Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐπεί

Conjunction; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπεί

Sense

  1. (of time) after, after that, since, when, (with indicative), (of a definite occurrence in past time, mostly with aorist)

Examples

  • ἐπεὶ δὲ ὁ ἥλιοσ ἐγένετο πρὸσ δυσμάσ, φλὸξ ἐγένετο, καὶ ἰδοὺ κλίβανοσ καπνιζόμενοσ καὶ λαμπάδεσ πυρόσ, αἳ διῆλθον ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν διχοτομημάτων τούτων. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 15:17)
  • καὶ εἶπεν Ἰσραὴλ πρὸσ Ἰωσήφ. ἀποθανοῦμαι ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν, ἐπεὶ ἑώρακα τὸ πρόσωπόν σου. ἔτι γὰρ σὺ ζῇσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 46:30)
  • Ἐπεὶ δὲ παρῆλθον αἱ ἡμέραι τοῦ πένθουσ, ἐλάλησεν Ἰωσὴφ πρὸσ τοὺσ δυνάστασ Φαραὼ λέγων. εἰ εὗρον χάριν ἐναντίον ὑμῶν λαλήσατε περὶ ἐμοῦ εἰσ τὰ ὦτα Φαραὼ λέγοντεσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 50:4)
  • ἐπεὶ δὲ ἐφοβοῦντο αἱ μαῖαι τὸν Θεόν, ἐποίησαν ἑαυταῖσ οἰκίασ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 1:21)
  • ἐπεὶ δὲ οὐκ ἠδύναντο αὐτὸ ἔτι κρύπτειν, ἔλαβεν αὐτῷ ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ θῖβιν καὶ κατέχρισεν αὐτὴν ἀσφαλτοπίσσῃ καὶ ἐνέβαλε τὸ παιδίον εἰσ αὐτὴν καὶ ἔθηκεν αὐτὴν εἰσ τὸ ἕλοσ παρὰ τὸν ποταμόν. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 2:3)

Synonyms

  1. after

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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