ἐπειδήπερ Save Pape Abbott-Smith NT ἐπειδήπερ, da doch nun, weil doch, siquidem, Plat. Prot. 357a, Symp. 217c u. A. Number of occurrences in NT: 1Strong 1895 * ἐπει-δή-περ conj., forasmuch as ("a stately compound," freq. in cl. and suitable for the formal introduction of Lk): Lk 1:1.†