Strong G1966ἐπιοῦσα
to come later
- Transliteration
- epiousa
- Pronunciation
- ep-ee-oo'-sah
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἔπ-ειμι
[in LXX: Exo.8:22 (עָמַד), Sir.42:19, etc.;]
1. to come upon, approach
2. Of time, to come on or after; mostly as ptcp., ἐπιών, -οῦσα, όν, next, following: τῇ- ἔ. (sc.ἡμέρᾳ, as frequently in late Gk.), Act.16:11 20:15 21:18; ἡμέρᾳ (as usual in cl.), Act.7:26; νυκτί, Act.23:11.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Exo.8:22 (עָמַד), Sir.42:19, etc.;]
1. to come upon, approach
2. Of time, to come on or after; mostly as ptcp., ἐπιών, -οῦσα, όν, next, following: τῇ- ἔ. (sc.ἡμέρᾳ, as frequently in late Gk.), Act.16:11 20:15 21:18; ἡμέρᾳ (as usual in cl.), Act.7:26; νυκτί, Act.23:11.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1966 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- next3
- follow2
First verses
- Acts 7:26And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?
- Acts 16:11Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis;
- Acts 20:15And we sailed thence, and came the next day over against Chios; and the next day we arrived at Samos, and tarried at Trogyllium; and the next day we came to Miletus.
- Acts 21:18And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present.
- Acts 23:11And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
Related to: ἔπειμι,
(εἶμι
B ibo) infinitive ἐπιέναι, serving in Attic dialect as future of ἐπέρχομαι: Epic dialect 3rd.pers. singular imperfect ἐπήϊεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.741)]; 3rd.pers. plural ἐπήϊσαν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.233, ἐπῇσαν 19.445)]; Attic dialect ἐπῇα, 3rd.pers. plural ἐπῇσαν: ἐπιείσομαι, -εισαμένη (which see) belong to a different word:
B.I come upon (in future sense, though this is not so fixed in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus as in _Attic dialect_):)]
B.I.1 of persons, come upon, approach, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.42, etc.)]
B.I.1.b mostly in hostile sense, come against, attack, with dative, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.482, etc.; τῷ λόφῳ ἐ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.129)]; in Prose also with Preps., ἐ. ἐπὶ τὴν Ἑλλάδα, ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀδικοῦντας, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.157, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.86 (variant{πρός}), etc.)]; πρὸς τὸ τεῖχος [Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 7.4: _absolutely_, Αἰνείαν ἐπιόντα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.477, compare 5.238; ἐπάγοντες ἐπῇσαν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.445)]; οἱ ἐπιόντες the invaders, assailants, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.11, etc.; ὡς ἐπιών)]by assault, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.21)]; but ὁ ἐπιών in Trag., ={ὁ τυχών}, the first comer, τό γ᾽ αἴνιγμ᾽ οὐχὶ τοὐπιόντος ἦν ἀνδρὸς διειπεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 393, compare “OC” 752.)]
B.I.1.c get on the βῆμα to speak, variant for{παριέναι} in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.72)]; come on, of performers, uncertain reading in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.1.11.)]
B.I.1.d approach, attack a question, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 186a4.)]
B.I.2 of events, come upon or over one, overtake, with accusative, πρίν μιν καὶ γῆρας ἔπεισιν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.29 (but ἔπειμι γῆρας ἔς τε τὸν μόρσιμον αἰῶνα 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 7(6).41); οἷός σε χειμὼν καὶ κακῶν τρικυμία ἔπεισι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1016)]: with dative, come near, ὀρυμαγδὸς ἐπήϊεν ἐρχομένοισιν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.741)]; δεινῶν ἐπιόντων πᾶσι Ἕλλησι threatening them, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.145: _absolutely_, χειμὼν ἐπιών 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 675; νὺξ ἐπῄει 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 378, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.3.14, “An.” 5.7.12)]; τὸ ἐπιόν the (madness) which threatens me, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 238d.)]
