ἐπὶ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ἐπὶ

   e-PI

   for
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 οἱ δὲ προσδοκῶν αὐτὸν μέλλειν πίμπρασθαι ἢ καταπίπτειν ἄφνω νεκρόν ἐπὶ πολλὴν δὲ αὐτῶν προσδοκώντων καὶ θεωρούντων μηδὲν ἄτοπον εἰς αὐτὸν γινόμενον,

   hoi de pros-do-KON au-TON MEL-lein PIM-pras-thai ê ka-ta-PIP-tein AF-nô ne-KRON e-PI pol-LÊN de au-TÔN pros-do-KON-ton KAI the-ô-ROU-ntôn mê-DEN A-to-pon eis au-TON gi-NO-me-non

   the but expecting him to be about to swell up or to fall down suddenly dead for much but of them waiting and seeing nothing out of place to him happening
3. sentence🔊 οἱ δὲ προσδοκῶν αὐτὸν μέλλειν πίμπρασθαι ἢ καταπίπτειν ἄφνω νεκρόν ἐπὶ πολλὴν δὲ αὐτῶν προσδοκώντων καὶ θεωρούντων μηδὲν ἄτοπον εἰς αὐτὸν γινόμενον, μεταβαλόμενοι ἔλεγον αὐτὸν εἶναι θεόν.

   hoi de pros-do-KON au-TON MEL-lein PIM-pras-thai ê ka-ta-PIP-tein AF-nô ne-KRON e-PI pol-LÊN de au-TÔN pros-do-KON-ton KAI the-ô-ROU-ntôn mê-DEN A-to-pon eis au-TON gi-NO-me-non me-ta-ba-LO-me-noi E-le-gon au-TON EI-nai the-ON

   the but expecting him to be about to swell up or to fall down suddenly dead for much but of them waiting and seeing nothing out of place to him happening changing they were saying him to be a god

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase epi pollēn de autōn prosdokian {ἐπὶ πολλὴν δὲ αὐτῶν προσδοκίαν | epì pol-lḕn de autôn pros-do-kí-an} literally ‘upon much expectation of them’ functions temporally, indicating that a long interval of waiting has passed.

Root and etymology

epimeno🔊 ἐπιμένωepsilon–pi–iota–mu–epsilon–nu–omega

“to remain, stay on”

• 🔊 ἐπέμενενepemenenhe stayed onActs 18:18