ἐπὶ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ἐπὶ

   e-PI

   for
2. sentence🔊 καθεζόμενος δέ τις νεανίας ὀνόματι Εὔτυχος ἐπὶ τῆς θυρίδος καταφερόμενος ὕπνῳ βαθεῖ διαλεγομένου τοῦ Παύλου ἐπὶ πλεῖον κατενεχθεὶς ἀπὸ τοῦ ὕπνου ἔπεσεν ἀπὸ τοῦ τριστέγου κάτω καὶ ἤρθη νεκρός

   ka-the-ZO-me-nos DE tis ne-a-NEE-as o-NO-ma-ti EU-TY-khos e-PI TÊS thy-REE-dos ka-ta-phe-RO-me-nos HY-pnō ba-THEI di-a-le-go-ME-nou tou PAU-lou e-PI PLEI-on ka-te-nekh-THEIS a-PO tou HY-pnou E-pe-sen a-PO tou tris-TE-gou KA-tō kai ÊR-thē ne-KROS

   sitting and a certain young man by name Eutychus at the window being carried down by sleep deep as was speaking of the Paul for more having been overcome from the sleep he fell from the third story down and he was taken up dead

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase epi tēs thuridos {ἐπὶ τῆς θυρίδος | epí tês thurídos} locates him precariously “on/in the window,” contributing to the later outcome.

The genitive absolute-like construction dialegomenou tou Paulou {διαλεγομένου τοῦ Παύλου | dialegoménou tou Paúlou} “as Paul was speaking” with epi pleion {ἐπὶ πλεῖον | epí pleîon} “for a longer time” provides temporal background, indicating that the extended discourse contributes to his fatigue.

Root and etymology

epibouleuo🔊 ἐπιβουλεύωepsilon–pi–iota–beta–omicron–upsilon–lambda–epsilon–upsilon–omega

“to plot or conspire”

• 🔊 βουλήboulḗcounsel, planActs 13:36
• 🔊 ἐπιβουλεύωepibouleúōto plot againstActs 9:23