1909.  Strong's Dictionary Study




1909. epi {ep-ee'}; a primary preposition; 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 det.) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the

accusative case) towards, upon, etc.: --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. In

compounds it retains essentially the same import, at, upon, etc.

(literally or figuratively).




 


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