ἐπειδή; Phil. iii. 12, (ἐφ᾽ ᾧ--ὁ σατανᾶς ---οὐκἴσχυσε θανατῶσαι αὐτούς. Theoph. ad Autol. 2, 29 p. 138 ed. Otto ; ἐφ᾽ ᾧ Γεννάδιον ἔγραψεν, for the reason that he had aceused Gennadius, Synes. ep. 73; ef. Hermann ad Vig. p- 710; the better Greeks commonly used ἐφ᾽ ois in the same sense, cf. W. 394 (368) ; [Fritzsche or Mey. on Ro. l. c.; Ellic. on Phil. 1. c.]). Used esp. after verbs signifying a mental affection or emotion, where we also often say over (for exx. fr. Grk. writ. see Passow i. 2, p. 1039; Kriiger § 68, 41, 6; [cf. W.393 (368) c.]): as ἀγαλλιᾶν, Lk. i. 47; χαίρειν. Mt. xviii. 13; Lk. i. 14; xiii. 17; Ro. xvi. 19, ete.; χαρὰ ἔσται, Lk. xv. 7; χαρὰν (Ree. χάριν) ἔχω, Philem. 7; παρακαλεῖν, παρακαλεῖσθαι, 2 Co. i. 4; νὴῖ. 19: 1 Th. iii. 7; κλαίειν, Lk. xix. 41 RG; κοπετὸν ποιεῖν, Acts Vill. 2; κόπτεσθαι. Rev. xviii. 9 [T Tr WH txt. the acc.]; ὀδυνᾶσθαι, Acts xx. 38; ddodvCeww, Jas. v. 1; orvyvagew, Mk. x. 22; συλλυπεῖσθαι. Mk. iii. 5; μετανοεῖν ἐπί, to grieve over, repent of, 2 Co. xii. 21; σπλαγχνίζεσθαι, Mt. xiv. 14 GLT Tr WH; Mk. vi. 34 RG; Lk. vii. 13 [Tdf. the ace.]; μακροθυμεῖν, Mt. xviii. 26 [Tr the acc.], 29 [L Tr the ace.]; Lk. xviii. 7 [see μακροθυμέω, 2]; Jas. v.7; ὀργίζεσθαι, Rey. xii. 17 [Lchm. om. ἐπί]; ἐκπλήσσεσθαι, Mt. vii. 28; Mk.i. 22; Lk. iv. 32; Acts xiii. 12; διαταράσσεσθαι, Lk. i. 29; ἐξίστασθαι, Lk. ii. 47; θαμβεῖσθαι, Mk. x. 24; θάμβος, Lk. v.9; Acts iii. 10; θαυμάζειν, Mk. xii. 17; Lk. ii. 33 ; iv. 22; ix. 43; xx. 26; Acts iii. 12 ; καυχᾶσθαι. Ro. v. 2; ἐπαισχύνεσθαι, Ro. vi. 21; παραζηλοῦν and παροργίζειν twa ἐπί τινι, Ro. x. 19. ε. of the rule, orcondition [W. 394 (368) d.]: ἐπ᾽ ἐλπίδι, a hope being held out or given, Ro. viii. 20; Tit. i. 2, (differently in β. above) ; ἐπὶ δυσὶν . . . μάρτυσιν, on condition that two witnesses testify to the matter in question, [at (the mouth of) two etc.; cf. W. 392 (367)], Heb. x. 28; ἐπὶ νεκροῖς, equiv. to ὄντων νεκρῶν (in the case of the dead), if any one has died, Heb. ix. 17. ἵ. of the purpose ae επι and end [unto, for; W. 394 (368) e.]: ἐπ᾽ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ, to worship and profess his name, Acts xv. 14 Rec. ; καλεῖν τινα ἐπί