- ἐπάνω
- ἐπάνω adv. (s. ἄνω; Hdt.+)① marker of a position relatively higher whether contiguous or not, above, overⓐ as adv. (Gen 7:20; Bar 2:5; Jos., C. Ap. 1, 33) over, above, on of place (En 18:5) οἱ ἄνθρωποι οἱ περιπατοῦντες ἐ. οὐκ οἴδασιν the people who walk over (them) know nothing (about them) Lk 11:44. In ref. to text previously cited προείρηκε δὲ ἐ. (God) stated it above B 6:18. τὰ ἐ. (cp. SIG 972, 74; 82; POxy 502, 54 τὰ ἐ.=what has been mentioned above) the upper parts (PGM 2, 157 τὰ ἐ. τῆς θύρας) of plants Hs 9, 1, 6; 9, 21, 1. Of couch covering ἐ. κεῖσθαι v 3, 1, 4.ⓑ as prep. w. gen. (SIG 1173, 3 ἐ. τ. βήματος POxy 495, 8; PFlor 50, 32; LXX; En 32:2 ἐ. τῆς Ἐρυθρᾶς θαλάσσης; Jos., Bell. 2, 344, Ant. 6, 274; Just., A I, 60, 6 ἐ. τῶν ὑδάτων) ἐ. ὄρους on (the top of) a hill Mt 5:14; ἐ. τῆς πύλης Hs 9, 4, 2; ἐ. αὐτῶν Mt 21:7; cp. 23:18, 20, 22; 27:37; 28:2; Rv 6:8; 20:3. ἐ. αὐτῆς prob. at her head Lk 4:39 (perh. also poss.: bending over her) πατεῖν ἐ. ὄφεων tread on snakes Lk 10:19 (cp. PGM 13, 282 ἐὰν θέλῃς ἐπάνω κροκοδείλου διαβαίνειν). ἐ. τῶν ὀρέων over the mountains D 9:4. ἐ. τῶν νεφελῶν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ 16:8 (cp. Mt 24:30; 26:64); ἐ. τῆς πέτρας Hs 9, 3, 1. ἐστάθη ἐ. οἷ ἦν τὸ παιδίον stopped over the place where the child was Mt 2:9.② pert. to exceeding someth. in amount, more than, as adv. w. numbers (colloq. B-D-F §185; s. Rob. 666; cp. Lev 27:7) ὤφθη ἐ. πεντακοσίοις ἀδελφοῖς he appeared to more than 500 of our fellowship (‘brothers’; s. ἀδελφός 2a) 1 Cor 15:6. πραθῆναι ἐ. δηναρίων τριακοσίων be sold for more than 300 denarii Mk 14:5.③ pert. to being superior in status, above, over, someth. fig. (Socrat., Ep. 20 ὢν ἐ. πλούτου [p. 268 Malherbe]), funct. as prep. w. gen., of authority (Da 6:3 Theod.) ἐξουσία ἐ. δέκα πόλεων Lk 19:17, cp. 19. ἐ. πάντων ἐστίν is above all J 3:31 (Cebes 26, 3 ἐ. πάντων ἐστί; Jos., Ant. 4, 216 τὸ δίκαιον ἐπάνω πάντων).—DELG s.v. ἀνά. M-M.
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