2001 Translation

EPEIDĒ, epeidē

Sounds Like: ep-AY-day

Translations: since, because, for, inasmuch as, seeing that

From the root: ἘΠΕΙΔΗ

Part of Speech: Conjunction

Explanation: This word is a conjunction used to introduce a clause that provides a reason or cause for the main clause. It can be translated as 'since,' 'because,' or 'for,' indicating a logical connection between events or statements. It is often found at the beginning of a sentence or clause.

Inflection: Does not inflect

Strong’s number: G1893 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Barnabus

• Letter of Barnabas — 7:5, 7:9, 12:5

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 2:125, 4:4

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 57:4, 62:3

Ignatius of Antioch

• Ignatius’ Letter to the Philadelphians — 10:1
• Ignatius’ Letter to Polycarp — 7:1

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 6:29, 8:45, 19:129, 35:320

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 0:7, 0:18, 6:146
• Book 2 — 16:334
• Book 3 — 12:287
• Book 4 — 2:26
• Book 6 — 13:321
• Book 7 — 1:29, 8:186
• Book 9 — 2:26
• Book 10 — 2:29, 9:159
• Book 12 — 2:34, 3:119
• Book 13 — 2:48, 5:167, 6:187
• Book 14 — 1:14, 4:62, 8:151
• Book 15 — 1:2, 2:21, 3:51, 3:75, 5:128, 10:348, 11:387
• Book 16 — 2:12, 3:72, 3:81, 4:122, 6:162, 6:174, 8:244, 8:265, 8:270, 11:386
• Book 17 — 2:38, 3:59, 4:61, 4:75, 5:91, 5:131, 5:143, 6:148, 10:286
• Book 18 — 8:274, 8:304, 9:340, 9:354, 9:378
• Book 19 — 1:15, 1:16, 1:96, 1:115, 3:216, 5:289, 6:304

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 1:1, 7:8, 7:12, 9:6, 12:8, 12:14, 16:12, 23:2, 23:7, 24:2, 29:8, 32:14
• Book Two — 3:2, 13:2
• Book Three — 3:8, 7:190
• Book Four — 3:34, 3:60, 5:48, 9:11, 9:23
• Book Five — 1:40, 5:30, 13:24
• Book Six — 3:6, 4:10, 7:6

Justin Martyr

• First Apology of Justin Martyr — 31:1, 52:1, 54:1, 56:1, 60:1, 64:1
• Second Apology of Justin Martyr — 0:2, 0:7, 0:10, 0:12, 0:13
• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 7:3, 17:1, 18:1, 20:4, 28:2, 29:3, 34:2, 36:6, 42:4, 43:2, 48:4, 53:6, 56:16, 56:20, 60:3, 68:6, 71:2, 72:3, 77:3, 78:5, 84:4, 92:4, 92:6, 100:2, 103:2, 120:4, 120:5, 124:1, 124:4, 125:2, 125:5, 128:2, 130:2, 137:1, 142:1

Life of Flavius Josephus, The

• The Life of Flavius Josephus — 6:26, 9:38, 12:66, 13:74, 34:172, 53:271

Polycarp of Smyrna

• Martyrdom of Polycarp — 4:1, 12:2

Pseudo Clement of Rome

• Clement’s Second Letter — 12:1

Pseudo-Baruch

• The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch (3 Baruch) — 5:2, 16:2

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Genesis — 15:3, 18:31, 19:19, 23:13, 41:39, 46:30, 50:4
• Exodus — 1:21, 34:33
• 1 Maccabees — 15:3
• 4 Maccabees — 3:20, 4:1, 4:22, 8:1
• Proverbs — 1:24
• Job — 9:29
• Jeremiah — 25:8, 31:7, 36:31, 42:18
• Ezekiel — 28:6
• Daniel (Old Greek) — 3:22

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

• Parable 5 — 5:1
• Parable 9 — 1:2, 13:6

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Luke — 7:1, 11:6
• Acts — 13:46, 14:12, 15:24
• 1 Corinthians — 1:21, 1:22, 14:16, 15:21
• Philippians — 2:26

Twelve Disciples

• The Didache — 3:4, 3:5, 3:6

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΠΕΙΔΗ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ἘΠΕΙΔΗΤΗΣ — of the fact that, of since, of because
• ἘΠΕΙΔΗΤΩΝ — unknown

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