ἐπὶ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ἐπὶ

   e-PI

   on
2. sentence🔊 Καὶ ὁ ἕκτος ἐξέχεεν τὴν φιάλην αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὸν ποταμὸν τὸν μέγαν τὸν Εὐφράτην καὶ ἐξηράνθη τὸ ὕδωρ αὐτοῦ ἵνα ἑτοιμασθῇ ἡ ὁδὸς τῶν βασιλέων τῶν ἀπὸ ἀνατολῆς ἡλίου

   KAI ho HEK-tos ek-SE-khe-en tên phi-A-lên au-TOU e-PI ton po-ta-MON ton ME-gan ton eu-PHRA-tên KAI ek-xê-RAN-thê to HY-dôr au-TOU HI-na he-toi-mas-THÊ hê ho-DOS tôn ba-si-LE-ôn tôn a-PO a-na-to-LÊS hê-LI-ou

   and the sixth poured out the bowl his on the river the great the Euphrates and was dried up the water of it so that might be prepared the way of the kings of the from east of sun

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase epi ton potamon ton megan ton Euphraten {ἐπὶ τὸν ποταμὸν τὸν μέγαν τὸν Εὐφράτην | e-pí tón po-ta-món tón mé-gan tón eu-phrát-ēn} uses epi with the accusative to indicate motion “upon,” and the successive articles with megan and the proper name build emphasis: “the river, the great, the Euphrates.”