Quick Definition
ἔπειτα Adv then, thereafter, afterwards
Strong's Definition
from 1909 and 1534; thereafter
KJV Usage: after that(-ward), then
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
advb. | εἶτα
67.44 · Time · A Point of Time with Reference to Other Points of Time: Before, Long Ago, Now, At the Same Time, When, About, After
then, afterwards, later a point of time following another point
LUK 16:7 · JHN 11:7 · 1CO 12:28 · 1CO 12:28 · 1CO 15:6 · 1CO 15:7 · 1CO 15:23 · 1CO 15:46 · GAL 1:18 · GAL 1:21 · GAL 2:1 · 1TH 4:17 · HEB 7:2 · HEB 7:27 · JAS 3:17 · JAS 4:14
1 It is possible that μετέπειτα suggests a somewhat longer interval of time or it may be merely a stylistic variant of ἔπειτα.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἔπειτα, adv., (ἐπί, εἶτα), thereupon, thereafter, then, afterwards; used a. of time: Mk. vii. 5 RG; Lk. xvi. 7; Gal. i. 21; Jas. iv. 14; μετὰ τοῦτο is added redundantly in Jn. xi. 7 (cf. Meyer ad loc.; W. § 65, 2; [B. 897 (340)]); a more definite specification of time is added epexegetically, μετὰ ἔτη τρία, Gal. i. 18; διὰ de in enumerations it is a. of time and order: πρῶτον. - - ἔπειτα, 1 Co. xv. 46; 1 Th. iv. 17; πρότερον ... . ἔπειτα, Heb. vii. 27; ἀπαρχὴ - - - ἔπειτα, 1 Co. xv. 23; εἶτα [but T Tr mrg. WH mre. ἔπειτα] . . . ἔπειτα, 1 Co. xv. 5, 6; ἔπειτα .΄- . ἔπειτα, ib. 7 Lmre. T Trmrg. WH mrg. β. of order alone: πρῶτον... . ἔπειτα, eb. vii. 2; τρίτον . « . ἔπειτα . « . ἔπειτα (RG εἶτα), 1 Co. xii. 28.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἔπειτα epeita 16x
thereupon, then, after that, in the next place, afterwards, Mk. 7:5; Lk. 16:7
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἔπειτα, adv. of sequence
[in LXX: Nu 19:10 A, Is 16:2, IV Mac 6:3 * ;]
thereupon, thereafter, then: Lk 16:7, Ga 1:21, Ja 4:14; seq. μετὰ τοῦτο, Jo 11:7; μετὰ ἔτη τρία, Ga 1:18; διὰ δεκατεσσάρων ἐτῶν, Ga 2:1; πρῶτον . . . ἔ., I Co 15:46, I Th 4:17, He 7:2; πρότεφον . . . ἔ, He 7:27; ἀπαρχὴ . . . ἔ., I Co 15:23; εἶτα . . . ἔ., I Co 15:5, 6 (WH, txt.); . . . ἔ., I Co 15:5-7 (WH, mg.); τρίτον . . . ἔ. (his), I Co 12:28.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἔπειτα is used of ¢¢me in ΟΟ 75 go (the Rosetta stone—B.c. 196) | νῦν τε kal εἰς τὸν ἔπειτα χρόνον. For a reference to order see P Giss I. 23% where, after referring to her prayers on behalf of her daughter, the writer proceeds—¢mera δὲ χάρι (1. χάρις) τῷ θεῶι KTA. Similarly the word is contrasted with πρῶτον (cf. Heb 7%) in P Oxy IX. 12175 | (ili/A.D.) πρῶτον μὲν ἀσπαζομένη σίε], ἔπιτα εὐχομένη παρὰ πᾶσι θεοῖς κτλ. The form and meaning persist in MGr.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἔπειτα (epeita) — then. ἔπειτα, Ionic dialect and Doric dialect ἔπειτε(ν) (which see), adverb, (ἐπί, εἶτα):
