ἐφʼ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ἐφʼ

   eph

   upon
2. sentence🔊 πᾶς ὁ πεσὼν ἐπʼ ἐκεῖνον τὸν λίθον συνθλασθήσεται ἐφʼ ὃν δʼ ἂν πέσῃ λικμήσει αὐτόν

   PAS ho pe-SON ep e-KEI-non ton LI-thon syn-thla-STHÊ-se-tai eph hon de AN PE-sêi lik-MÊ-sei au-TON

   everyone the one who having fallen upon that the stone will be broken upon whom but if should fall it will crush him

Exegesis

The second clause begins with the prepositional relative ephʼ hon {ἐφʼ ὃν | eph' hon} “upon whom,” shifting the focus from the one who falls on the stone to the one upon whom the stone may fall.

Root and etymology

kephale🔊 κεφαλήkappa–epsilon–phi–alpha–lambda–eta

“head, chief”

• 🔊 κεφαλήkappa–epsilon–phi–alpha–lambda–etaheadEphesians 1:22
• 🔊 κεφάλαιοςkappa–epsilon–phi–alpha–lambda–alpha–iota–omicron–sigmamain pointHebrews 8:1