B.I.2.b with dative person, come into one's head, occur to one, εἰ καὶ ἐπίοι αὐτῷ λέγειν if it so much as occurred to him to say.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “R.” 388d, compare 558a; ὅ τι ἂν ἀπὸ ταὐτομάτου ἐπίῃ μοι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.2.4; ἂν.. ὑμῖν ἐπίῃ σκοπεῖν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.185: _absolutely_, τὸ ἐπιόν)]what occurs to one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 264b.)]
B.II of Time, come on or after: mostly in participle ἐπιών, οῦσα, όν, following, succeeding, instant, ἡ ἐπιοῦσα ἡμέρα the coming day, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.85, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 105, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Crito” 44a; ἡ 'πιοῦσα λαμπὰς θεοῦ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 352)]; ἡ ἐπιοῦσα (i.e. ἡμέρα) [NT+5th c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.25.11, LXX.Pro.27.1, NT.Act.16.11; τῆς ἐ. νυκτός 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Crito” 46a; τῇ ἐ. νυκτί NT.Act.23.11; ὁ ἐ. βίοτος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1659; τοῦ ἐ. χρόνου 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 769c; ἐν τῷ ἐ. χρόνῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.1.23; ἡ ἐ. ὥρα τοῦ ἔτους 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 8.18; εἰς τὴν ἐ. ἐκκλησίαν [prev. author] 21.162, “IG” 22.717.16; εἰς τὴν ἐ. Πυλαίαν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.151)]; τοὐπιόν the future, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 1073.6; τῆς ἐ. ἐλπίδος 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 870; περὶ τῶν ἐπιόντων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Epistulae” 4.3)]; τῶν ἐ. ἕνεκα because of the consequences, [Refs ([prev. author] 19.258.)]
B.II.2 generally, come after, succeed, κύματα.. βάντ᾽ ἐπιόντα τε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 115 (Lyric poetry))]; ὁ ἐπιών the successor, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “OC” 1532; αὐτόματα ἔπεισιν ἐκ τῶν ἔμπροσθεν ἐπιτηδευμάτων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 427a)]; τὰ ἐπιόντα the words which follow, [Refs ([prev. author] “Prt.” 344a, compare “Sph.” 257c.)]
B.II.3 rarely, pass, elapse, ἐπιόντος τοῦ χρόνου [Refs ([prev. author] “Ti.” 44b.)]
B.III go over a space, traverse, visit, ἀγρόν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.359; χώρους 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.74)]; of an officer, ἐ. πύλας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1164; τὸ στράτευμα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.78, etc.)]
B.III.2 go over, i.e. count over, φώκας.. ἀριθμήσει καὶ ἔπεισιν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.411)]; think over, τῇ μνήμῃ ἕκαστα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Herm.” 1)]; read, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 2.6.)]
(εἶμι
B ibo) infinitive ἐπιέναι, serving in Attic dialect as future of ἐπέρχομαι: Epic dialect 3rd.pers. singular imperfect ἐπήϊεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.741)]; 3rd.pers. plural ἐπήϊσαν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.233, ἐπῇσαν 19.445)]; Attic dialect ἐπῇα, 3rd.pers. plural ἐπῇσαν: ἐπιείσομαι, -εισαμένη (which see) belong to a different word:
B.I come upon (in future sense, though this is not so fixed in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus as in _Attic dialect_):)]
B.I.1 of persons, come upon, approach, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.42, etc.)]
B.I.1.b mostly in hostile sense, come against, attack, with dative, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.482, etc.; τῷ λόφῳ ἐ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.129)]; in Prose also with Preps., ἐ. ἐπὶ τὴν Ἑλλάδα, ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀδικοῦντας, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.157, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.86 (variant{πρός}), etc.)]; πρὸς τὸ τεῖχος [Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 7.4: _absolutely_, Αἰνείαν ἐπιόντα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.477, compare 5.238; ἐπάγοντες ἐπῇσαν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.445)]; οἱ ἐπιόντες the invaders, assailants, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.11, etc.; ὡς ἐπιών)]by assault, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.21)]; but ὁ ἐπιών in Trag., ={ὁ τυχών}, the first comer, τό γ᾽ αἴνιγμ᾽ οὐχὶ τοὐπιόντος ἦν ἀνδρὸς διειπεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 393, compare “OC” 752.)]
