ἐπὶ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ἐπὶ

   e-PI

   upon
2. sentence🔊 ὥστε καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀσθενοῦντας ἀποφέρεσθαι ἀπὸ τοῦ χρωτὸς αὐτοῦ σουδάρια ἢ σιμικίνθια καὶ ἀπαλλάσσεσθαι ἀπ’ αὐτῶν τὰς νόσους τά τε πνεύματα τὰ πονηρὰ ἐκπορεύεσθαι

   HÔ-ste KAI e-PI tous as-the-NOUN-tas a-po-PHE-res-thai a-PO tou khro-TOS au-TOU sou-DA-ri-a Ê si-mi-KIN-thi-a KAI a-pal-LAS-ses-thai ap au-TÔN tas NO-sous TA te PNEU-ma-ta ta po-nê-RA ek-po-REU-es-thai

   so that and upon the the sick to be carried from the skin his handkerchiefs or aprons and to depart from them the diseases the both spirits the evil to come out

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase epi tous asthenountas {ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀσθενοῦντας | epí toús asthenoûn-tas} uses epi with the accusative to indicate motion toward those who were sick, with the present participle asthenountas conveying their ongoing state of illness.

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