epeiamō

Related to: ἔπειμι,
(εἶμι
B ibo) infinitive ἐπιέναι, serving in Attic dialect as future of ἐπέρχομαι: Epic dialect 3rd.pers. singular imperfect ἐπήϊεν Refs 8th c.BC+; 3rd.pers. plural ἐπήϊσαν Refs 8th c.BC+; Attic dialect ἐπῇα, 3rd.pers. plural ἐπῇσαν: ἐπιείσομαι, -εισαμένη (which see) belong to a different word:
B.I come upon (in future sense, though this is not so fixed in Refs 8th c.BC+
B.I.1 of persons, come upon, approach, Refs 8th c.BC+
B.I.1.b mostly in hostile sense, come against, attack, with dative, Refs 8th c.BC+; in Prose also with Preps., ἐ. ἐπὶ τὴν Ἑλλάδα, ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀδικοῦντας, Refs 5th c.BC+; πρὸς τὸ τεῖχος Refs 8th c.BC+; οἱ ἐπιόντες the invaders, assailants, Refs 5th c.BC+by assault, Refs 4th c.BC+; but ὁ ἐπιών in Trag., ={ὁ τυχών}, the first comer, τό γ᾽ αἴνιγμ᾽ οὐχὶ τοὐπιόντος ἦν ἀνδρὸς διειπεῖν Refs 5th c.BC+
B.I.1.c get on the βῆμα to speak, variant for{παριέναι} in Refs 5th c.BC+; come on, of performers, uncertain reading in Refs 5th c.BC+
B.I.1.d approach, attack a question, Refs 4th c.BC+
B.I.2 of events, come upon or over one, overtake, with accusative, πρίν μιν καὶ γῆρας ἔπεισιν Refs 8th c.BC+: with dative, come near, ὀρυμαγδὸς ἐπήϊεν ἐρχομένοισιν Refs 8th c.BC+; δεινῶν ἐπιόντων πᾶσι Ἕλλησι threatening them, Refs 8th c.BC+; τὸ ἐπιόν the (madness) which threatens me, Refs 5th c.BC+
B.I.2.b with dative person, come into one's head, occur to one, εἰ καὶ ἐπίοι αὐτῷ λέγειν if it so much as occurred to him to say.., Refs 5th c.BC+what occurs to one, Refs 5th c.BC+
B.II of Time, come on or after: mostly in participle ἐπιών, οῦσα, όν, following, succeeding, instant, ἡ ἐπιοῦσα ἡμέρα the coming day, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἡ ἐπιοῦσα (i.e. ἡμέρα) NT+5th c.BC+; τοὐπιόν the future, Refs 5th c.BC+; τῶν ἐ. ἕνεκα because of the consequences, Refs
B.II.2 generally, come after, succeed, κύματα.. βάντ᾽ ἐπιόντα τε Refs 5th c.BC+; ὁ ἐπιών the successor, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὰ ἐπιόντα the words which follow, Refs
B.II.3 rarely, pass, elapse, ἐπιόντος τοῦ χρόνου Refs
B.III go over a space, traverse, visit, ἀγρόν Refs 8th c.BC+; of an officer, ἐ. πύλας Refs 5th c.BC+
B.III.2 go over, i.e. count over, φώκας.. ἀριθμήσει καὶ ἔπεισιν Refs 8th c.BC+; think over, τῇ μνήμῃ ἕκαστα Refs 2nd c.AD+; read, Refs 3rd c.AD+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.