Strong G1899ἔπειτα
then
- Transliteration
- epeita
- Pronunciation
- ep'-i-tah
- Morphology
- Greek Adverb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἐπειτα, adv. of sequence
[in LXX: Num.19:10 A, Isa.16:2, 4Ma.6:3 *;]
thereupon, thereafter, then: Luk.16:7, Gal.1:21, Jas.4:14; before μετὰ τοῦτο, Jhn.11:7; μετὰ ἔτη τρία, Gal.1:18; διὰ δεκατεσσάρων ἐτῶν, Gal.2:1; πρῶτον... ἔ., 1Co.15:46, 1Th.4:17, Heb.7:2; πρότεφον... ἔ, Heb.7:27; ἀπαρχὴ... ἔ., 1Co.15:23; εἶτα... ἔ., 1Co.15:5-6 (WH, txt.);... ἔ., 1Co.15:5-7 (WH, mg.); τρίτον... ἔ. (his), 1Co.12:28.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Num.19:10 A, Isa.16:2, 4Ma.6:3 *;]
thereupon, thereafter, then: Luk.16:7, Gal.1:21, Jas.4:14; before μετὰ τοῦτο, Jhn.11:7; μετὰ ἔτη τρία, Gal.1:18; διὰ δεκατεσσάρων ἐτῶν, Gal.2:1; πρῶτον... ἔ., 1Co.15:46, 1Th.4:17, Heb.7:2; πρότεφον... ἔ, Heb.7:27; ἀπαρχὴ... ἔ., 1Co.15:23; εἶτα... ἔ., 1Co.15:5-6 (WH, txt.);... ἔ., 1Co.15:5-7 (WH, mg.); τρίτον... ἔ. (his), 1Co.12:28.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1899 appears in 16 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- then9
- after4
- afterward2
- afterwards1
First verses
- Mark 7:5Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?
- Luke 16:7Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore.
- John 11:7Then after that saith he to his disciples, Let us go into Judea again.
- 1 Corinthians 12:28And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.
- 1 Corinthians 15:6After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.
- 1 Corinthians 15:7After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles.
- 1 Corinthians 15:23But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.
- 1 Corinthians 15:46Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
- Galatians 1:18Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days.
- Galatians 1:21Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia;
- Galatians 2:1Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:17Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
- Hebrews 7:2To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace;
- Hebrews 7:27Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people’s: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.
- James 3:17But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
- James 4:14Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἔπειτα,
Ionic dialect and Doric dialect ἔπειτε(ν) (which see), adverb, (ἐπί, εἶτα):
I of mere Sequence, without any notion of cause, thereupon, thereafter, then, frequently from [Refs (Hom. downwards, as Il. 1.48, 2.169, etc.)]: when in strong opposition to the former act or state, with past tenses, thereafter, afterwards; with future, hereafter, ἢ πέφατ᾽ ἢ καὶ ἔ. πεφήσεται [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.140; opposed to αὐτίκα νῦν, 23.551)]; ὃς δ᾽ ἔπειτ᾽ ἔφυ, opposed to ὅστις πάροιθεν ἦν, [Refs (A. “Ag.” 171 (Lyric poetry))]: in Hom.frequently with other Advs., αὐτίκ᾽ ἔ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.214; αἶψα, ὦκα ἔ., 24.783, 18.527)]; even ἔνθα.. ἔ. 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.297; δὴ ἔ. 8.378: usually with reference to a former act, just then, at the time, [Refs (1.106)]; frequently in narrative, πρῶτα μὲν.., αὐτὰρ ἔ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.497; πρῶτον μέν.., followed by ἔ. δέ.., Th. 2.55, Pl. “Ap.” 18a, etc.)]; by ἔ. alone, [Refs (Th. 1.33, etc.)]; by ἔ. δέ.. ἔ. δέ.. ἔ..., [Refs (X. “Cyr.” 1.3.14; ἐπεὶ δέ.. ἔ... ἔ... ἔ. δέ, [prev. work] 8.3.24, +others)]; πρὶν μέν.., ἔ. δέ.. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 724; ἔ. γε 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 147c, etc., falsa lectio in[Refs (Ar. “Th.” 556)]; κἄπειτα, frequently in Trag., [Refs (S. “Aj.” 61, 305, etc.)]
