Strong's Greek · G1893
G1893 epeí
ἐπεί
ep-i'
since
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epeí appears 26 times in Scripture, including Matthew 18:32 and Mark 15:42. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
thereupon, i.e. since (of time or cause)
In the King James Version
because, else, for that (then, -asmuch as), otherwise, seeing that, since, when
Derivation
Appears 26 times in Scripture
“Then the master summoned him and said, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave all your debt because you begged me.”
“It was the day of Preparation, and the next day was a High Sabbath. In order that the bodies would not remain on the cross during the Sabbath, the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies removed.”
““How can this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?””
“Although they wanted to arrest Him, they were afraid of the crowds, because the people regarded Him as a prophet.”
“If these things are not so, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them?”
“The chief priests picked up the pieces of silver and said, “It is unlawful to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.””
“Certainly not! In that case, how could God judge the world?”
“Take notice, therefore, of the kindness and severity of God: severity to those who fell, but kindness to you, if you continue in His kindness. Otherwise you also will be cut off.”
“And if it is by grace, then it is no longer by works. Otherwise, grace would no longer be grace.”
“Now it was already evening. Since it was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath),”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