τινι, Lat. ad aliquid, Gal. v.13; 1 Th. iv. 7, (ἐπὶ ξενίᾳ, Xen. an. 7, 6,3; cf. W. u. ss); κτισθέντες ἐπὶ ἔργοις ἀγαθοῖς, Eph. ii. 10; φρονεῖν ἐπί τινι to take thought for a thing, Phil. iv. 10; ἐφ᾽ ᾧ (bya later Grk. impropriety for ἐπὶ τίνι, cf. W. § 24,4; [B. § 139, 59; but on the extreme doubtfulness of this alleged use of ὅς in direct questions, see Pres. T. D. Woolsey in the Bibliotheca Sacra for Apr. 1874, p.314 sqq.]) πάρει; for what purpose art thou.come? WVulg. ad quid [8]. quod] venisti? Mt. xxvi. 50 R [but GL T Tr WH ἐφ᾽ ὅδ, see C. 1. 2¢.y. aa. below] (Theoph. ἐπὶ ποίῳ σκοπῷ; εἴ. Hdt. 7, 146 πυθόμενος, ἐπ᾽ οἷσι ἦλθον ; [but the view of many ancient expositors which explains the passage by an aposiopesis : “that for which thou hast come—do” is thoroughly established by Dr. Woolsey u.s.]). of the issue or undesigned result: λογομαχεῖν ἐπὶ καταστροφῇ τῶν ἀκουόντων, 2 Tim. ii. 14; (τοῖς ἐπὶ ὠφελείᾳ πεποιημένοις ἐπὶ βλάβῃ χρῆσθαι, Xen. mem. 2, 3,19). 4. of the pattern or standard [A. V. after; W. 394 (368) f.]: καλεῖν twa ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματί τινος, to call one after the name of another, Lk. i. 59 (Neh. vii. 63 [W. 410 (382)]); ἐπὶ τῷ ὁμοιώματί twos after the likeness of a thing, Ro. v.14. Ὁ. of that over which one is placed, for its care or administration: ἐπὶ τοῖς ὑπάρχουσί twa καθιστάναι, Lk. xii. 44 (cf. A. I. 1 d. above, [also C. I. 2 e. below]; Lob. ad Phryn. p. 474 sq.; Bnhdy. p. 249; [W. 393 (367) a.]). c. used of a hostile aim, against (for exx. fr. Grk. writ. fr. Hom. down, see Passow i. 2 Ὁ. 1036*; [ef. L. and 8. 5. v. B. 1.1 ¢.; W. 392 (367); B. 337 (290)]): Lk. xii.52sq.; θλίψις γενομένη ἐπὶ Στεφάνῳ [-vov, L Tr mrg.], Acts xi. 19 [A.V.about]. ἃἅ. of that to which anything is added (so that it is, as it were, upon it) ; in addition to; over and above, [W. 393 (367 sq.) b.]: 2 Co. vii. 13 (LT Tr WH ἐπὶ δὲ τῇ παρακλήσει ὑμῶν [but L T Tr WH ἡμῶν] περισσοτέρως κτλ. but in addition to the comfort given (us) by you, we rejoiced the more exceedingly ete. [A. V. in ete. (of condition) ]); κερδαίνειν τι ἐπί τινι, Mt. xxv. 20, 22 RG; ἔχειν λύπην ἐπὶ λύπῃ, Phil. ii. 27 Ree. (Eur. Iph. T. 197 φόνος ἐπὶ φόνῳ, Troad. 