I.2 with Article, τὸ ἔ. what follows, τό τ᾽ ἔ. καὶ τὸ μέλλον καὶ τὸ πρίν [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ant.” 611 (Lyric poetry); τά τε πρῶτα, τά τ᾽ ἔ., ὅσα τ᾽ ἔμελλε τυχεῖν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1265 (Lyric poetry); οἱ ἔ. _future generations,?? 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 672; ὁ ἔ. βίος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 116a; εἰς τὸν ἔ. χρόνον [prev. author] “Phlb.” 39e, X. “Cyr.” 1.5.9, “OGI” 90.43 (Rosetta, 2nd c.BC))]; ἡ ἐς τὸ ἔ. δόξα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.64; ἐν τῷ ἔ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 67d; ἐκ τοῦ ποτὲ εἰς τὸ ἔ. [prev. author] “Prm.” 152b.)]
I.3 like{εἶτα}, with a finite Verb after a participle, μειδήσασα δ᾽ ἔ. ἑῷ ἐγκάτθετο κόλπῳ she smiled and then placed it in her bosom, [Refs (Il. 14.223, compare 11.730, etc.)]: frequently in Trag. and Attic dialect, [Refs (A. “Th.” 267, “Eu.” 29, Pl. “Phd.” 82c)]: so frequently when participle and Verb are opposed, marking surprise or the like, and then, and yet, nevertheless, τὸ μητρὸς αἷμα.. ἐκχέας πέδοι ἔ. δώματ᾽ οἰκήσει πατρό; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 654, compare 438; χὤταν ἐν κακοῖσί τις ἁλοὺς ἔ. τοῦτο καλλύνειν θέλῃ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 496; ὅστις ἀνθρώπου φύσιν βλαστὼν ἔ. μὴ κατ᾽ ἄνθρωπον φρονῇ [prev. author] “Aj.” 761; εἰ πτωχὸς ὢν ἔπειτ᾽ ἐν Ἀθηναίοις λέγειν μέλλω 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 498, compare “Av.” 29, Pl. “Grg.” 519e, “Prt.” 319d: adversatively, answering μέν, πολλάκις μὲν ὥρμα.., ἔ... διεκωλύετο [prev. author] “R.” 336b; ἔτι μὲν ἐνεχείρησα.., ἔ... [prev. author] “Prt.” 310c, etc.)]; also κἄπειτα after a participle, [Refs (Ar. “Nu.” 624, “Av.” 536; compare εἶτα 1.2.)]
I.4 in apodosi (never at the beginning of the clause; in [Refs (Hom. frequently strengthened by other Particles):)]
I.4.a after a Temporal conjunction, then, thereafter, ἐπεὶ δὴ σφαίρῃ πειρήσαντο, ὀρχείσθην δὴ ἔ. when they had done playing at ball, then they danced, [Refs (Od. 8.378)]; after ἐπεί, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (Il. 16.247; ἐπὴν.. δὴ ἔ. 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.121)]; ὁπότε, [Refs (Il. 18.545)]; ὅτε,[Refs (3.223; ὡς.. ἄρ᾽ ἔ. 10.522; ἦμος.. καὶ τότ᾽ ἔ. 1.478.)]
I.4.b after a Conditional conjunction, then surely, εἰ δ᾽ ἐτεὸν δὴ.. ἀγορεύεις, ἐξ ἄρα δή τοι ἔ. θεοὶ φρένας ὤλεσαν if thou speakest sooth, then of a surety have the gods infatuated thee, [Refs (7.360, compare 10.453, Od. 1.290, etc.)]; so after ἤν, [Refs (Il. 9.394)]; also when the apodosis takes the form of a question, εἰ μὲν δὴ ἕταρόν γε κελεύετέ μ᾽ αὐτὸν ἑλέσθαι, πῶς ἂν ἔ. Ὀδυσῆος λαθοίμη; how can I in such a case? [Refs (10.243)]; when a condition is implied in relative pronoun, ὃν (={εἴ τινα}) μέν κ᾽ ἐπιεικὲς ἀκουέμεν, οὔ τις ἔ. τόν γ᾽ εἴσεται 1.547; ὃν (={εἴ τινα}) δέ κ᾽ ἐγὼν ἀπάνευθε μάχης ἐθέλοντα νοήσω μιμνάζειν, οὔ οἱ ἔ. ἄρκιον ἐσσεῖται 2.392.
