To mount/board
ἐπιβαίνωStrong’s G1910epibainō
Appears in 6 verses of the New Testament
In short
Epibainō is the Greek word usually translated “already riding”, “arrived” and “having gone on board”. It appears in 6 verses of the New Testament.
“Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.”
Meaning
Usually translated “already riding”, “arrived” and “having gone on board”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- already riding 1
- i arrived 1
- having gone on board 1
- to go up 1
- having arrived in 1
- having boarded 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 5
- Matthew 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Acts 20:18And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with you at all seasons,
- Acts 21:2And finding a ship sailing over unto Phenicia, we went aboard, and set forth.
- Acts 21:4And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.
- Acts 25:1Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem.
- Acts 27:2And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we launched, meaning to sail by the coasts of Asia; one Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.
Greek dictionary
ἐπιβαίνω epibainō · to mount/board
ἐπι-βαίνω [in LXX chiefly for רָכַב ;] 1. to get up on, mount: before ἐπί, with accusative, Mat.21:5 (LXX); to embark in (a boat), go aboard: with dative, Act.27:2; before εἰς, Act.21:6 (Rec.); absol., Act.21:2. 2. to go up to, go on to, enter: before εἰς, Act.20:18 21:4; with dative, Act.25:1.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “arrive” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ARRI'VE, verb intransitive
[Latin ripa.]
- Literally, to come to the shore, or bank.
- To come to or reach by traveling on land; as, the post arrives at 7 o'clock.
- To reach a point by progressive motion; to gain or compass by effort, practice, study, enquiry, reasoning or experiment; as, to arrive at an unusual degree of excellence or wickedness; to arrive at a conclusion.
- To happen or occur.
All definitions and other forms of “arrive”
ARRI'VE, verb transitive
To reach. [Not in use.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.