596 ἐπὶ δ᾽ ἄλγεσιν ἄλγεα. Soph. O. C. 544 ἐπὶ νόσῳ νόσον; [ef. Mey. on Phil. l.c.; but GLTTr WH give the ace., see Ὁ. I. 2 ce. below]) ; προστιθέναι ἐπί, Lk. iii. 20; ἐπὶ πᾶσι τούτοις. besides all this, Lk. xvi. 26 [L mrg. T Tr mrg. WH ἐν; see ἐν, I. 5 e. p- 211°]; Eph. vi. 16 [L txt. T Tr WH ἐν (and there is no τούτοις) ; see ev, τι. 5.7; Col. iii. 14, (Sir. xxxvii. 15; 1 Mace. x. 42; [classic exx. in Wetst. on Lk. 1. ¢.]); add also Heb. viii. 1 [see Liinem. ad loc.]; ix. 10; 1 Co. xiv. 16. e. of that which is connected as an adjunct (esp. of time) with the principal matter under consideration, (in Germ. generally bei, i. 6. at, on, etc.) [W. 392 (367)]: εὐχαριστῶ τῷ θεῷ μου ἐπὶ πάσῃ τῇ μνείᾳ ὑμῶν. at every mention of you, as often as I call you to mind, Phil. i. 3 [but see Mey., Ellic., Bp. Lghtft. ad l.,and 5. v. πᾶς, 1. 2]; σπένδομαι ἐπὶ τῇ θυσίᾳ, while engaged in (busied over) the sacrifice, Phil. ii. 17; ἐπὶ συντελείᾳ τῶν αἰώνων, Heb. ix. 26; ἐπὶ τῇ πρώτῃ διαθήκῃ, ib. 15; σπείρειν and θερίζειν ἐπ᾽ εὐλογίαις, so that blessings attend, i. 6. bountifully, freely, 2 Co. ix. 6; ἐπὶ πάσῃ τῇ ἀνάγκῃ, 1 Th. iii. 7; ἐπὶ τῷ παροργισμῷ ὑμῶν while your anger lasts, Eph. iv. 26; ἐπὶ τούτῳ meanwhile, i.e. while this was going on [(?), upon this], Jn.iv.27. Ἐν of the object of anaction,and a. where the Germ. uses an, [ Eng. on (nearly i. q. to) ]: πράσσειν τι ἐπί τινι, Acts v. 35 (like δρᾶν τι ἐπί τινι, Hdt. 3, 14; Ael. n.an. 11, 11); ef. Bnhdy. p. 250 bot.; [but see B. 337 (290)]; ὃ γέγονεν ἐπ᾽ αὐτῇ, Mk. ν. 33 [Τ Tr WH om. Lbr. ἐπί] ; ἀναπληροῦσθαι, Mt. xiii. 14 Rec. β. where the Germ. says iiber, [Eng. upon, of, concerning], after verbs of writing, speaking, thinking: γεγραμμένα ἐπ᾽ αὐτῷ, Jn. xii. 16 (Πα. 1, 66); προφητεύειν, Rev. x. 11; μαρτυρεῖν, xxii. 16 RG T Tr txt. WH txt. [see μαρτυρέω, a.|, (δόξα ἐπὶ τῇ εὐσεβείᾳ, an opinion about, on, piety, 4 Mace. v. 17 (18)). C. with the Accusative [W. § 49,1.; B. 337 (290) 56.7; I. of Place; 1. properly; a. of the place above, over, which, our up on, on to: after verbs signifying motion and continuance, ἐλθεῖν, περιπαrew ἐπὶ τὰ ὕδατα, Mt. xiv. 28 sq.; ἐπὶ τὴν θάλασσαν, ib. 25 LT Tr WH, 