ἐπὶ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ἐπὶ

   e-PI

   upon
2. sentence🔊 ἐποίησέν τε ἐξ ἑνὸς πᾶν ἔθνος ἀνθρώπων κατοικεῖν ἐπὶ παντὸς προσώπου τῆς γῆς ὁρίσας προστεταγμένους καιροὺς καὶ τὰς ὁροθεσίας τῆς κατοικίας αὐτῶν

   e-POI-ee-sen te eks he-NOS PAN E-thnos an-THRÔ-pōn ka-toi-KEIN e-PI pan-TOS pro-SÔ-pou TÊS GÊS ho-RI-sas pros-te-tag-ME-nous kai-ROUS kai tas ho-ro-the-SI-as TÊS ka-toi-KI-as au-TÔN

   he made and from one every nation of humans to dwell upon of all face of the earth having determined appointed times and the boundaries of the dwelling of them

Exegesis

This infinitive is further specified by the prepositional phrase epi pantos prosōpou tēs gēs {ἐπὶ παντὸς προσώπου τῆς γῆς | e-PI pan-TÓS pro-SŌ-pou tēs gēs}, literally “on all the face of the earth,” an idiom underscoring the global spread of humanity.

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