Acts 20:37:8Acts.20.37.W8TAB
ἐπὶ
epi
“on”
- Transliteration
- e-PI
- Extended
- eh-PEE
- IPA
- /eˈpi/
Meaning by language
- English
- on
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
e-PI
- sentence
hi-ka-NOS de klau-THMOS e-GHE-ne-to PAN-tōn KAI e-pi-pe-SON-tes e-PI ton TRA-khē-lon tou PAU-lou ka-te-PHI-loun au-TON
Exegesis
The participle epipesontes {ἐπιπεσόντες | epipesóntes} is a circumstantial aorist participle marking an attendant action, specified by the prepositional phrase epi ton trachelon tou Paulou {ἐπὶ τὸν τράχηλον τοῦ Παύλου | epì tòn tráchēlon tou Paúlou} “upon Paul’s neck.”
Root and etymology
piptopi–iota–pi–tau–omega
“to fall upon”
In context — Acts 20:37
And there arose much weeping among them all, and having fallen upon the neck of Paul, they kept kissing him.
About this coordinate
Acts 20:37:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Acts 20:37, so the Greek word ἐπὶ (epi) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Acts.20.37.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.20.37.W8.S1) and character.