ἐπιούσιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπί (epí) +‎ ούσιος (oúsios). Not attested outside of the Lord's Prayer in Matthew 6:11 and Luke 11:3, in the phrase τὸν ἄρτον ἡμῶν τὸν ἐπιούσιον (tòn árton hēmôn tòn epioúsion), traditionally rendered as "our daily bread".

Adjective

ἐπιούσιος • (epioúsios)

intended meaning uncertain; suggestions include essential, necessary

Descendants

Greek: επιούσιος (epioúsios)

References

ἐπιούσιος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ἐπιούσιος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ἐπιούσιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
G1967 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
M. Nijman and K. A. Worp. "ΕΠΙΟΥΣΙΟΣ in a documentary papyrus?". Novum Testamentum XLI (1999) 3 (July), p. 231-234.
B.M. Metzger, "How Many Times Does ΕΠΙΟΥΣΙΟΣ Occur outside The Lord's Prayer?" ExpTimes 69 (1957–58) 52-54.

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