ἐπεί epei

Greek word for “since” · Strong’s G1893 · used 26 times in 26 verses

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Meaning

ἐπεί; conj. (ἐπί, εἰ);

How it is translated

Glosses given for epei in context, with how often each is used:

• since 15
• otherwise 7
• because 2
• since the 1
• else 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Romans 11 (2), 1 Corinthians 14 (2), Hebrews 5 (2), Hebrews 9 (2), Matthew 18 (1), Matthew 21 (1), Matthew 27 (1), Mark 15 (1), Luke 1 (1), John 13 (1)

Forms

• ἐπεὶ 24
• Ἐπεὶ 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with epei more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• παρασκευή paraskeuē “Preparation” 2
• καταβολή katabolē “beginning” 2
• πῶς pōs “how?!” 3
• ζητέω zēteō “to seek” 3
• ἅπαξ hapax “once” 2
• ἐπαγγέλλω epangellō “to profess” 2
• κόσμος kosmos “world” 3
• ἄρα ara “therefore” 2
• αἷμα ahima “blood” 2
• νεκρός nekros “dead” 2
• σάρξ sarx “flesh” 2
• ἁμαρτία hamartia “sin” 2

Key verses

The verses using epei that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• John 19:31 — The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high…
• Romans 11:6 — And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
• Romans 11:22 — Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou…
• 1 Corinthians 7:14 — For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they…
• 1 Corinthians 14:16 — Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not…
• 2 Corinthians 13:3 — Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you.
• Hebrews 2:14 — Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that…
• Hebrews 5:2 — Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.
• Hebrews 5:11 — Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.
• Hebrews 6:13 — For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,
• Hebrews 9:26 — For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice…
• Hebrews 11:11 — Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.