ἐπειδήπερ (ἐπειδή περ Lachmann), conjunction (from ἐπεί, δή and περ), seeing that, forasmuch as; Itala and Vulg.quoniamquidem, since now (cf. Winer's Grammar, 448 (417)): Luk_1:1. (Aristotle, phys. 8, 5 (p. 256b, 25); Dionysius Halicarnassus 2, 72; Philo ad Gai. § 25, and Attic writings from Thucydides down.)

ἐπειδήπερ epeidēper 1x since now, since indeed, considering that, Luk_1:1

* ἐπει -δή -περ , conj ., forasmuch as ("a stately compound," freq . in cl . and suitable for the formal introduction of Lk): Luk_1:1 .†

ἐπειδήπερ [page 230] ἐπειδήπερ appears with its usual meaning since in P Flor II. 118 .5 (A.D. 254) ἐπέστειλα ὅπως χόρτου μοι ἡμιξηροῦ φροντίδα ποιησῆσθαι ἐπειδήπερ μετὰ τὴν αὔριον γίνομαι εἰς τὸν νομὸν ἐποψόμενος τὰ παρ᾽ ὑμῖν ἔργα , P Ryl II. 238 .10 (A.D. 262) κτηνύδριον δὲ αὐτοῖς ἓν γοργὸν τῶν ὑπὸ σὲ παράσχες , ἐπειδήπερ τὸ αὐτῶν ὃ εἶχαν βουρδ̣ωνάριον εἰς ἐμὴν ὑπηρεσίαν κατέσχον , give them one spirited donkey from those in your charge, since I have kept for my own use the mule which they had (Edd.), P Strass I. 5 .10 (A.D. 262) ὅμως αὐτός , ἐπειδήπερ ἐκ παλαιοῦ χρόνου τὴν γεωργίαν ἐνπιστευθεὶς ἐτύνχανεν , τοὺς φόρους καταβέβλη̣κεν .

ἐπει-δή-περ conj., forasmuch as ("a stately compound," frequently in cl. and suitable for the formal introduction of Lk): Luk.1:1.† (AS)