Lexical Definition

‎ἔπειτα‎ épeita (ep'-i-tah) then ^G:ADV
from ‎ἐπί‎ and ‎εἶτα‎

after that(-ward), then.

• thereafter

Abbott-Smith

ἔπειτα, adv. of sequence [in LXX: Nu 19:10 A, Is 16:2, IV Mac 6:3 * ;]
thereupon, thereafter, then: Lk 16:7, Ga 1:21, Ja 4:14; seq. μετὰ τοῦτο, Jo 11:7; μετὰ ἔτη τρία, Ga 1:18; διὰ δεκατεσσάρων ἐτῶν, Ga 2:1; πρῶτον . . . ἔ., I Co 15:46, I Th 4:17, He 7:2; πρότεφον . . . ἔ, He 7:27; ἀπαρχὴ . . . ἔ., I Co 15:23; εἶτα . . . ἔ., I Co 15:5, 6 (WH, txt.); . . . ἔ., I Co 15:5-7 (WH, mg.); τρίτον . . . ἔ. (his), I Co 12:28.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

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]: 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+]; ὃς δ᾽ ἔπειτ᾽ ἔφυ, opposed to ὅστις πάροιθεν ἦν, [Refs]: in Hom.frequently with other Advs., αὐτίκ᾽ ἔ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; 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]; frequently in narrative, πρῶτα μὲν.., αὐτὰρ ἔ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; by ἔ. alone, [Refs]; by ἔ. δέ.. ἔ. δέ.. ἔ..., [Refs]; 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]; κἄπειτα, frequently in Trag., [Refs]
__I.2 with Article, τὸ ἔ. what follows, τό τ᾽ ἔ. καὶ τὸ μέλλον καὶ τὸ πρίν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ἐς τὸ ἔ. δόξα [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__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]: frequently in Trag. and Attic dialect, [Refs]: 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+]; also κἄπειτα after a participle, [Refs]
__I.4 in apodosi (never at the beginning of the clause; in [Refs]
__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]; after ἐπεί, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὁπότε, [Refs]; ὅτε,[Refs]
__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]; so after ἤν, [Refs]; 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]; 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]; 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]
__II.3 in Attic dialect frequently to introduce emphatic questions, why then.. ? ἔ. τοῦ δέε; [Refs]; 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+]; frequently with δῆτα added, ἔ. δῆτα δοῦλος ὢν κόμην ἔχει; [Refs]