Epiousa means “following” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H1966 — heylel (“lucifer”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G1966 ἐπιούσα (epiousa) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. epiousa (ep-ee-ou'-sah) v. 1. to ensue, follow immediately, i.e. the ensuing day or night {(G2250 or G3571 being expressed or implied)} It has 6 linked Bible usages across 2 books. Visible English usage signals include day and following. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
epiousa (ep-ee-ou'-sah) v. 1. to ensue, follow immediately, i.e. the ensuing day or night {(G2250 or G3571 being expressed or implied)} [feminine singular participle of a comparative of G1909 and heimi "to go"] KJV: following, next Root(s): G1909 See also: G2250, G3571
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to come later
Usage: ἔπ-ειμι [in LXX: Exo.8:22 (עָמַד), Sir.42:19, etc. ;] __1. to come upon, approach __2. Of time, to come on or after; mostly as ptcp., ἐπιών, -οῦσα, όν, next, following: τῇ- ἔ. (sc.ἡμέρᾳ, as frequently in late Gk.), Act.16:11 20:15 21:18; ἡμέρᾳ (as usual in cl.), Act.7:26; νυκτί, Act.23:11.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render epiousa, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G1966 (ἐπιούσα) appears 1 time in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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5 indexed usages in New Testament.
And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?
Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis;
And we sailed thence, and came the next day over against Chios; and the next day we arrived at Samos, and tarried at Trogyllium; and the next day we came to Miletus.
1 indexed usage in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And the Lord God said to Cain, Why art thou become very sorrowful and why is thy countenance fallen?
First 6 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1966.
And the Lord God said to Cain, Why art thou become very sorrowful and why is thy countenance fallen?
And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?
Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis;
And we sailed thence, and came the next day over against Chios; and the next day we arrived at Samos, and tarried at Trogyllium; and the next day we came to Miletus.
And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present.
And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1966, grouped by book.
Epiousa (Strong's G1966) is a Greek word most simply glossed "following". epiousa (ep-ee-ou'-sah) v. 1. to ensue, follow immediately, i.e. the ensuing day or night {(G2250 or G3571 being expressed or implied)}
This page currently indexes 6 linked usages for Strong's G1966 across 2 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1966 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as day and following. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 1 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G1966, with linked reader references where each row is available.