ἐπί

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ἐπί

   e-PI

   on
2. sentence🔊 καὶ τοὺς λοιποὺς οὓς μὲν ἐπὶ σανίσιν οὓς δὲ ἐπί τινων τῶν ἀπὸ τοῦ πλοίου καὶ οὕτως ἐγένετο πάντας διασωθῆναι ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν

   KAI tous loi-POUS hous MEN e-PI sa-NI-sin hous DE e-PI TI-nōn TŌN a-PO tou ploi-OU KAI HOU-tōs e-GE-ne-to PAN-tas di-a-sō-THÊ-nai e-PI tên gên

   and the the rest whom indeed on planks whom but on some of the from the ship and thus it happened all to be brought safely through onto the land

Exegesis

Each hous {οὓς | hoús} governs a prepositional phrase epi sanisin {ἐπὶ σανίσιν | epì sanísin} ‘on planks’ in the dative, then epi tinôn tôn apó toû ploíou {ἐπὶ τινῶν τῶν ἀπὸ τοῦ πλοίου | epì tinôn tôn apó toû ploíou} ‘on some parts of the ship’ in the genitive, illustrating different debris used for flotation.

The formula kai houtōs egéneto {καὶ οὕτως ἐγένετο | kaí hoútōs egéneto} ‘and so it happened’ introduces the result clause with the aorist passive infinitive diasōthênai {διασωθῆναι | diasōthênai} ‘to be rescued’ accompanied by the accusative pántas {πάντας | pántas} ‘all’, followed by epì tḕn gēn {ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν | epì tḕn gēn} ‘onto the land’ specifying their deliverance. The infinitive is rendered as an English finite verb to maintain readability and emphasize complete survival.

Root and etymology

baino🔊 βαίνωbeta–alpha–iota–nu–omega

“to step, walk”

• 🔊 βάσιςbásisstep, footingActs 3:7