εἰ, conjunctive particle, used in conditions and in indirect questions. I. Conditional, if; 1. with indic, expressing a general assumption; (a) pres.: before indic, pres., Mat.11:14, Rom.8:25, al.; before imperat., Mrk.4:23 9:22, Jhn.15:18, 1Co.7:9, al.; before fut. indic., Luk.16:31, Rom.8:11, al.; before pf. or aor., with negation in apodosis, Mat.12:26, Rom.4:14, al.; similarly, before impf., Luk.17:6, Jhn.8:39; before quæst., Mat.6:23, Jhn.5:47 7:23 8:46, 1Pe.2:20; (b) fut.: Mat.26:33, 1Pe.2:20; (with) pf.: Jhn.11:12, Rom.6:5, al.; (d) aor.: Luk.16:11 19:8, Jhn.13:32, 18:23, Rev.20:15, al. 2. Where the assumption is certain = ἐπεί: Mat.12:28, Jhn.7:4, Rom.5:17, al. 3. Of an unfulfilled condition, with indic, impf., aor. or plpf., before ἄν, with imp. or aor. (see: ἄν, I, i). 4. C. indic., after verbs denoting wonder, etc., sometimes, but not always, coupled with an element of doubt: Mrk.15:44, 1Jn.3:13, al. 5. C. indic., as in LXX (Num.14:3o, 1Ki.14:45, al. = Heb. אִם), in oaths, with the formula of imprecation understood in a suppressed apodosis (WM, 627; Burton, §272): Mrk.8:12, Heb.3:11" (LXX) 4:3 (LXX). 6. Rarely (cl.) with optative, to express a merely possible condition: Act.24:19 27:39, 1Co.14:10 15:37, I Pe3:14, 17. II. Interrogative, if, whether. 1. As in cl., in indir. questions after verbs of seeing, asking, knowing, saying, etc.: with indic. pres., Mat.26:63, Mrk.15:36, Act.19:2, 2Co.13:5, al.; fut., Mrk.3:2, Act.8:22, al.; aor., Mrk.15:44, 1Co.1:16, al.; with subjc. aor. (M, Pr., 194), Php.3:12. 2. As in LXX (= Heb. אִם and interrog. הֲ, Gen.17:17, al.; see WM, 639f.; Viteau, i, 22), in direct questions: Mrk.8:23 (Tr., WH, txt.), Luk.13:23, 22:49, Act.19:2, al. III. With other particles. 1. εἰ ἄρα, εἴγε, εἰ δὲ μήγε, see: ἄρα, γε. 2. εἰ δὲ καί, but if also: Luk.11:18; but even if, 1Co.4:7, 2Co.4:3 11:16. 3. εἰ δὲ μή, but if not, but if otherwise: Mrk.2:21, 22 Jhn.14:2, Rev.2:5, al. 4. εἰ καί, if even, if also, although: Mrk.14:29, Luk.11:8, 1Co.7:21, 2Co.4:16, Php.2:17, al. 5. καὶ εἰ, even if, see: καί 6. εἰ μή, if not, unless, except, but only: Mat.24:22, Mrk.2:26 6:5, Jhn.9:33, 1Co.7:17 (only), Gal.1:19 (cf. ἐὰν μή, 2:16; see Hort., Ja., xvi); ἐκτὸς εἰ μή, pleonastic (Bl., §65, 6), 1Co.14:5 15:2, 1Ti.5:19. 7. εἰ μήν = cl. ἦ μήν (M, Pr., 46), in oaths, surely (Eze.33:27, al.): Heb.6:14. 8. εἴ πως, if haply: Act.27:12, Rom.1:10. 9. εἴτε . . . εἴτε, whether . . . or; Rom.12:6-8, 1Co.3:22 13:8, al. (AS)
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G1487 — εἰ
ei · if · Greek
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Matthew 4:3 · εἰThe tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”Matthew 4:6 · εἰand said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, ‘He will put his angels in charge of you.’ and, ‘On their hands they will bear you up, so that you don’t dash your foot against a stone.’”Matthew 5:13 · εἰ“You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its flavor, with what will it be salted? It is then good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under the feet of men.Matthew 5:29 · εἰIf your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna.Matthew 5:30 · εἰIf your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off, and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna.Matthew 6:1 · εἰ“Be careful that you don’t do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.Matthew 6:23 · εἰBut if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!Matthew 6:30 · εἰBut if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today exists, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, won’t he much more clothe you, you of little faith?Matthew 7:11 · εἰIf you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!Matthew 8:31 · εἰThe demons begged him, saying, “If you cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of pigs.”Matthew 9:17 · εἰNeither do people put new wine into old wineskins, or else the skins would burst, and the wine be spilled, and the skins ruined. No, they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.”Matthew 10:25 · εἰIt is enough for the disciple that he be like his teacher, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household!Matthew 11:14 · εἰIf you are willing to receive it, this is Elijah, who is to come.Matthew 11:21 · εἰ“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.Matthew 11:23 · εἰYou, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, you will go down to Hades. For if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which were done in you, it would have remained until this day.Matthew 11:27 · εἰ · εἰAll things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows the Son, except the Father; neither does anyone know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son desires to reveal him.Matthew 12:4 · εἰhow he entered into the house of God, and ate the show bread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for those who were with him, but only for the priests?Matthew 12:7 · εἰBut if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless.Matthew 