B.I.1.c get on the βῆμα to speak, variant for{παριέναι} in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.72)]; come on, of performers, uncertain reading in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.1.11.)]
B.I.1.d approach, attack a question, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 186a4.)]
B.I.2 of events, come upon or over one, overtake, with accusative, πρίν μιν καὶ γῆρας ἔπεισιν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.29 (but ἔπειμι γῆρας ἔς τε τὸν μόρσιμον αἰῶνα 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 7(6).41); οἷός σε χειμὼν καὶ κακῶν τρικυμία ἔπεισι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1016)]: with dative, come near, ὀρυμαγδὸς ἐπήϊεν ἐρχομένοισιν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.741)]; δεινῶν ἐπιόντων πᾶσι Ἕλλησι threatening them, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.145: _absolutely_, χειμὼν ἐπιών 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 675; νὺξ ἐπῄει 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 378, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.3.14, “An.” 5.7.12)]; τὸ ἐπιόν the (madness) which threatens me, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 238d.)]
B.I.2.b with dative person, come into one's head, occur to one, εἰ καὶ ἐπίοι αὐτῷ λέγειν if it so much as occurred to him to say.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “R.” 388d, compare 558a; ὅ τι ἂν ἀπὸ ταὐτομάτου ἐπίῃ μοι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.2.4; ἂν.. ὑμῖν ἐπίῃ σκοπεῖν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.185: _absolutely_, τὸ ἐπιόν)]what occurs to one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 264b.)]
B.II of Time, come on or after: mostly in participle ἐπιών, οῦσα, όν, following, succeeding, instant, ἡ ἐπιοῦσα ἡμέρα the coming day, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.85, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 105, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Crito” 44a; ἡ 'πιοῦσα λαμπὰς θεοῦ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 352)]; ἡ ἐπιοῦσα (i.e. ἡμέρα) [NT+5th c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.25.11, LXX.Pro.27.1, NT.Act.16.11; τῆς ἐ. νυκτός 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Crito” 46a; τῇ ἐ. νυκτί NT.Act.23.11; ὁ ἐ. βίοτος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1659; τοῦ ἐ. χρόνου 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 769c; ἐν τῷ ἐ. χρόνῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.1.23; ἡ ἐ. ὥρα τοῦ ἔτους 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 8.18; εἰς τὴν ἐ. ἐκκλησίαν [prev. author] 21.162, “IG” 22.717.16; εἰς τὴν ἐ. Πυλαίαν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.151)]; τοὐπιόν the future, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 1073.6; τῆς ἐ. ἐλπίδος 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 870; περὶ τῶν ἐπιόντων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Epistulae” 4.3)]; τῶν ἐ. ἕνεκα because of the consequences, [Refs ([prev. author] 19.258.)]
B.II.2 generally, come after, succeed, κύματα.. βάντ᾽ ἐπιόντα τε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 115 (Lyric poetry))]; ὁ ἐπιών the successor, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “OC” 1532; αὐτόματα ἔπεισιν ἐκ τῶν ἔμπροσθεν ἐπιτηδευμάτων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 427a)]; τὰ ἐπιόντα the words which follow, [Refs ([prev. author] “Prt.” 344a, compare “Sph.” 257c.)]
B.II.3 rarely, pass, elapse, ἐπιόντος τοῦ χρόνου [Refs ([prev. author] “Ti.” 44b.)]
B.III go over a space, traverse, visit, ἀγρόν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.359; χώρους 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.74)]; of an officer, ἐ. πύλας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1164; τὸ στράτευμα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.78, etc.)]
B.III.2 go over, i.e. count over, φώκας.. ἀριθμήσει καὶ ἔπεισιν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.411)]; think over, τῇ μνήμῃ ἕκαστα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Herm.” 1)]; read, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 2.6.)]