I. of mere Sequence, without any notion of cause, thereupon, thereafter, then, frequently from [Refs]: when in strong opposition to the former act or state, with past tenses, thereafter, afterwards; with future, hereafter, ἢ πέφατ᾽ ἢ καὶ ἔ. πεφήσεται [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὃς δ᾽ ἔπειτ᾽ ἔφυ, opposed to ὅστις πάροιθεν ἦν, [Refs]: in Hom.frequently with other Advs., αὐτίκ᾽ ἔ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; even ἔνθα.. ἔ. 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.297; δὴ ἔ. 8.378: usually with reference to a former act, just then, at the time, [Refs]; frequently in narrative, πρῶτα μὲν.., αὐτὰρ ἔ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; by ἔ. alone, [Refs]; by ἔ. δέ.. ἔ. δέ.. ἔ..., [Refs]; πρὶν μέν.., ἔ. δέ.. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 724; ἔ. γε 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 147c, etc., falsa lectio in[Refs]; κἄπειτα, frequently in Trag., [Refs]
I.2. with Article, τὸ ἔ. what follows, τό τ᾽ ἔ. καὶ τὸ μέλλον καὶ τὸ πρίν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ἐς τὸ ἔ. δόξα [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.3. like{εἶτα}, with a finite Verb after a participle, μειδήσασα δ᾽ ἔ. ἑῷ ἐγκάτθετο κόλπῳ she smiled and then placed it in her bosom, [Refs]: frequently in Trag. and Attic dialect, [Refs]: so frequently when participle and Verb are opposed, marking surprise or the like, and then, and yet, nevertheless, τὸ μητρὸς αἷμα.. ἐκχέας πέδοι ἔ. δώματ᾽ οἰκήσει πατρό; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also κἄπειτα after a participle, [Refs]
I.4. in apodosi (never at the beginning of the clause; in [Refs]
I.4. a after a Temporal conjunction, then, thereafter, ἐπεὶ δὴ σφαίρῃ πειρήσαντο, ὀρχείσθην δὴ ἔ. when they had done playing at ball, then they danced, [Refs]; after ἐπεί, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὁπότε, [Refs]; ὅτε,[Refs]
I.4. b after a Conditional conjunction, then surely, εἰ δ᾽ ἐτεὸν δὴ.. ἀγορεύεις, ἐξ ἄρα δή τοι ἔ. θεοὶ φρένας ὤλεσαν if thou speakest sooth, then of a surety have the gods infatuated thee, [Refs]; so after ἤν, [Refs]; also when the apodosis takes the form of a question, εἰ μὲν δὴ ἕταρόν γε κελεύετέ μ᾽ αὐτὸν ἑλέσθαι, πῶς ἂν ἔ. Ὀδυσῆος λαθοίμη; how can I in such a case? [Refs]; when a condition is implied in relative pronoun, ὃν (={εἴ τινα}) μέν κ᾽ ἐπιεικὲς ἀκουέμεν, οὔ τις ἔ. τόν γ᾽ εἴσεται 1.547; ὃν (={εἴ τινα}) δέ κ᾽ ἐγὼν ἀπάνευθε μάχης ἐθέλοντα νοήσω μιμνάζειν, οὔ οἱ ἔ. ἄρκιον ἐσσεῖται 2.392.
II. of Sequence in thought, i.e. Consequence or Inference, then, therefore, ξεῖν᾽, ἐπεὶ ἂρ δὴ ἔ... μενεαίνεις 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.185 [Refs]; rarely at the beginning, ἔπειθ᾽ ἑλοῦ γε θάτερα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 345.
II.2. in telling a story, νῆσος ἔ. τις ἔστι now, there is an island, [Refs]
II.3. in Attic dialect frequently to introduce emphatic questions, why then.. ? ἔ. τοῦ δέε; [Refs]; mostly to express surprise, or to sneer, and so forsooth..? and so really..? ἔ. οὐκ οἴει φροντίζειν [τοὺς θεοὺς τῶν ἀνθρώπων]; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; frequently with δῆτα added, ἔ. δῆτα δοῦλος ὢν κόμην ἔχει; [Refs]