12:10 · εἰAnd behold there was a man with a withered hand. They asked him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day?” that they might accuse him.Matthew 12:24 · εἰBut when the Pharisees heard it, they said, “This man does not cast out demons, except by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons.”Matthew 12:26 · εἰIf Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?Matthew 12:27 · εἰIf I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.Matthew 12:28 · εἰBut if I by the Spirit of God cast out demons, then the Kingdom of God has come upon you.Matthew 12:39 · εἰBut he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, but no sign will be given it but the sign of Jonah the prophet.Matthew 13:57 · εἰThey were offended by him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and in his own house.”Matthew 14:17 · εἰThey told him, “We only have here five loaves and two fish.”Matthew 14:28 · εἰPeter answered him and said, “Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the waters.”Matthew 15:24 · εἰBut he answered, “I wasn’t sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”Matthew 16:4 · εἰAn evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and there will be no sign given to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah.” He left them, and departed.Matthew 16:24 · εἴThen Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.Matthew 17:4 · εἰPeter answered, and said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you want, let’s make three tents here: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”Matthew 17:8 · εἰLifting up their eyes, they saw no one, except Jesus alone.Matthew 18:8 · εἰIf your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life maimed or crippled, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire.Matthew 18:9 · εἰIf your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna of fire.Matthew 18:28 · εἴ“But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow servants, who owed him one hundred denarii, and he grabbed him, and took him by the throat, saying, ‘Pay me what you owe!’Matthew 19:3 · εἰPharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”Matthew 19:10 · εἰHis disciples said to him, “If this is the case of the man with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.”Matthew 19:17 · εἰHe said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but one, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”Matthew 19:21 · εἰJesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”Matthew 21:19 · εἰSeeing a fig tree by the road, he came to it, and found nothing on it but leaves. He said to it, “Let there be no fruit from you forever!” Immediately the fig tree withered away.Matthew 22:45 · εἰ“If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son?”Matthew 23:30 · εἰand say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we wouldn’t have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.’Matthew 24:22 · εἰUnless those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved. But for the sake of the chosen ones, those days will be shortened.Matthew 24:24 · εἰFor there will arise false christs, and false prophets, and they will show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.Matthew 24:36 · εἰBut no one knows of that day and hour, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father only.Matthew 24:43 · εἰBut know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.Matthew 26:24 · εἰThe Son of Man goes, even as it is written of him, but woe to that man through whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for that man if he had not been born.”Matthew 26:33 · εἰBut Peter answered him, “Even if all will be made to stumble because of you, I will never be made to stumble.”Matthew 26:39 · εἰHe went forward a little, fell on his face, and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me; nevertheless, not what I desire, but what you desire.”Matthew 26:42 · εἰAgain, a second time he went away, and prayed, saying, “My Father, if this cup can’t pass away from me unless I drink it, your desire be done.”Matthew 26:63 · εἰBut Jesus held his peace. The high priest answered him, “I adjure you by the living God, that you tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God.”Matthew 27:40 · εἰand saying, “You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”Matthew 27:43 · εἰHe trusts in God. Let God deliver him now, if he wants him; for he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”Matthew 27:49 · εἰThe rest said, “Let him be. Let’s see whether Elijah comes to save him.”Mark 2:7 · εἰ“Why does this man speak blasphemies like that? