Definition

since now, i.e. (of time) when, or (of cause) whereas

Etymology

from G1893 (ἐπεί) and G1211 (δή);

Where the KJV renders it

• after that
• because
• for (that
• -asmuch as)
• seeing
• since

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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