26 R G, (πλεῖν ἐπὶ πόντον, Hom. Od. 1, 183); ἀναπεσεῖν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, Mt. xv. 85; ἐπὶ τὸ στῆθός τινος, Jn. χχὶ. 20; ἀνακλιθῆναι ἐπὶ τοὺς χόρτους, Mt. xiv. 19 RG; κατοικεῖν ἐπὶ πᾶν τὸ πρόσωπον (1, Τ' Tr WH παντὸς προσώπου [οἷ. πᾶς, I. 1 6.7) τῆς γῆς, Acts xvii. 26; καθῆσθαι, Lk. xxi. 35; ἦλθε λιμὸς ἐφ᾽ ὅλην τὴν γῆν, Acts vil. 11; σκότος ἐγένετο ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν, Mt. xxvii. 45. over i.e. along: εἱστήκει ἐπὶ τὸν αἰγιαλόν, Mt. xiii. 2 [W. 408 (380); differently in ἃ. below]. b. of motion to a place whose surface is occupied or touched (Germ. auf with the ace.), upon, unto, ete.; after verbs of going, coming, ascending, descending, falling, ete.: πορεύεσθαι ἐπὶ τὴν ὁδόν, Acts viii. 26; ix. 11; ἐπὶ τὰς διεξόδους, Mt. xxii. 9; προέρχεσθαι, Acts xx. 13 [here Tr WH mre. προσέρχ.]; φεύγειν, Mt. xxiv. 16 (where L Tr WH txt. eis); ἐξέρχεσθαι, Lk. viii. 27; ἐξιέναι, Acts xxvii. 48 ἐπιβαίνειν, Mt. xxi. 5; ἀναβαίνειν, Lk. v.19; xix. 4; Acts x. 9; Rev. xx. 9; καταβαίνειν, Lk. xxii. 44 [L br. WH reject the pass.]; Rev. xvi. 21; ἀπέρχεσθαι, Lk. xxiii. 33 [L Tr WH ἔρχεσθαι] ; πίπτειν ἐπὶ τοὺς πόδας, Acts x. 253 ἐπὶ πρόσωπον, to fall upon the face, Mt. xvii. 6; xxvi. 39; Lk. v.12; xvii. 16; 1Co. xiv. 25; Rev. vii. 11. After verbs of placing, leading, bringing, building, laying, throwing, ete.: τιθέναι, Mt. v. 15; Lk. xi. 33 ; ἐπιτιθέναι, Mt. xxiii. 4; Lk.xv.5; Actsxv. 10, ete.; τιθέναι τὰ γόνατα ἐπί, Acts xxi. 5; οἰκοδομεῖν, Mt. vii. 24, 26; Lk. vi. 49; Ro. xv. 20; ἐποικοδομεῖν, 1 Co. iii. 12; θεμελιοῦν, Lk. vi. 48; βάλλειν, Jn. viii. 59; Rev. ii. 24; xiv. 16; xviii. 19 ; ἐπιβάλλειν, Lk. v. 86 (ἐπιβ. ἐπί τινι, Mt. ix. 16); ἐπιβάλλειν τὰς χεῖρας ἐπί τινα, Mt. xxvi. 50, ete. (see em Baddow, 1 a.); ἐπιρρίπτειν, Lk. xix. 35 and tropically 1 Pet. v. 7; pamigew, Mt. v. 39 [LT Tr txt. WH eis]; τύπτειν, Lk. vi. 29 [Tdf. ets]; ἀναβιβάζειν, Mt. xiii. 48 [not Lehm. txt.]; ἐπιβιβάζειν, Lk. x. 34; κατάγειν, Lk. v. 11; σωρεύειν, Ro. xii. 20; διδόναι, Lk. vii. 44; xix. 23; Rey. viii. 3; ἀναφέρειν, 1 Pet. ii. 24; κρεμᾶν, Mt. xviii. 6 LT Tr WH περί]; γράφειν, Rev. ii. 17; iii. 12; xix. 16; ΕΓ ἐπι