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”Mark 2:21 · εἰNo one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, or else the patch shrinks and the new tears away from the old, and a worse hole is made.Mark 2:22 · εἰNo one puts new wine into old wineskins, or else the new wine will burst the skins, and the wine pours out, and the skins will be destroyed; but they put new wine into fresh wineskins.”Mark 2:26 · εἰHow he entered into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the show bread, which is not lawful to eat except for the priests, and gave also to those who were with him?”Mark 3:2 · εἰThey watched him, whether he would heal him on the Sabbath day, that they might accuse him.Mark 3:26 · εἰIf Satan has risen up against himself, and is divided, he can’t stand, but has an end.Mark 4:23 · εἴIf any man has ears to hear, let him hear.”Mark 5:37 · εἰHe allowed no one to follow him, except Peter, James, and John the brother of James.Mark 6:4 · εἰJesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and among his own relatives, and in his own house.”Mark 6:5 · εἰHe could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people, and healed them.Mark 6:8 · εἰHe commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, except a staff only: no bread, no wallet, no money in their purse,Mark 8:12 · εἰHe sighed deeply in his spirit, and said, “Why does this generation seek a sign? Most certainly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation.”Mark 8:14 · εἰThey forgot to take bread; and they didn’t have more than one loaf in the boat with them.Mark 8:23 · εἴHe took hold of the blind man by the hand, and brought him out of the village. When he had spit on his eyes, and laid his hands on him, he asked him if he saw anything.Mark 8:34 · εἴHe called the multitude to himself with his disciples, and said to them, “Whoever wants to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.Mark 9:9 · εἰAs they were coming down from the mountain, he commanded them that they should tell no one what things they had seen, until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead.Mark 9:22 · εἴOften it has cast him both into the fire and into the water, to destroy him. But if you can do anything, have compassion on us, and help us.”Mark 9:23 · εἰJesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.”Mark 9:29 · εἰHe said to them, “This kind can come out by nothing, except by prayer and fasting.”Mark 9:35 · εἴHe sat down, and called the twelve; and he said to them, “If any man wants to be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all.”Mark 9:42 · εἰWhoever will cause one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if he were thrown into the sea with a millstone hung around his neck.Mark 10:2 · εἰPharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”Mark 10:18 · εἰJesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except one—God.Mark 11:13 · εἰ · εἰSeeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came to see if perhaps he might find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.Mark 11:25 · εἴWhenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your transgressions.Mark 13:20 · εἰUnless the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh would have been saved; but for the sake of the chosen ones, whom he picked out, he shortened the days.Mark 13:22 · εἰFor there will arise false christs and false prophets, and will show signs and wonders, that they may lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.Mark 13:32 · εἰBut of that day or that hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.Mark 14:21 · εἰFor the Son of Man goes, even as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for that man if he had not been born.”Mark 14:29 · εἰBut Peter said to him, “Although all will be offended, yet I will not.”Mark 14:35 · εἰHe went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass away from him.Mark 15:36 · εἰOne ran, and filling a sponge full of vinegar, put it on a reed, and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Let him be. Let’s see whether Elijah comes to take him down.”Mark 15:44 · εἰ · εἰPilate marveled if he were already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he had been dead long.Luke 4:3 · εἰThe devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.”Luke 4:9 · εἰHe led him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down from here,Luke 4:26 · εἰElijah was sent to none of them, except to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.Luke 4:27 · εἰThere were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, yet not one of them was cleansed, except Naaman, the Syrian.”Luke 5:21 · εἰThe scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, “Who is this that speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?”Luke 5:36 · εἰHe also told a parable to them. “No one puts a piece from a new garment on an old garment, or else he will tear the new, and also the piece from the new will not match the old.Luke 5:37 · εἰNo one puts new wine into old wineskins, or else the new wine will burst the skins, and it will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed.Luke 6:4 · εἰhow he entered into the house of God, and took and ate the show bread, and gave also to those who were with him, which is not lawful to eat except for the priests alone?”Luke 6:7 · εἰThe scribes and the Pharisees watched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, that they might find an