II of Sequence in thought, i.e. Consequence or Inference, then, therefore, ξεῖν᾽, ἐπεὶ ἂρ δὴ ἔ... μενεαίνεις 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.185 [Refs (, cf. Il. 15.49, 18.357; οὐ σύ γ᾽ ἔ. Τυδέος ἔκγονός ἐσσι 5.812)]; rarely at the beginning, ἔπειθ᾽ ἑλοῦ γε θάτερα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 345.
II.2 in telling a story, νῆσος ἔ. τις ἔστι now, there is an island, [Refs (Od. 4.354, compare 9.116.)]
II.3 in Attic dialect frequently to introduce emphatic questions, why then.. ? ἔ. τοῦ δέε; [Refs (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 827, compare “Th.” 188, “Nu.” 226)]; mostly to express surprise, or to sneer, and so forsooth..? and so really..? ἔ. οὐκ οἴει φροντίζειν [τοὺς θεοὺς τῶν ἀνθρώπων]; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (X. “Mem.” 1.4.11; so κἄπειτα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Med.” 1398 (_anapaest meter_), Ar. “Ach.” 126, “Av.” 963, X. “Smp.” 4.2)]; frequently with δῆτα added, ἔ. δῆτα δοῦλος ὢν κόμην ἔχει; [Refs (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 911, compare 1217, “Lys.” 985, E. “Alc.” 822.)]
Ionic dialect and Doric dialect ἔπειτε(ν) (which see), adverb, (ἐπί, εἶτα):
I of mere Sequence, without any notion of cause, thereupon, thereafter, then, frequently from [Refs (Hom. downwards, as Il. 1.48, 2.169, etc.)]: when in strong opposition to the former act or state, with past tenses, thereafter, afterwards; with future, hereafter, ἢ πέφατ᾽ ἢ καὶ ἔ. πεφήσεται [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.140; opposed to αὐτίκα νῦν, 23.551)]; ὃς δ᾽ ἔπειτ᾽ ἔφυ, opposed to ὅστις πάροιθεν ἦν, [Refs (A. “Ag.” 171 (Lyric poetry))]: in Hom.frequently with other Advs., αὐτίκ᾽ ἔ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.214; αἶψα, ὦκα ἔ., 24.783, 18.527)]; even ἔνθα.. ἔ. 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.297; δὴ ἔ. 8.378: usually with reference to a former act, just then, at the time, [Refs (1.106)]; frequently in narrative, πρῶτα μὲν.., αὐτὰρ ἔ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.497; πρῶτον μέν.., followed by ἔ. δέ.., Th. 2.55, Pl. “Ap.” 18a, etc.)]; by ἔ. alone, [Refs (Th. 1.33, etc.)]; by ἔ. δέ.. ἔ. δέ.. ἔ..., [Refs (X. “Cyr.” 1.3.14; ἐπεὶ δέ.. ἔ... ἔ... ἔ. δέ, [prev. work] 8.3.24, +others)]; πρὶν μέν.., ἔ. δέ.. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 724; ἔ. γε 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 147c, etc., falsa lectio in[Refs (Ar. “Th.” 556)]; κἄπειτα, frequently in Trag., [Refs (S. “Aj.” 61, 305, etc.)]
I.2 with Article, τὸ ἔ. what follows, τό τ᾽ ἔ. καὶ τὸ μέλλον καὶ τὸ πρίν [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ant.” 611 (Lyric poetry); τά τε πρῶτα, τά τ᾽ ἔ., ὅσα τ᾽ ἔμελλε τυχεῖν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1265 (Lyric poetry); οἱ ἔ. _future generations,?? 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 672; ὁ ἔ. βίος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 116a; εἰς τὸν ἔ. χρόνον [prev. author] “Phlb.” 39e, X. “Cyr.” 1.5.9, “OGI” 90.43 (Rosetta, 2nd c.BC))]; ἡ ἐς τὸ ἔ. δόξα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.64; ἐν τῷ ἔ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 67d; ἐκ τοῦ ποτὲ εἰς τὸ ἔ. [prev. author] “Prm.” 152b.)]