ἐπειδή epeidē 10x

since, because, in as much as, Mt. 21:46; Lk. 11:6; Acts 13:46

ἐπει-δή conj.;

of time, when now, after that: Lk 7:1 (WH, txt.).

Of cause, seeing that, forasmuch as: Lk 11:6, Ac 13:46 (WH, txt., RV) Ac 14:12 15:24, I Co 1:21, 22 14:16 15:21, Phl 2:26.†

ἐπειδή. For the causal reference of this word, as in Phil 27%, cf. | P Tebt II. 38299 (B.c. 30—a.p. 1) ἐπειδὴ] Κάστωρ .. . παρακεχώρη(κεν) ἀπὸ τῶν λοιπῶν τοῦ κλήρου... . ᾿Ακουσιλάωι γράφομεν ὑμῖν ty’ ἢ ἐπιμε]λὲς KTA., “whereas Castor has ceded the remainder of his holding to Acusilaus, | we write to you in order that you may be careful,” etc., P Oxy VII. 1061? (B.c. 22) ἐπειδὴν καὶ ἄλλοτέ σοι ἐγράWapev. MGr ἐπειδή(ς), “because,” “since.

ἐπειδή (epeidē) — since. ἐπεί, conjunction, both temporal and causal; also ἐπειδή, ἐπείτε. OF TIME (ἐπειδή is more frequently in this sense in Prose), after that, since, when, from [Refs 8th c.BC+]

I. with Ind.,

I.1. of a definite occurrence in past time, mostly with aorist, ἐπεί π᾽ εὔξαντο after they had prayed, [Refs 8th c.BC+]after [Refs 5th c.BC+]: rarely with imperfect, ἐπειδὴ εἱστιώμεθ᾽ [Refs 5th c.BC+]pluperfect, ἐπειδὴ ἐξηπάτησθε.. after you had been deceived.., [Refs 4th c.BC+]; but generally the aorist is found, the pluperfect being used only for special emphasis: with imperfect to express an action not yet complete, ἐπεὶ ὑπηντίαζεν ἡ φάλαγξ καὶ ἡ σάλπιγξ ἐφθέγξατο after the phalanx began to advance and the trumpet had sounded, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

I.2. with implied reference to some later time, ἐ. or ἐπειδή, ={ἐξ οὗ}, from the time when, since, mostly with aorist, πολλὰ πλάγχθη, ἐ. ἔπερσε [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐπείτε παρέλαβον τὸν θρόνον, τοῦτο ἐφρόντιζον ever since I came to the throne, I had this in mind, [Refs 5th c.BC+]present (used in perfect sense) and perfect, ἐ. δὲ φροῦδός ἐστι στρατός since the army is gone, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπείτε ὑπὸ τῷ Πέρσῃ εἰσί, πεπόνθασι τοιόνδε ever since they have been, now that they are.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. with Subj., ἄν being always added in Attic dialect Prose, and ἄν or κε generally in Poetry: ἐπεί with ἄν becomes ἐπήν (so in Comedy texts, [Refs 5th c.BC+], Ionic dialect ἐπεάν [Refs 8th c.BC+]

II.1. referring to future time with future apodosis, τέκνα ἄξομεν.. ἐπὴν πτολίεθρον ἕλωμεν when we shall have taken the city, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ταῦτ᾽, ἐπειδὰν περὶ τοῦ γένους εἴπω, τότ᾽ ἐρῶ I will speak of this, when I have spoken.., [Refs 8th c.BC+]; χρὴ δέ, ὅταν μὲν τιθῆσθε τοὺς νόμους,.. σκοπεῖν, ἐπειδὰν δὲ θῆσθε, φυλάττειν whenever you are enacting your laws,.. and after you have enacted them.., [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II.2. of repeated action, with a present apodosis, whenever, when once, δαμνᾷ, ἐ. κε λίπῃ ὀστέα θυμός [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐπειδὰν ἡ ἐκφορὰ ᾖ.. ἄγουσι whenever the burial takes place they bring, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπειδὰν κρύψωσι γῇ.. λέγει when they have covered them with earth, [Refs]κε in Poets, ἐ. ἂρ βλέφαρ᾽ ἀμφικαλύψῃ [Refs 8th c.BC+]

II.3. like [Refs 4th c.BC+] within ten days from the passing of the resolution, [Refs]

III. with Opt. (without ἄν):

III.1. referring to future time, ἐπειδὴ πρὸς τὸ φῶς ἔλθοι, ὁρᾶν οὐδ᾽ ἂν ἓν δύνασθαι (i.e. οὐκ οἴει); after he had come into the light.., [Refs 8th c.BC+]

III.2. more frequently of repeated action, with a past apodosis, ἐ. ζεύξειεν.., δησάσκετο [Refs 8th c.BC+]

