ἐπὶ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ἐπὶ

   e-PI

   to
2. sentence🔊 ἐπιλαβόμενοί τε αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὸν Ἄρειον Πάγον ἤγαγον λέγοντες Δυνάμεθα γνῶναι τίς ἡ καινὴ αὕτη ἡ ὑπὸ σοῦ λαλουμένη διδαχή

   e-pi-la-BO-me-noi te au-TOU e-PI ton A-rei-on PA-gon Ê-ga-gon LE-gon-tes dy-NA-me-tha GNÔ-nai TIS hê kai-NÊ HAU-tê hê hy-PO sou la-lou-ME-nê di-da-KHÊ

   having taken hold and of him to the Areion Pagus they led saying are we able to know what the new this the by you being spoken teaching

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase epi ton Areion Pagon {ἐπὶ τὸν Ἄρειον Πάγον | epí tón Áreion Págon} uses epi with the accusative to indicate motion toward the Athenian council hill.

Root and etymology

lambánō🔊 λαμβάνωlambda–alpha–mu–beta–alpha–nu–omega

“to take, receive”

• 🔊 καταλαμβάνωkappa–alpha–tau–alpha–lambda–alpha–mu–beta–alpha–nu–omegato seize, graspJohn 1:5