ἐπιοῦσα
epiousa · next, following
Greek word · Strong’s number G1966 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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epiousa (ἐπιοῦσα) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “next, following”.
The next day or night.
How to say it
e·pi·ou·sa
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
- The day that comes right after the one being told about.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- following day ×3
- following ×2
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Acts 7:26
And on the following day he appeared to them as they were fighting and was trying to bring them to peace, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers; why do you wrong one another?’
- Acts 16:11
So setting sail from Troas, we ran a straight course to Samothrace, and on the following day to Neapolis,
- Acts 20:15
And from there we sailed and on the following day arrived opposite Chios; and the next day we crossed over to Samos; and the day after we came to Miletus.
- Acts 21:18
And on the following day Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders were present.
- Acts 23:11
And on the following night the Lord stood by him and said, “Take courage; for as you have testified to the things about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome.”