III.3. in indirect speech after past tenses, representing a subjunctive in direct speech, αὐτὸς δὲ ἐπεὶ διαβαίης, ἀπιέναι ἔφησθα (the direct form being ἐπὴν διαβῶ) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; after optative in a final clause, ἐπορεύοντο, ὅπως ἐπειδὴ γένοιντο ἐπὶ τῷ ποταμῷ.. ἴοιεν [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III.4. by assimilation to optative in principal clause, ἦ τ᾽ ἂν.. νῦν μὲν ἀνώγοιμι πτολεμίζειν.. ἐπὴν τεισαίμεθα λώβην [Refs 8th c.BC+]

III.5. ἐπειδάν with optative is falsa lectio in some passages of early authors, as [Refs 5th c.BC+]: found in later Gr., [Refs 1st c.BC+]

IV. with Inf., only in indirect speech, ἐπειδὴ δὲ κατὰ σχολὴν σκέψασθαι, κόπτεσθαι (i.e. ἔφη) [Refs 5th c.BC+]

V. with other words:

V.1. ἐ. τάχιστα as soon as, frequently separated by a word, ἐ. ἦλθε τάχιστα,.. ἀπέδοτο [Refs 5th c.BC+]

V.1. b ἐ. τὰ πρῶτα [Refs 8th c.BC+]

V.2. with emphatic Particles, ἐπεὶ ἄρα when then, in continuing a narrative, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐπεὶ οὖν when then, in resuming a narrative, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B CAUSAL (ἐπεί more frequently in this sense in early Prose: ἐπειδή whereas is used in preambles of decrees, [Refs]inasmuch as, NT.Luke.1.1), since, seeing that, frequently from [Refs 8th c.BC+] __B.1 with Ind. (after both present and past tenses), ἐ. οὐδὲ ἔοικε [Refs 8th c.BC+]; frequently with past tenses with ἄν, ἐπεὶ οὔποτ᾽ ἂν στόλον ἐπλεύσατ᾽ ἄν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὐ γὰρ ἂν σθένοντά γε εἷλέν μ᾽· ἐπεὶ οὐδ᾽ ἂν ὧδ᾽ ἔχοντ᾽ (i.e. εἷλεν) [Refs 5th c.BC+]: especially in the sense, for otherwise.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]future, ἐξέστω δὲ μηδενὶ.. τεθῆναι.., ἐ. ἀποδώσει.. otherwise he shall pay.., [Refs] for teach me, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with an interrogative, ἐ. πῶς ἂν καλέσεια; for how would you call him? [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.2 with Opt., ἐ. ἂν μάλα τοι σχεδὸν ἔλθοι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; so after past tenses on the principle of indirect speech, ἐπείπερ ἡγήσαιντο since (as they said) they believed, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.3 with Inf. in indirect speech, ἐ. γιγνώσκειν γε αὐτά [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.4 in elliptical expressions, ἀδύνατός [εἰμι], ἐ. ἐβουλόμην ἂν οἷός τ᾽ εἶναι I am unable (and yet I am sorry), for I should like to have the power, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so εἶμι· ἐ. καὶ ταῦτ᾽ ἂν ἴσως οὐκ ἀηδῶς σου ἤκουον [Refs]and yet, although, compare [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐ. ὅ γε ἀποθανὼν πελάτης τις ἦν ἐμός and yet (moreover) the murdered man was my own hired man, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.4.b sometimes after a vocative, where 'listen' may be supplied, Ἕκτορ, ἐ. με κατ᾽ αἶσαν ἐνείκεσας [Refs 8th c.BC+] __B.5 with other Particles, ἐ. ἄρα, ἐ. ἂρ δή since then, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐ. γε (ἐπεί.. γε [Refs 8th c.BC+] since indeed, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπειδή γε[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. ἦ since in truth, ἐ. ἦ πολὺ φέρτερόν ἐστι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐπείπερ (ἐ... περ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐπειδήπερ in Comedy texts and Prose, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. τοι since surely, [Refs 8th c.BC+] sometimes begins a verse in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; sometimes coalesces by synizesis with οὐ, οὐδέ, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]