ἐπέκεινα,
I
1. Adv., for ἐπ’ ἐκεῖνα, opp. ἐπὶ τάδε (Pl. Phd. 112b), on yonder side, beyond, c. gen., Hecat. ap. Str. 12.3.23; τοῦ Ἡρακλείου ἐ. X. HG 5.1.10; οἱ ἐ. Τίγριδος καὶ Εὐφράτου Hdn. 2.8.8; ἐ. ἐλθεῖν Διονύσου farther than.., Arr. An. 5.2.1: metaph., ἐ. τῆς οὐσίας ὑπερέχειν Pl. R. 509b; ἐλπίδος ἐ. Hld. 9.5.
2. with Art., τὸ ἐ., Att. τοὐπ., or τὰ ἐ., Att. τἀπ., the part beyond, the far side, τὰ ἐ. τῆς Εὐρώπης Hdt. 3.115, cf. Th. 6.63, etc.; τοὐπέκεινα τῆσδε γῆς beyond it, E. Hipp. 1199; Πίνδου τε τἀπ. A. Supp. 257, cf. X. HG 5.1.10; abs., οἱ ἐκ τοῦ ἐ. Id. An. 5.4.3; ἐν τῷ ἐ. Th. 7.58; τῶν νόθων [ἡδονῶν] εἰς τὸ ἐ. ὑπερβάς Pl. R. 587c; τὸ ἐ. τοῦ νοῦ Porph. Sent. 25, Jul. Or. 4.132c.
II of past Time, οἱ ἐ. χρόνοι
1. the times beyond or before, earlier times, Isoc. 6.41; οἱ ἐ. (sc. τῶν Τρωϊκῶν γενόμενοι) Id. 9.6.
2. of future Time, henceforth, LXX [1Ma 10:30], Thd. Su. 64.
ἐπέκεινα epekeina 1x
BDAG 361, say it is an adverb with the gen.; others classify it as an improper prep., gen., on yonder side, beyond, [Act 7:43]
G1900 — ἐπέκεινα
(equivalent to ἐπ' ἐκεῖνα namely, μέρη (cf. Winers Grammar, § 6, the passage cited at the end)), adv, beyond: with the genitive, Βαβυλῶνος, [Act 7:43]. (Often in Greek writings from Herodotus down both with and without the genitive; in the Sept. [Amo 5:27]; [Gen 35:16]; [Jer 22:19].)
ἐπ - έκεινα ,
adv.
( = ἐπ᾿ ἐκεῖνα ),
[in LXX : [Lev 22:27], [Num 32:19], al. (H1973), etc.;]
beyond; c . gen ., [Act 7:43] ( LXX ) †