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ἐπεί

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
ἐπεί
Greek transliteration: 
epei
Simplified transliteration: 
epei
Numbers
Strong's number: 
1893
GK Number: 
2075
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
26
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
conj
Gloss: 
since, because, for otherwise
Definition: 
when, after, since, because, in as much as, Mt. 18:32; 27:6; for, for then, for else, since in that case, Rom. 3:6; 11:6

Greek-English Concordance for ἐπεί

Matthew 18:32 Then his master called him in and said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because (epei | ἐπεί | conj) you pleaded with me.
Matthew 21:46 And although they wanted to arrest him, they were afraid of the crowds because (epei | ἐπεί | conj) they held him to be a prophet.
Matthew 27:6 But the ruling priests, picking up the coins, said, “It is not lawful to put these into the treasury, since (epei | ἐπεί | conj) it is blood money.”
Mark 15:42 And when evening had already come, since (epei | ἐπεί | conj) it was the day of Preparation (that is, the day before the Sabbath),
Luke 1:34 Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since (epei | ἐπεί | conj) I have no sexual relationship with a man?”
John 13:29 Some of them thought, since (epei | ἐπεί | conj) Judas used to keep the money box, that Jesus had said to him, “Buy what we need for the festival,” or that he should give something to the poor.
John 19:31 Then, since (epei | ἐπεί | conj) it was the day of Preparation, so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs of the crucified men broken and their bodies taken down.
Romans 3:6 By no means! For (epei | ἐπεί | conj) otherwise how could God judge the world?
Romans 11:6 And if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works, otherwise (epei | ἐπεί | conj) grace would no longer be grace.
Romans 11:22 Consider therefore the kindness and the severity of God — severity to those who have fallen, but God’s kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness. Otherwise (epei | ἐπεί | conj) you too will be cut off.
1 Corinthians 5:10 not at all meaning the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters, since (epei | ἐπεί | conj) then you would have to go out of the world.
1 Corinthians 7:14 For the unbelieving husband is consecrated through union with his wife, and the unbelieving wife is consecrated through union with her husband. Otherwise (epei | ἐπεί | conj) your children would be defiled, but as it is, they are holy.
1 Corinthians 14:12 So it is with you. Since (epei | ἐπεί | conj) you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit, seek to excel for the edification of the church.
1 Corinthians 14:16 Otherwise (epei | ἐπεί | conj), if you are praising God by the Spirit, how can anyone in the position of an outsider say, “Amen,” to your thanksgiving since he does not know what you are saying?
1 Corinthians 15:29 Otherwise (epei | ἐπεί | conj), what will they accomplish, those who are being baptized for the dead? If the dead are not actually raised, why then are they being baptized for them?
2 Corinthians 11:18 Since (epei | ἐπεί | conj) there are many who are boasting according to the flesh, I too will boast.
2 Corinthians 13:3 since (epei | ἐπεί | conj) you seek proof that Christ is speaking through me. He is not weak toward you but is powerful among you.
Hebrews 2:14 Therefore since (epei | ἐπεί | conj) the children share in blood and flesh, he himself also, in the same way, shared the same things so that by his death he might destroy the one who holds the power of death (that is, the devil),
Hebrews 4:6 Therefore since (epei | ἐπεί | conj) it remains for some to enter it, and those who previously had the good news proclaimed to them failed to enter because of disobedience,
Hebrews 5:2 He is able to deal compassionately with the ignorant and going astray, since (epei | ἐπεί | conj) he too is subject to weakness.
Hebrews 5:11 On this subject we have much to say and it is hard to explain, since (epei | ἐπεί | conj) you have become sluggish in understanding.
Hebrews 6:13 When God made a promise to Abraham, since (epei | ἐπεί | conj) he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself,
Hebrews 9:17 For a will takes effect only when a person has died; it cannot possibly (epei | ἐπεί | conj) be valid so long as the one who made it is still alive.
Hebrews 9:26 for then (epei | ἐπεί | conj) he would have had to suffer again and again since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the climax of the ages to put away sin by his sacrifice.
Hebrews 10:2 For (epei | ἐπεί | conj) otherwise would they not have ceased being offered, since the worshipers, once cleansed, would have no consciousness of sins?
Hebrews 11:11 By faith Abraham was enabled to become a father — even though Sarah herself was sterile and beyond the normal age of childbearing — because (epei | ἐπεί | conj) he regarded as faithful the one who had made the promise.