I.3 like{εἶτα}, with a finite Verb after a participle, μειδήσασα δ᾽ ἔ. ἑῷ ἐγκάτθετο κόλπῳ she smiled and then placed it in her bosom, [Refs (Il. 14.223, compare 11.730, etc.)]: frequently in Trag. and Attic dialect, [Refs (A. “Th.” 267, “Eu.” 29, Pl. “Phd.” 82c)]: so frequently when participle and Verb are opposed, marking surprise or the like, and then, and yet, nevertheless, τὸ μητρὸς αἷμα.. ἐκχέας πέδοι ἔ. δώματ᾽ οἰκήσει πατρό; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 654, compare 438; χὤταν ἐν κακοῖσί τις ἁλοὺς ἔ. τοῦτο καλλύνειν θέλῃ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 496; ὅστις ἀνθρώπου φύσιν βλαστὼν ἔ. μὴ κατ᾽ ἄνθρωπον φρονῇ [prev. author] “Aj.” 761; εἰ πτωχὸς ὢν ἔπειτ᾽ ἐν Ἀθηναίοις λέγειν μέλλω 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 498, compare “Av.” 29, Pl. “Grg.” 519e, “Prt.” 319d: adversatively, answering μέν, πολλάκις μὲν ὥρμα.., ἔ... διεκωλύετο [prev. author] “R.” 336b; ἔτι μὲν ἐνεχείρησα.., ἔ... [prev. author] “Prt.” 310c, etc.)]; also κἄπειτα after a participle, [Refs (Ar. “Nu.” 624, “Av.” 536; compare εἶτα 1.2.)]
I.4 in apodosi (never at the beginning of the clause; in [Refs (Hom. frequently strengthened by other Particles):)]
I.4.a after a Temporal conjunction, then, thereafter, ἐπεὶ δὴ σφαίρῃ πειρήσαντο, ὀρχείσθην δὴ ἔ. when they had done playing at ball, then they danced, [Refs (Od. 8.378)]; after ἐπεί, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (Il. 16.247; ἐπὴν.. δὴ ἔ. 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.121)]; ὁπότε, [Refs (Il. 18.545)]; ὅτε,[Refs (3.223; ὡς.. ἄρ᾽ ἔ. 10.522; ἦμος.. καὶ τότ᾽ ἔ. 1.478.)]
I.4.b after a Conditional conjunction, then surely, εἰ δ᾽ ἐτεὸν δὴ.. ἀγορεύεις, ἐξ ἄρα δή τοι ἔ. θεοὶ φρένας ὤλεσαν if thou speakest sooth, then of a surety have the gods infatuated thee, [Refs (7.360, compare 10.453, Od. 1.290, etc.)]; so after ἤν, [Refs (Il. 9.394)]; also when the apodosis takes the form of a question, εἰ μὲν δὴ ἕταρόν γε κελεύετέ μ᾽ αὐτὸν ἑλέσθαι, πῶς ἂν ἔ. Ὀδυσῆος λαθοίμη; how can I in such a case? [Refs (10.243)]; when a condition is implied in relative pronoun, ὃν (={εἴ τινα}) μέν κ᾽ ἐπιεικὲς ἀκουέμεν, οὔ τις ἔ. τόν γ᾽ εἴσεται 1.547; ὃν (={εἴ τινα}) δέ κ᾽ ἐγὼν ἀπάνευθε μάχης ἐθέλοντα νοήσω μιμνάζειν, οὔ οἱ ἔ. ἄρκιον ἐσσεῖται 2.392.
II of Sequence in thought, i.e. Consequence or Inference, then, therefore, ξεῖν᾽, ἐπεὶ ἂρ δὴ ἔ... μενεαίνεις 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.185 [Refs (, cf. Il. 15.49, 18.357; οὐ σύ γ᾽ ἔ. Τυδέος ἔκγονός ἐσσι 5.812)]; rarely at the beginning, ἔπειθ᾽ ἑλοῦ γε θάτερα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 345.
II.2 in telling a story, νῆσος ἔ. τις ἔστι now, there is an island, [Refs (Od. 4.354, compare 9.116.)]
II.3 in Attic dialect frequently to introduce emphatic questions, why then.. ? ἔ. τοῦ δέε; [Refs (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 827, compare “Th.” 188, “Nu.” 226)]; mostly to express surprise, or to sneer, and so forsooth..? and so really..? ἔ. οὐκ οἴει φροντίζειν [τοὺς θεοὺς τῶν ἀνθρώπων]; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (X. “Mem.” 1.4.11; so κἄπειτα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Med.” 1398 (_anapaest meter_), Ar. “Ach.” 126, “Av.” 963, X. “Smp.” 4.2)]; frequently with δῆτα added, ἔ. δῆτα δοῦλος ὢν κόμην ἔχει; [Refs (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 911, compare 1217, “Lys.” 985, E. “Alc.” 822.)]