ἐπὶ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ἐπὶ

   e-PI

   on
2. sentence🔊 ὁ δὲ ἀκούσας καὶ μὴ ποιήσας ὅμοιός ἐστιν ἀνθρώπῳ οἰκοδομήσαντι οἰκίαν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν χωρὶς θεμελίου ᾗ προσέρηξεν ὁ ποταμός καὶ εὐθὺς συνέπεσεν καὶ ἐγένετο τὸ ῥῆγμα τῆς οἰκίας ἐκείνης μέγα

   ho de a-KOU-sas KAI MÊ poi-Ê-sas HO-moi-OS ES-tin an-THRÔ-pō oi-ko-do-MÊ-san-ti oi-KI-an e-PI tên gên khō-RIS the-me-LI-ou hêi pro-SE-rêx-en ho po-ta-MOS KAI eu-THYS sy-NE-pe-sen KAI e-GE-ne-to to RHÊG-ma tês oi-KI-as e-KEI-nês ME-ga

   the but having heard and not having done like is to a man having built a house on the ground without foundation against which broke against the river and immediately it fell and it became the ruin of the house of that great

Exegesis

This is followed by the participial phrase oikodomḗsanti oikían epì tḗn gēn chōrìs themelioú {οἰκοδομήσαντι οἰκίαν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν χωρὶς θεμελίου | oikodomḗsanti oikian epì tḗn gēn chōrìs themelioú}, highlighting the flawed act of building without support.

Root and etymology

piezō🔊 πιέζωpi–iota–epsilon–zeta–omega

“to press, compress”