often signifying 'upon', 'to', 'against', 'for', or 'at' when followed by an accusative noun.
Inflection: Preposition (does not inflect), Article (Singular, Accusative, Feminine)
Strong’s numbers: G1909 (Lookup on BibleHub), G3588 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΠΙ.
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.
- ἘΠ — on, upon, over, to, against, at, in, for, by, before, among, concerning, with
- ἘΠ' — on, upon, over, at, to, toward, against, for, concerning, by, in, during, in the presence of, in addition to, on the basis of
- ἘΠΙΤΑΙΣ — upon the, on the, at the, by the, to the, for the
- ἘΠΙΤΟΙΣ — upon, on, to, at, against, over, in addition to, to the, for the
This concordance database is in beta
That means it's an unfinished preview of what we're building and is still being refined and corrected. It was initially generated from Google Gemini 2.5. It will be edited and corrected over time, with additional information added as we go.
It is your responsibility to double-check anything important.
Please report any errors or important missing information.