STRONGS G1883:
ἐπάνω, adverb, (
ἐπί and
ἄνω [cf. Winers Grammar, 102 (97); Buttmann, 319 (273)]), Herodotus and following; often in the
Sept.;
above;
1. adverbially,
a. of place:
Luke 11:44;
b. of number;
beyond, more than:
πραθῆναι ἐπάνω τριακοσίων δηναρίων, sold for more than three hundred denaries,
Mark 14:5;
ὤφθη ἐπάνω πεντακοσίοις ἀδελφοῖς, by more than five hundred brethren,
1 Corinthians 15:6; cf. Winers Grammar § 37, 5; [Buttmann, 168 (146)].
2. as a preposition it is joined with the genitive [Winer's Grammar § 54, 6],
a. of place:
Matthew 2:9;
Matthew 5:14;
Matthew 21:7 R G;
Matthew 23:18,
20, [
Matthew 23:22];
Matthew 27:37;
28:2;
Luke 4:39; [
Luke 10:19];
Revelation 6:8 [WH brackets the genitive];
Revelation 20:3, [
Revelation 20:11 Tr text].
b. of dignity and power:
ἐξουσίαν ἔχειν ἐπάνω τινός,
Luke 19:17, [
Luke 19:19];
ἐπάνω πάντων ἐστί,
John 3:31a [
John 3:31b (but here G T WH marginal reading omits the clause)].
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