ἐπι-βαίνω ; 2 aor. ἐπέβην ; pf. ptep. ἐπιβεβηκώς: 1. to get upon, mount: ἐπί τι, Mt. xxi. 5 (Xen. 116]]. 3, 4,1, etc.; Gen. xxiv. 61); τῷ πλοίῳ [to embark in], Acts xxvil. 2 (Thue. 7, 70); εἰς τὸ πλοῖον, Acts xxi. 6 RG; used without a case, of going aboard (a ship), Acts xxi. 2; lo go up: eis Ἱεροσόλ. Acts xxi. 4 L T Tr WH, [yet al. refer this to 2]. 2. to set foot in, enter: εἰς with the ace. of place, Acts xx. 18; with the dat. of place (as also in Grk. writ.), Acts xxv. 1.

ἐπιβαίνω epibainō 6x

pr. to step upon; to mount, Mt. 21:5; to go on board, Acts 21:2; 27:2, to enter, Acts 20:18; to enter upon, Acts 21:4; 25:1*

ἐπι-βαίνω

[in LXX chiefly for רָכַב ;]

to get up on, mount: seq. ἐπί, c. acc, Mt 21:5 (LXX); to embark in (a boat), go aboard: c. dat., Ac 27:2; seq. εἰς, Ac 21:6 (Rec.); absol., Ac 21:2.

to go up to, go on to, enter: seq. εἰς, Ac 20:18 21:4; c. dat., Ac 25:1.†

ἐπιβαίνω. P Oxy VIII. 1155 (A.D. 104) ἕτι (1 ὅτι) its ᾿Αλεξάνδρηαν, ‘fas soon as I arrived (Ed.), P Flor IL. 275? (iii/a.p.) ὅτι οὐκ ἐξὸν ἄλλον ἔπιβῆναι εἰς Σα... -- In P Tebt I. 80 (5:6: 111) ἐπιβεβή(κασιν) ἡμῖν (πυροῦ) oyB, the verb = “‘have been in 26. 5°58 (B.c. 118) τοὺς ἐπιβεβηικότας ἐπὶ τὴν βα(σιλικήν) the editors render “those who have encroached on the Crown land’’: cf. P Oxy I. 677? (a.D. 338). The verb is used of hostile intent in P Hamb I. τοῦ (ii/a.D.) ἐπέβη pov ταῖς οἰκίαις .. . λῃστήριον (“a band of robbers”): cf. P Oxy X. 127877 (A.D. 214) οὐκ οὔσης ἐξουσ[(α]ς ὁποτέρῳ μέρει ἐπιβαίνειν ο[ὐ]δετέρῳ ἐντὸς τοῦ προκειμένου αὐτοῦ χρόνου, ““ποπε of the parties having at Alexandria ’’ τ ΠΕ assigned ” : the right to molest another during his aforesaid period ” (Edd.). construed with the dat. of entrance on an office—émBas πρώτως τῇ ἐπαρχείᾳ τῆς ἡμετέρας πόλεως (see Dittenberger’s note), and for the subst. ἐπίβασις in the same | sense see P Lond 11708 (iii/a.D.) (= III. p. 93).

ἐπιβαίνω (epibainō) — to mount/board. ἐπιβαίνω, rarely ἐπηχ-βάω, imperative [Refs 6th c.BC+], Doric dialect infinitive ἐπιβῆν (belowIV): future -βήσομαι: perfect -βέβηκα: aorist 2 ἐπέβην: aorist 1 middle ἐπεβησάμην (of which Hom.always uses the Epic dialect form ἐπεβήσετο, imperative [Refs 8th c.BC+] __A. in these tenses, intransitive, go upon:

I. with genitive, set foot on, tread, walk upon, γαίης, ἠπείρου, [Refs 8th c.BC+] (Lyric poetry); ἐ. τῶν οὔρων set foot on the confines, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; πυρῆς ἐπιβάντ᾽ ἀλεγεινῆς, of a corpse, placed upon.. , [Refs 8th c.BC+].

I.2. get upon, mount on, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; νεῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λέκτρων ἐ. [Refs 8th c.BC+], in aorist middle, [Refs 8th c.BC+], +others

I.2. b. Architecture texts, to be superposed, [Refs], compare 111 (Lebad.).

I.3. of Time, arrive at, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; δεκάτω (i.e. ἔτεος) ἐ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+].

I.4. metaphorically, ἀναιδείης ἐπέβησαν have trodden the path of shamelessness, [Refs 8th c.BC+] enter into joy, [Refs 5th c.BC+] (Lyric poetry); ἐ. δόξης entertain an expectation, [Refs] undertake it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. τῆς ἀφορμῆς, τῆς προφάσεως, seize upon it, [Refs 2nd c.AD+], etc.; preside over, τῆς ἀνθρωπίνης [Refs 4th c.AD+], +others

II. with dative, get upon, board, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; land on, [Refs 1st c.BC+]: metaphorically, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, make forcible entry into, τινός οἰκίαις, γῇ, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

II. b. with a preposition, ἐπὶ πύργῳ ἄλλος πύργος [Refs 5th c.BC+].

II.2. with dative person, set upon, assault, [Refs 6th c.BC+], etc.; simply, approach, uncertain in [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.3. trample on, [Refs 6th c.BC+].

III. with accusative loci, light upon, in [Refs 8th c.BC+] twice of gods lighting upon earth after their descent from Olympus, Πιερίην ἐπιβᾶσα, ἐπιβάς, [Refs 8th c.BC+] light on the fit time, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; then simply, go on to a place, enter it, [Refs 5th c.BC+] (anapaest meter): with preposition, ἐ. ἐπὶ χώραν Decrees Amphict. cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+]

III.2. rarely with accusative person, attack, only poetry, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III.3. mount, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: more frequently with preposition, ἐπὶ [Refs 5th c.BC+], of made quadrupeds, cover a female, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

III.4. ἐ. ἐπὶ τὸ σκέλος use, put one's weight on, a broken leg, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III.5. with accusative of the Instr. of Motion (compare [Refs 5th c.BC+]

IV. absolutely, get a footing, stand on one's feet, [Refs 8th c.BC+] it is forbidden to set foot here, [Refs]

IV.2. step onwards, advance, [Refs 8th c.BC+] (assuming variant, Lyric poetry): me taph., advance in one's demands, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]

IV.3. mount on a chariot or on horseback, be mounted, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; go or be on board ship, [Refs 8th c.BC+] __B. Causal in future -βήσω [Refs 2nd c.AD+], Epic dialect infinitive -βησέμεν [Refs 8th c.BC+], but usually in aorist 1 active (ἐπιβιβάζω, ἐπιβάσκω serve as present):—make one mount, set him upon, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὥς κ᾽ ἐμὲ.. ἐμῆς [Refs 8th c.BC+]; πλοίων [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τινὰς ἐπὶ τὰς ναῦς [Refs]: also in aorist 1 middle, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]. __B.b. of things, νευρὰν ἐπέβασε κορώνας set the string on his bow's tip, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.2. metaphorically (compare[Refs 4th c.BC+] bring to great glory, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; χαλιφρονέοντα σαοφροσύνης ἐπέβησαν they bring him to sobriety, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; δουλοσύνας (probably) [Refs 5th c.BC+] had brought thee to full age, [Refs] __B.3. [ἠὼς] πολέας ἐπέβησε κελεύθου dawn sets them on their way, [Refs 8th c.BC+]