epanō · above

What it means

epanō (ἐπάνω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “above”.

Over.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Higher than something, or ruling it.
2. Shows that an amount goes beyond a certain number.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• on ×8
• over ×6
• above ×3
• more than ×2

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×8
• Mark×1
• Luke×5
• John×2
• 1 Corinthians×1
• Revelation×2

• Matthew 2:9

  And they, having heard the king, went on their way; and look, the star that they had seen at its rising was going ahead of them until it came and stopped over where the child was.

• Matthew 5:14

  You are the light of the world. A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden.

• Matthew 21:7

  they brought the donkey and the colt and put on them their cloaks, and he sat on them.

• Matthew 23:18

  And, ‘Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it is bound.’

• Matthew 23:20

  So the one who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it;

• Matthew 23:22

  and the one who swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by the one who sits on it.

• Matthew 27:37

  And they put above his head the charge against him written: “This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.”

• Matthew 28:2

  And look, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and came and rolled away the stone and was sitting on it.

• Mark 14:5

  For this ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor.” And they were scolding her.

• Luke 4:39

  And standing over her, he rebuked the fever, and it left her; and immediately she got up and began serving them.

• Luke 10:19

  Look, I have given you the authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing will ever harm you.

• Luke 11:44

  Woe to you, because you are like the unmarked tombs, and the people who walk over them do not know it.”

• Luke 19:17

  And he said to him, ‘Well done, good slave! Because you have been faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities.’

• Luke 19:19

  And he said to this one also, ‘And you, be over five cities.’

• John 3:31

  The one who comes from above is above all. The one who is of the earth belongs to the earth and speaks of the earth. The one who comes from heaven is above all.

• 1 Corinthians 15:6

  then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, of whom most remain until now, but some have fallen asleep;

• Revelation 6:8

  And I looked, and look, a pale horse, and the one who sat on it, his name was Death, and Hades was following with him; and authority was given to them over the fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by the wild animals of the earth.

• Revelation 20:3

  and threw him into the abyss, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he would not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were completed. After these things he must be released for a short time.

And 1 more times.