epi

Polycarp66 at aol.com Polycarp66 at aol.com
Sun Jun 23 21:53:15 EDT 2002


In a message dated 6/23/2002 9:01:53 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
osbo at hn.ozemail.com.au writes:


In Revelation 5:10 the word epi is used in the sense of a king ruling over
subjects.

Is there any basis to use this word in the sense of hovering over, above,
as a cloud over a hill?



I did a quick search of the GNT and LXX regarding the usage of BASILEU* with 
EPI.  I have by no means included everything here.  I stopped when I got to a 
particularly interesting one.

BASILEU* EPI is used in 1 Sam 12.1; 2 Sam 2.9; 8.15; 1 Kg 2.11; 12.20; 14.1; 
16.8
I can assure you that none of these kings were hovering.

What is really interesting is 2 Kg 17.1

EN ETEI DWDEKATWi TWi AXAZ BASILEI IOUDA EBASILEUSEN WSHE hUIOS HLA EN 
SAMAREIAi EPI ISRAEL ENNEA ETH.

In the twelfth year of Ahaz, king of Judah, Hosea the son of Elah ruled IN 
Samaria OVER Israel [He ruled] for nine years.

Here we have both EN and EPI.  EN is a locative indicating where the seat of 
his rule was located.  EPI indicates the physical extent of his rule.  

Thus in Rev 5.10 BASILEUSOUSIN EPI THS GHS indicates the extent of the 
dominion of the Lamb.

gfsomsel



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