Romans 15:3:17Rom.15.3.W17TAB

ἐπʼ

ep

upon

Transliteration
ep
Extended
ehp
IPA
/ep/

Meaning by language

English
upon

Alphabet Analysis

Epsilone — as in met (short)
Pip — as in pet

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Diphthongs
Accents & breathings
ʼ

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Word in context

  1. word

    ep

  2. sentence

    KAI gar ho khree-STOS oukh he-au-TOI Ê-re-sen al-LA ka-THÔS GE-grap-tai hoi o-nei-dis-MOI tôn o-nei-di-ZON-tōn se e-PE-pe-san ep e-ME

Exegesis

The aorist verb epepesan {ἐπέπεσαν | epépesa(n)} “fell upon” takes the prepositional phrase ep’ eme {ἐπʼ ἐμέ | ep' emé} “upon Me” as its goal, depicting a transfer of the consequences of hostility from God to the speaker, whom Paul applies to Christ. Syntactically, this structure portrays the Messiah as voluntarily receiving onto Himself the reproach aimed at God, thereby grounding the ethical call for believers to bear with others rather than live for self-pleasing.

Root and etymology

epangellomaiepsilon–pi–alpha–gamma–gamma–epsilon–lambda–lambda–omicron–mu–alpha–iota

to promise, announce

In contextRomans 15:3

For even Christ did not please Himself, but just as it is written, “The reproaches of those who reproach You fell upon Me.”

About this coordinate

Romans 15:3:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Romans 15:3, so the Greek word ἐπʼ (ep) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Rom.15.3.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Rom.15.3.W17.S1) and character.