ἔπειτα, adverb (ἐπί, εἶτα), thereupon, thereafter, then, afterward; used a. of time: Mar_7:5 R G; Luk_16:7; Gal_1:21; Jas_4:14; μετά τοῦτο is added redundantly in Joh_11:7 (cf. Meyer at the passage; Winers Grammar, § 65, 2; (Buttmann, 397 (340))); a more definite specification of time is added epexegetically, μετά ἔτη τρία, Gal_1:18; διά δεκατεσσάρων ἐτῶν, Gal_2:1. b. in enumerations it is used α. of time and order: πρῶτον ... ἔπειτα, 1Co_15:46; 1Th_4:17; πρότερον ... ἔπειτα, Heb_7:27; ἀπαρχή ... ἔπειτα, 1Co_15:23; εἶτα (but T Tr marginal reading WH marginal reading ἔπειτα) ... ἔπειτα, 1Co_15:5-6; ἔπειτα ... ἔπειτα, 1Co_15:7 L marginal reading T Tr marginal reading WH marginal reading β. of order alone: πρῶτον ... ἔπειτα, Heb_7:2; τρίτον ... ἔπειτα ... ἔπειτα (R G εἶτα), 1Co_12:28.

ἔπειτα epeita 16x thereupon, then, after that, in the next place, afterwards, Mar_7:5 ; Luk_16:7

ἐπειτα , adv. of sequence, [in LXX : Num_19:10 A, Isa_16:2 , 4Ma_6:3 * ;] thereupon, thereafter, then: Luk_16:7 , Gal_1:21 , Jas_4:14 ; seq . μετὰ τοῦτο , Joh_11:7 ; μετὰ ἔτη τρία , Gal_1:18 ; διὰ δεκατεσσάρων ἐτῶν , Gal_2:1 ; πρῶτον . . . ἔ ., 1Co_15:46 , 1Th_4:17 , Heb_7:2 ; πρότεφον . . . ἔ , Heb_7:27 ; ἀπαρχὴ . . . ἔ ., 1Co_15:23 ; εἶτα . . . ἔ ., 1Co_15:5-6 ( WH , txt .); . . . ἔ ., 1Co_15:5-7 ( WH , mg .); τρίτον . . . ἔ . (his), 1Co_12:28 .†

ἔπειτα [page 231] ἔπειτα is used of time in OGIS 90 .48 (the Rosetta stone B.C. 196) νῦν τε καὶ εἰς τὸν ἔπειτα χρόνον . For a reference to order see P Giss I. 23 .11 where, after referring to her prayers on behalf of her daughter, the writer proceeds ἔπειτα δὲ χάρι ( l. χάρις ) τῷ θεω̣ι κτλ . Similarly the word is contrasted with πρῶτον (cf. Heb_7:2 ) in P Oxy IX. 1217 .5 (iii/A.D.) πρῶτον μὲν ἀσπαζομένη σ̣[ε ], ἔπιτα εὐχομένη παρὰ πᾶσι θεοῖς κτλ . The form and meaning persist in MGr.

ἔπειτα [Etym: ἐπί, εἶτα] marks sequence, "thereupon", Lat. deinde, when strongly opposed to the former act or state, with past tenses, "thereafter, afterwards", with future, "hereafter", Hom. , etc.; in narrative, πρῶτον μέν . . , followed by ἔπειτα δέ . . , Lat. primum . . , deinde . . , Thuc. , etc.; πρὶν μὲν . . , ἔπ. δὲ . . Soph. :—with the Article, τὸ ἔπ. "what follows", id=Soph. ; οἱ ἔπ. "future generations", Aesch. ; ὁ ἔπ. βίος Plat. ; ἐν τῷ ἔπ. (sc. χρόνῳ) id=Plat. like εἶτα, with a Verb after a part., μειδήσασα δ᾽ ἐπ. ἑῷ ἐγκάτθετο κόλπῳ she smiled and "then" placed it in her bosom, Il. ; often to mark surprise or the like, "and then, and yet", τὸ μητρὸς αἷμα ἐκχέας ἔπ. δώματ᾽ οἰκήσεις πατρός; after shedding thy mother's blood, wilt thou "yet" dwell in thy father's house? Aesch. after a Temporal Conjunct. "then, thereafter" ἐπειδὴ σφαίρῃ πειρήσαντο, ὠρχείσθην δὴ ἔπ. when "they had done playing" at ball, "then" they danced, Od. after εἰ or ἤν, "then surely", εἰ δ᾽ ἐτεὸν ἀγορεύεις, ἐξ ἄρα δή τοι ἔπ. θεοὶ φρένας ὤλεσαν if thou speakest sooth, "then of a surety" have the gods infatuated thee, Il. ; so when the apodosis is a question, εἰ κελεύετε, πῶς ἂν ἔπειτ᾽ Ὀδυσῆος λαθοίμην; how can I "in such a case?" id=Il. of Consequence or Inference, "why then, therefore", οὐ σύγ᾽ ἔπειτα Τύδεος ἔκγονός ἐσσι id=Il. to begin a story, "well then", Od. in attic to introduce emphatic questions, "why then . . ?" ἔπ. τοῦ δέει; Ar. ; to express surprise, "and so forsooth? and so really?" ἔπειτ᾽ οὐκ οἴει φροντίζειν [τοὺς θεοὺς τῶν ἀνθρώπων]; Xen. ; ἔπειτα δῆτα δοῦλος ὢν κόμην ἔχεις; Ar.

ἐπειτα, adv. of sequence [in LXX: Num.19:10 A, Isa.16:2, 4Ma.6:3 * ;] thereupon, thereafter, then: Luk.16:7, Gal.1:21, Jas.4:14; before μετὰ τοῦτο, Jhn.11:7; μετὰ ἔτη τρία, Gal.1:18; διὰ δεκατεσσάρων ἐτῶν, Gal.2:1; πρῶτον . . . ἔ., 1Co.15:46, 1Th.4:17, Heb.7:2; πρότεφον . . . ἔ, Heb.7:27; ἀπαρχὴ . . . ἔ., 1Co.15:23; εἶτα . . . ἔ., 1Co.15:5-6 (WH, txt.); . . . ἔ., 1Co.15:5-7 (WH, mg.); τρίτον . . . ἔ. (his), 1Co.12:28.† (AS)