What does ἐπιβαίνω (epibaínō) mean in the Bible?
ἐπιβαίνω (epibaínō) is a Greek word meaning "to mount/board".
Greek · G1910
ἐπιβαίνω
To mount/board
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ἐπιβαίνω G1910
Pronunciation epibaínō
What does ἐπιβαίνω (epibaínō) mean in the Bible?
ἐπιβαίνω (epibaínō) is a Greek word meaning "to mount/board".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1910?
The BSB source-word alignment has 6 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include his arrival (1), I arrived (1), riding (1), to go up (1), We boarded (1).
Where does ἐπιβαίνω (epibaínō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 21:5. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (5), 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 his arrival 1× Acts 25:1
I arrived 1× Acts 20:18
riding 1× Matthew 21:5
to go up 1× Acts 21:4
We boarded 1× Acts 27:2
we boarded [it] 1× Acts 21:2
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 21:5 ἐπιβεβηκὼς to riding Verb - Perfect Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular Acts 20:18 ἐπέβην to I arrived Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular Acts 21:2 ἐπιβάντες to we boarded [it] Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural Acts 21:4 ἐπιβαίνειν to to go up Verb - Present Infinitive Active Acts 25:1 ἐπιβὰς to his arrival Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular Acts 27:2 ἐπιβάντες to We boarded Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 21:5
Aligned rows 6
Books represented 2
Matthew 1 Acts 5
Source forms
ἐπιβάντες 2x epibantes Acts 21:2, Acts 27:2
ἐπέβην 1x epebēn Acts 20:18
ἐπιβαίνειν 1x epibainein Acts 21:4
ἐπιβὰς 1x epibas Acts 25:1
ἐπιβεβηκὼς 1x epibebēkōs Matthew 21:5
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural 2x Acts 21:2, Acts 27:2
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular 1x Acts 20:18
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Acts 25:1
Verb - Perfect Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Matthew 21:5
Verb - Present Infinitive Active 1x Acts 21:4
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to mount/board
Strong's G1910
Lexical occurrences 6 verses Greek text appearances 6 times Word forms 3 forms 6 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
to mount/board
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
6 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 21:5 Verb Perfect Active Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
ἐπιβεβηκὼς epibebhkwv
I step on, mount, board
Read verse Acts 20:18 Verb First Person Singular Second Aorist Active Indicative
ἐπέβην epebhn
I step on, mount, board
Read verse Acts 21:2 Verb Second Aorist Active Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
ἐπιβάντες epibantev
I step on, mount, board
Read verse Acts 21:6 Verb First Person Plural Second Aorist Active Indicative
ἐπέβημεν epebhmen
I step on, mount, board
Read verse Acts 25:1 Verb Second Aorist Active Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
ἐπιβὰς epibav
I step on, mount, board
Read verse Acts 27:2 Verb Second Aorist Active Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
ἐπιβάντες epibantev
I step on, mount, board
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 mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 3 Aligned forms 6 Tenses Aorist, Perfect, Present Voices Active
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 4×
Aorist Active Acts 21:2 · Acts 27:2 · Acts 25:1 3×
Perfect Active Matt 21:5 1×
Indicative states a fact or reality 1×
Aorist Active Acts 20:18 1×
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 1×
Present Active Acts 21:4 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 6 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 4 present 1 perfect 1
Voice
active 6
Mood
participle 4 indicative 1 infinitive 1
NT Occurrences
Matthew 21:5 ἐπιβεβηκὼς perfect active participle participle Acts 20:18 ἐπέβην aorist active indicative completed Acts 21:2 ἐπιβάντες aorist active participle participle Acts 21:4 ἐπιβαίνειν present active infinitive infinitive Acts 25:1 ἐπιβὰς aorist active participle participle Acts 27:2 ἐπιβάντες aorist active participle participle
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
ἐπιβαίνω is built from these roots:
βάσις G939
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