G1895 G1895
since, seeing that, because (causal conjunction)
A strengthened causal conjunction meaning 'since indeed' or 'inasmuch as,' combining ἐπεί (since) with the particle περ for emphasis. Luke 1:1 begins the Gospel with this word: 'Inasmuch as (ἐπειδήπερ) many have undertaken to compile a narrative...' Luke uses it to acknowledge previous Gospel accounts as the factual basis for his own carefully researched work.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Luke's opening signals awareness of prior Gospel traditions. The Spanish 'Puesto que,' French 'puisque,' and German 'da ja' all convey causal reasoning. Luke is not contradicting earlier accounts but building on them with his own orderly investigation. The conjunction establishes the premise: since others have already written, and since eyewitnesses have transmitted these events, Luke now presents his own definitive narrative for Theophilus. 1×
AR["إِذْ-إِنَّ"]·ben["যেহেতু"]·DE["da-ja"]·EN["Since-indeed"]·FR["puisque"]·heb["הוֹאִיל"]·HI["क्योंकि"]·ID["Oleh-karena"]·IT["epeideper"]·jav["Amargi"]·KO["이미-부터"]·PT["Visto-que"]·RU["Поскольку"]·ES["Puesto-que"]·SW["Kwa-sababu"]·TR["Madem-ki"]·urd["چونکہ"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
Included with: ἐπεί, conjunction, both temporal and causal; also ἐπειδή, ἐπείτε. OF TIME (ἐπειδή is more frequently in this sense in Prose), after that, since, when, from Refs 8th c.BC+ __I with Ind., __I.1 of a definite occurrence in past time, mostly with aorist, ἐπεί π᾽ εὔξαντο after they had prayed, Refs 8th c.BC+after Refs 5th c.BC+: rarely with imperfect, ἐπειδὴ εἱστιώμεθ᾽ Refs 5th…