ἐπί epí

Meaning

properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e. over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc.

In the King James Version: about (the times), above, after, against, among, as long as (touching), at, beside, X have charge of, (be-, (where-))fore, in (a place, as much as, the time of, -to), (because) of, (up-)on (behalf of), over, (by, for) the space of, through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), with

Derivation: a primary preposition;

Where it is used

• Matthew 1:11 and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.
• Matthew 2:22 But when he learned that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee,
• Matthew 3:7 But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his place of baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
• Matthew 3:13 At that time Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John.
• Matthew 3:16 As soon as Jesus was baptized, He went up out of the water. Suddenly the heavens were opened, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and resting on Him.
• Matthew 4:4 But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
• Matthew 4:5 Then the devil took Him to the holy city and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple.
• Matthew 4:6 “If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw Yourself down. For it is written: ‘He will command His angels concerning You, and they will lift You up in their hands, so that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.’”
• Matthew 5:15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a basket. Instead, they set it on a stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.
• Matthew 5:23 So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,
• Matthew 5:45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
• Matthew 6:10 Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
• Matthew 6:19 Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
• Matthew 6:27 Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
• Matthew 7:24 Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
• Matthew 7:25 The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because its foundation was on the rock.
• Matthew 7:26 But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.
• Matthew 7:28 When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were astonished at His teaching,
• Matthew 9:2 Just then some men brought to Him a paralytic lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Take courage, son; your sins are forgiven.”
• Matthew 9:6 But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins...” Then He said to the paralytic, “Get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”
• Matthew 9:9 As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him, and Matthew got up and followed Him.
• Matthew 9:15 Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while He is with them? But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.
• Matthew 9:16 No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. For the patch will pull away from the garment, and a worse tear will result.
• Matthew 9:18 While Jesus was saying these things, a synagogue leader came and knelt before Him. “My daughter has just died,” he said. “But come and place Your hand on her, and she will live.”
• Matthew 10:13 If the home is worthy, let your peace rest on it, but if it is not, let your peace return to you.
• Matthew 10:18 On My account you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.
• Matthew 10:21 Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.
• Matthew 10:27 What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.
• Matthew 10:29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father.
• Matthew 10:34 Do not assume that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.
• Matthew 11:29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
• Matthew 12:18 “Here is My Servant, whom I have chosen, My beloved, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will proclaim justice to the nations.
• Matthew 12:26 If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then can his kingdom stand?
• Matthew 12:28 But if I drive out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
• Matthew 12:49 Pointing to His disciples, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers.
• Matthew 13:2 Such large crowds gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat down, while all the people stood on the shore.
• Matthew 13:5 Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.
• Matthew 13:7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the seedlings.
• Matthew 13:8 Still other seed fell on good soil and produced a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.
• Matthew 13:14 In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
• Matthew 13:20 The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.
• Matthew 13:23 But the seed sown on good soil is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and produces a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.”
• Matthew 13:48 When it was full, the men pulled it ashore. Then they sat down and sorted the good fish into containers, but threw the bad away.
• Matthew 14:8 Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.”
• Matthew 14:11 John’s head was brought in on a platter and presented to the girl, who carried it to her mother.
• Matthew 14:14 When He stepped ashore and saw a large crowd, He had compassion on them and healed their sick.
• Matthew 14:19 And He directed the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, He spoke a blessing. Then He broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.
• Matthew 14:25 During the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went out to them, walking on the sea.
• Matthew 14:26 When the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost!” they said, and cried out in fear.
• Matthew 14:28 “Lord, if it is You,” Peter replied, “command me to come to You on the water.”
• Matthew 14:29 “Come,” said Jesus. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water, and came toward Jesus.
• Matthew 15:32 Then Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “I have compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may faint along the way.”
• Matthew 15:35 And He instructed the crowd to sit down on the ground.
• Matthew 16:18 And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
• Matthew 16:19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”
• Matthew 17:6 When the disciples heard this, they fell facedown in terror.
• Matthew 18:5 And whoever welcomes a little child like this in My name welcomes Me.
• Matthew 18:12 What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go out to search for the one that is lost?
• Matthew 18:13 And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he rejoices more over that one sheep than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.
• Matthew 18:16 But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’