Quick Definition
ἐπιοῦσα, ης, ἡ v. the next day
Strong's Definition
supervening, i.e. (G2250 (ἡμέρα) or G3571 (νύξ) being expressed or implied) the ensuing day or night
Derivation: feminine singular participle of a comparative of G1909 (ἐπί) and (to go);
KJV Usage: following, next
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | pres.ptc.fem. ἐπιοῦσα | εἶμι (come, go)
1 Rather than treat these phrases as lexical units, one can interpret them as elliptical expressions with the omission of the dative of ἡμέρα[a] day (67.178).
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἔπ-ειμι ; (ἐπί, and εἶμι to go); to come upon, approach ; of time, to come on, be at hand; ptep. ἐπιών, -οὔσα, -dv, next, following: τῇ ἐπιούσῃ, 50. ἡμέρᾳ, on the following day, Acts xvi. 11; xx. 15; xxi. 18, (Polyb. 2, 25, 11; 5, 13, 10; Joseph. antt. 3, 1,6; [Prov. xxvii. 1]; ete.); with ἡμέρᾳ added (as in the earlier writ. fr. Hdt. down), Acts vii. 26; τῇ ἐπιούσῃ νυκτί, Acts xxiii. 11. Cf. Lob. ad Phryn. p. 464.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἔπειμι epeimi 5x
to come upon; to come after; to succeed immediately, Acts 7:26; 16:11; 20:15; 21:18; 23:11*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἔπ-ειμι
[in LXX: Ex 8:22(18) (עָמַד), Si 42:19, etc. ;]
to come upon, approach
Of time, to come on or after; mostly as ptcp., ἐπιών, -οῦσα, όν, next, following: τῇ- ἔ. (sc. ἡμέρᾳ, as freq. in late Gk.), Ac 16:11 20:15 21:18; ἡμέρᾳ (as usual in cl.), Ac 7:26; νυκτί, Ac 23:11.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἔπειμι. P Petr IIT. 56 (6)}3 αὐθήμερον ἢ τῆι ἐπι[ού]σηι, P Ryl II. 157° (A.D. 135) τῶν ἔμπροσθεν Kal τῶν ἐπεσομένων χρόνων, “for the past and future,” Sy// 48119 (iii/ii B.c.) εἰς τὴν ἐπιοῦσαν ἐκκλησίαν. In P Lond 948 verso? (A.D. 257) (= III. p. 209) we have τοὐπιὸν (= τὸ ἐπιὸν) ξύλων, “ what remains over of the wood.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐπιοῦσα (epiousa) — to come later. 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+]
