What does ἐπαύριον (epaúrion) mean in the Bible?
ἐπαύριον (epaúrion) is a Greek word meaning "the next day".
Greek · G1887
ἐπαύριον
The next day
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ἐπαύριον G1887
Pronunciation epaúrion
What does ἐπαύριον (epaúrion) mean in the Bible?
ἐπαύριον (epaúrion) is a Greek word meaning "the next day".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1887?
The BSB source-word alignment has 17 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include next day (15), following day (1), next day [the commander] (1).
Where does ἐπαύριον (epaúrion) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 27:62. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (10), John (5), Mark (1), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It next day 15× Matthew 27:62, Mark 11:12, John 1:29, John 1:35
following day 1× Acts 10:24
next day [the commander] 1× Acts 22:30
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 27:62 ἐπαύριον to next day Adverb Mark 11:12 ἐπαύριον to next day Adverb John 1:29 ἐπαύριον to next day Adverb John 1:35 ἐπαύριον to next day Adverb John 1:43 ἐπαύριον to next day Adverb John 6:22 ἐπαύριον to next day Adverb John 12:12 ἐπαύριον to next day Adverb Acts 10:9 ἐπαύριον to next day Adverb Acts 10:23 ἐπαύριον to next day Adverb Acts 10:24 ἐπαύριον to following day Adverb
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 27:62
Aligned rows 17
Books represented 4
Matthew 1 Mark 1 John 5 Acts 10
Source forms
ἐπαύριον 17x epaurion Matthew 27:62, Mark 11:12, John 1:29, John 1:35
Parsing patterns
Adverb 17x Matthew 27:62, Mark 11:12, John 1:29, John 1:35
Evidence Summary
Greek word. the next day
Strong's G1887
Lexical occurrences 17 verses Greek text appearances 17 times 16 shown below Word forms 1 form 17 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
the next day
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
16 of 17 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 27:62 Adverb
ἐπαύριον, epaurion
tomorrow
Read verse Mark 11:12 Adverb
ἐπαύριον epaurion
tomorrow
Read verse John 1:29 Adverb
ἐπαύριον epaurion
tomorrow
Read verse John 1:35 Adverb
ἐπαύριον epaurion
tomorrow
Read verse John 1:43 Adverb
ἐπαύριον epaurion
tomorrow
Read verse John 6:22 Adverb
ἐπαύριον epaurion
tomorrow
Read verse John 12:12 Adverb
ἐπαύριον epaurion
tomorrow
Read verse Acts 10:9 Adverb
ἐπαύριον, epaurion
tomorrow
Read verse Acts 10:23 Adverb
ἐπαύριον epaurion
tomorrow
Read verse Acts 10:24 Adverb
ἐπαύριον epaurion
tomorrow
Read verse Acts 14:20 Adverb
ἐπαύριον epaurion
tomorrow
Read verse Acts 20:7 Adverb
ἐπαύριον, epaurion
tomorrow
Read verse Acts 21:8 Adverb
ἐπαύριον epaurion
tomorrow
Read verse Acts 22:30 Adverb
ἐπαύριον epaurion
tomorrow
Read verse Acts 23:32 Adverb
ἐπαύριον epaurion
tomorrow
Read verse Acts 25:6 Adverb
ἐπαύριον epaurion
tomorrow
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 17
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Matt 27:62 · Mark 11:12 · John 1:29 · John 1:35 · John 1:43 · John 6:22 · John 12:12 · Acts 10:9 · Acts 10:23 · Acts 10:24 · Acts 14:20 · Acts 20:7 · Acts 21:8 · Acts 22:30 · Acts 23:32 · Acts 25:6 17×
Word Origins
ἐπαύριον is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain