ἘΠΙΤΟΙΣ, ἐπιτοις
EPITOIS, epitois
Sounds Like: EH-pee-toys
Translations: upon, on, to, at, against, over, in addition to, to the, for the
From the root: ἘΠΙ
Part of Speech: Preposition, Article
Explanation: This word is a compound of the preposition 'ἘΠΙ' (epi) and the dative plural masculine/neuter definite article 'ΤΟΙΣ' (tois). The preposition 'ἘΠΙ' is versatile and can mean 'upon,' 'on,' 'to,' 'at,' 'against,' 'over,' or 'in addition to,' depending on the case of the noun it governs. When used with the dative case, as it is here with 'ΤΟΙΣ', it typically indicates position ('on,' 'at,' 'upon') or purpose ('for,' 'in addition to'). The article 'ΤΟΙΣ' means 'the' and indicates that the following noun is plural and in the dative case, and can be masculine or neuter.
Inflection: Preposition with Dative Plural Masculine or Neuter Article
Strong’s numbers: G1909 (Lookup on BibleHub), G3588 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Six — 8:26
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
- ἘΠΙΤΗΝ — upon the, to the, against the, for the, at the, on the
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