ἐπάνω epanō

Greek word for “above” · Strong’s G1883 · used 19 times in 18 verses

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Meaning

ἐπ-άνω; adv.; above; 1.

How it is translated

Glosses given for epanō in context, with how often each is used:

• over 6
• upon 5
• above 5
• on 3

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 23 (3), Luke 19 (2), Matthew 2 (1), Matthew 5 (1), Matthew 21 (1), Matthew 27 (1), Matthew 28 (1), Mark 14 (1), Luke 4 (1), Luke 10 (1)

Forms

• ἐπάνω 19

Words used with it

Words that share verses with epanō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ὄμνυμι omnumi “to swear” 3
• ἰδού idou “look!” 4
• κάθημαι kathēmai “to sit” 3
• ἐξουσία exousia “authority” 3
• θυσιαστήριον thusiastērion “altar” 2
• πόλις polis “city” 3
• ἐπιτίθημι epitithēmi “to put/lay on” 2
• οὐρανός ouranos “heaven” 3
• δίδωμι didōmi “to give” 3
• βασιλεύς basileus “king” 2
• ἕως heōs “until” 2
• δύναμαι dunamai “be able” 2

Key verses

The verses using epanō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 5:14 — Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
• Matthew 27:37 — And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
• Matthew 28:2 — And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.
• Mark 14:5 — For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.
• Luke 4:39 — And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: and immediately she arose and ministered unto them.
• Luke 10:19 — Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
• Luke 11:44 — Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them.
• Luke 19:17 — And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.
• John 3:31 — He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.
• 1 Corinthians 15:6 — After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.
• Revelation 6:8 — And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part…
• Revelation 20:3 — And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.