Bible Lexicons

* ἐπει -δή -περ ,

conj.,

forasmuch as ("a stately compound," freq. in cl. and suitable for the formal introduction of Lk): Luke 1:1.†

ἐπειδήπερ appears with its usual meaning ";since"; in P Flor II. 118.5 (A.D. 254) ἐπέστειλα ὅπως χόρτου μοι ἡμιξηροῦ φροντίδα ποιησῆσθαι ἐπειδήπερ μετὰ τὴν αὔριον γίνομαι εἰς τὸν νομὸν ἐποψόμενος τὰ παρ᾽ ὑμῖν ἔργα, P Ryl II. 238.10 (A.D. 262) κτηνύδριον δὲ αὐτοῖς ἓν γοργὸν τῶν ὑπὸ σὲ παράσχες, ἐπειδήπερ τὸ αὐτῶν ὃ εἶχαν βουρδ ̣ωνάριον εἰς ἐμὴν ὑπηρεσίαν κατέσχον, ";give them one spirited donkey from those in your charge, since I have kept for my own use the mule which they had"; (Edd.), P Strass I. 5.10 (A.D. 262) ὅμως αὐτός, ἐπειδήπερ ἐκ παλαιοῦ χρόνου τὴν γεωργίαν ἐνπιστευθεὶς ἐτύνχανεν, τοὺς φόρους καταβέβλη ̣κεν.