ἐπὶ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ἐπὶ

   e-PI

   for
2. sentence🔊 τοῦτο δὲ ἐγένετο ἐπὶ ἔτη δύο ὥστε πάντας τοὺς κατοικοῦντας τὴν Ἀσίαν ἀκοῦσαι τὸν λόγον τοῦ κυρίου Ἰουδαίους τε καὶ Ἕλληνας

   TOU-to DE e-GHE-ne-to e-PI E-tê DY-o HŌ-ste PAN-tas TOUS ka-toi-KOUN-tas tēn a-SI-an a-KOU-sai ton LO-gon TOU KY-ree-ou i-ou-dai-OUS te KAI HEl-lē-nas

   this and happened for years two so that all the dwelling the Asia to hear the word of the Lord Jews both and Greeks

Exegesis

The temporal span is expressed by the prepositional phrase epi ete dyo {ἐπὶ ἔτη δύο | epì é-tē dý-o} ‘for two years,’ with epi governing the accusative of duration.

Root and etymology

histemi🔊 ἵστημιiota–sigma–tau–eta–mu–iota

“to stand, be firmly established”

• 🔊 ἐπιστάμενοςepsilon–pi–iota–sigma–tau–alpha–mu–epsilon–nu–omicron–sigmafully informed, well awareActs 26:3
• 🔊 ἐπίστασθαιepsilon–pi–iota–sigma–tau–alpha–sigma–theta–alpha–iotato know wellActs 19:32