ἐπιβαίνω; 2 aorist ἐπέβην; perfect participle ἐπιβεβηκώς; 1. to get upon, mount: ;ἐπί τί, Mat_21:5 (Xenophon, Hell. 3, 4, 1, etc.; Gen_24:61); τῷ πλοίῳ (to embark in), Act_27:2 (Thucydides 7, 70); εἰς τό πλοῖον, Act_21:6 R G; used without a case, of going aboard (a ship), Act_21:2; to go up: εἰς ἱεροσολυμα, Act_21:4 L T Tr WH (yet others refer this to 2). 2. to set foot in, enter: εἰς with the accusative of place, Act_20:18; with the dative of place (as also in Greek writings), Act_25:1.

ἐπιβαίνω epibainō 6x pr. to step upon; to mount, Mat_21:5 ; to go on board, Act_21:2 ; Act_27:2 , to enter, Act_20:18 ; to enter upon, Act_21:4 ; Act_25:1

ἐπι -βαίνω , [in LXX chiefly for H7392 ;] 1. to get up on, mount: seq . ἐπί , c . acc , Mat_21:5 ( LXX ); to embark in (a boat), go aboard: c . dat ., Act_27:2 ; seq . εἰς , Act_21:6 ( Rec. ); absol. , Act_21:2 . 2. to go up to, go on to, enter: seq . εἰς , Act_20:18 ; Act_21:4 ; c . dat ., Act_25:1 .†

ἐπιβαίνω [page 235] P Oxy VIII. 1155 .8 (A.D. 104) ἕτι ( l. ὅτι ) εὐθὺς ἐπιβέβηκα ἰς Ἀλεξάνδρηαν , as soon as I arrived at Alexandria (Ed.), P Flor II. 275 .22 (iii/A.D.) ὅτι οὐκ ἐξὸν ἄλλον ἐπιβῆναι εἰς Σα . . . . . . In P Tebt I. 58 .40 (B.C. 111) ἐπιβεβή (κασιν ) ἡμῖν (πυροῦ ) ο̄γ̄β̄ , the verb = have been assigned : in ib. 5 .38 (B.C. 118) τοὺς ἐπιβεβηικότας ἐπὶ τὴν βα (σιλικήν ) the editors render those who have encroached on the Crown land : cf. P Oxy I. 67 .21 (A.D. 338). The verb is used of hostile intent in P Hamb I. 10 .6 (ii/A.D.) ἐπέβη μου ταῖς οἰκίαις . . . λῃστήριον ( a band of robbers ) : cf. P Oxy X. 1278 .27 (A.D. 214) οὐκ οὔσης ἐξουσ [ία ]ς ὁποτέρῳ μέρει ἐπιβαίνειν ο̣[ὐ ]δ̣ετέρῳ ἐντὸς τοῦ προκειμένου αὐτοῦ χρόνου , none of the parties having the right to molest another during his aforesaid period (Edd.). In Syll 364 .16 (A.D. 37) the verb, as in Act_25:1 , is construed with the dat. of entrance on an office ἐπιβὰς πρώτως τῇ ἐπαρχείᾳ τῆς ἡμετέρας πόλεως (see Dittenberger s note), and for the subst. ἐπίβασις in the same sense see P Lond 1170 .3 (iii/A.D.) (= 111 . p. 93).

ἐπιβαίνω fut. -βήσομαι perf. -βέβηκα aor2 -έβην imperat. ἐπιβῆθι or ἐπίβα aor1 mid., ἐπεβησάμην [Etym: Hom. always uses the ionic aor1 form ἐπεβήσετο] imperat. ἐπιβήσεο in fut. and aor. mid., perf. act., and athematic aor., intr., "to go upon": c. gen. "to set foot on, tread or walk upon", Hom. , attic:—also, ἐπ. ἐπί τινος Hdt. "to get upon, mount on", νεῶν ἵππων Hom. , Hdt. ;—also, ἐπ. ἐπὶ νηός id=Hdt. of Time, "to arrive at", Plat. metaph., ἐπ᾽ ἀναιδείης ἐπ. "to indulge in" impudence, Od. ; εὐσεβίας ἐπ. "to observe" piety, Soph. c. dat. "to mount upon, get upon", ναυσί Thuc. :—also, ἐπ. ἐπὶ πύργῳ Hdt. c. dat. pers. "to set upon, attack, assault", τινί Xen. c. acc. loci, "to light upon", Hom. : simply, "to go on to" a place, "to enter" it, Hdt. c. acc. "to attack", like ἐπέρχομαι, Soph. :dnum [3.] "to mount", νῶθ᾽ ἵππων Hes. ; ἵππον Hdt. absol. "to get a footing", Od. "to step onwards, advance", Hes. , Soph. "to mount on a chariot or on horseback, be mounted", Il. , Hdt. : "to go or be on board ship", Il. , Soph. , etc. Causal in aor1 act. (ἐπιβιβάζω serves as pres.), "to make one mount, set him upon", ἵππων ἐπέβησε Il. ; πυρῆς ἐπέβησε id=Il. metaph., εὐκλεΐης ἐπίβησον "bring to" great glory, id=Il. ; σαοφροσύνης ἐπέβησαν "they bring" him "to" sobriety, Od.

ἐπι-βαίνω [in LXX chiefly for רָכַב ;] __1. to get up on, mount: before ἐπί, with accusative, Mat.21:5 (LXX); to embark in (a boat), go aboard: with dative, Act.27:2; before εἰς, Act.21:6 (Rec.); absol., Act.21:2. __2. to go up to, go on to, enter: before εἰς, Act.20:18 21:4; with dative, Act.25:1.† (AS)