ἐπὶ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ἐπὶ

   e-PI

   against
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 καὶ προσεκύλισεν λίθον ἐπὶ τὴν θύραν τοῦ μνημείου.

   KAI pro-se-KY-lee-sen LEE-thon e-PI tên THY-ran tou mnê-MEE-ou

   and he rolled a stone against the door of the tomb
3. sentence🔊 καὶ ἀγοράσας ⸀σινδόνα καθελὼν αὐτὸν ἐνείλησεν τῇ σινδόνι καὶ ⸀ἔθηκεν αὐτὸν ἐν ⸀μνημείῳ ὃ ἦν λελατομημένον ἐκ πέτρας, καὶ προσεκύλισεν λίθον ἐπὶ τὴν θύραν τοῦ μνημείου.

   KAI a-go-RA-sas sin-DO-na ka-the-LÔN au-TON e-NEE-lê-sen têi sin-DO-ni KAI E-thê-ken au-TON en mnê-MEE-ôi HO ÊN le-la-to-mê-ME-non ek PE-tras KAI pro-se-KY-lee-sen LEE-thon e-PI tên THY-ran tou mnê-MEE-ou

   and having bought a linen cloth having taken down him he wrapped in the linen cloth and he placed him in a tomb which was having been hewn out of rock and he rolled a stone against the door of the tomb

Exegesis

A final kai {καὶ | kaí} coordinates the last aorist indicative prosekylisen {προσεκύλισεν | prosekýlisen} “he rolled,” whose object lithon {λίθον | líthon} “stone” and prepositional phrase epi tēn thyran tou mnēmeiou {ἐπὶ τὴν θύραν τοῦ μνημείου | epí tēn thýrān tou mnēmeíou} specify the sealing motion directed against the doorway of the tomb. The chain of aorist participles plus aorist indicatives conveys a tightly ordered sequence of deliberate actions, which is mirrored in translation by maintaining clear temporal progression (“after buying,” “took,” “wrapped,” “laid,” “rolled”) and preserving the relative clause that characterizes the tomb.

Root and etymology

epigraphō🔊 ἐπιγράφωepsilon–pi–iota–gamma–rho–alpha–phi–omega

“to write upon, inscribe”

• 🔊 ἐπιγράφωepigraphōto inscribe uponMark 15:26
• 🔊 ἐπίγεγραμμαιepigegrammaiI have been written upon, inscribedHebrews 10:16