accusation against him.Luke 6:9 · εἰThen Jesus said to them, “I will ask you something: Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good, or to do harm? To save a life, or to kill?”Luke 6:32 · εἰIf you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.Luke 7:39 · εἰNow when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, “This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what kind of woman this is who touches him, that she is a sinner.”Luke 8:51 · εἰWhen he came to the house, he didn’t allow anyone to enter in, except Peter, John, James, the father of the child, and her mother.Luke 9:13 · εἰBut he said to them, “You give them something to eat.” They said, “We have no more than five loaves and two fish, unless we should go and buy food for all these people.”Luke 9:23 · εἴHe said to all, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.Luke 10:6 · εἰIf a son of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you.Luke 10:13 · εἰ“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.Luke 10:22 · εἰ · εἰTurning to the disciples, he said, “All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is, except the Father, and who the Father is, except the Son, and he to whomever the Son desires to reveal him.”Luke 11:8 · εἰI tell you, although he will not rise and give it to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence, he will get up and give him as many as he needs.Luke 11:13 · εἰIf you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?”Luke 11:18 · εἰIf Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.Luke 11:19 · εἰBut if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore will they be your judges.Luke 11:20 · εἰBut if I by the finger of God cast out demons, then the Kingdom of God has come to you.Luke 11:29 · εἰWhen the multitudes were gathering together to him, he began to say, “This is an evil generation. It seeks after a sign. No sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah, the prophet.Luke 11:36 · εἰIf therefore your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining gives you light.”Luke 12:26 · εἰIf then you aren’t able to do even the least things, why are you anxious about the rest?Luke 12:28 · εἰBut if this is how God clothes the grass in the field, which today exists, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith?Luke 12:39 · εἰBut know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not allowed his house to be broken into.Luke 12:49 · εἰ“I came to throw fire on the earth. I wish it were already kindled.Luke 13:9 · εἰIf it bears fruit, fine; but if not, after that, you can cut it down.’”Luke 13:23 · εἰOne said to him, “Lord, are they few who are saved?” He said to them,Luke 14:26 · εἴ“If anyone comes to me, and doesn’t disregard his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can’t be my disciple.Luke 14:28 · εἰFor which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?Luke 14:31 · εἰOr what king, as he goes to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?Luke 14:32 · εἰOr else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an envoy, and asks for conditions of peace.Luke 16:11 · εἰIf therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?Luke 16:12 · εἰIf you have not been faithful in that which is another’s, who will give you that which is your own?Luke 16:31 · εἰ“He said to him, ‘If they don’t listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if one rises from the dead.’”Luke 17:2 · εἰIt would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, rather than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.Luke 17:6 · εἰThe Lord said, “If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you would tell this sycamore tree, ‘Be uprooted, and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.Luke 17:18 · εἰWere there none found who returned to give glory to God, except this stranger?”Luke 18:4 · εἰHe wouldn’t for a while, but afterward he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God, nor respect man,Luke 18:19 · εἰJesus asked him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good, except one—God.Luke 19:8 · εἴZacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor. If I have wrongfully exacted anything of anyone, I restore four times as much.”Luke 19:42 · εἰsaying, “If you, even you, had known today the things which belong to your peace! But now, they are hidden from your eyes.Luke 22:42 · εἰsaying, “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.”Luke 22:49 · εἰWhen those who were around him saw what was about to happen, they said to him, “Lord, shall we strike with the sword?”Luke 22:67 · εἰ“If you are the Christ, tell us.” But he said to them, “If I tell you, you won’t believe,Luke 23:6 · εἰBut when Pilate heard Galilee mentioned, he asked if the man was a Galilean.Luke 23:31 · εἰFor if they do these things in the green tree, what will be done in the dry?”Luke 23:35 · εἰThe people stood watching. The rulers with them also scoffed at him, saying, “He saved others. Let him save himself, if this is the Christ of God, his chosen one!”Luke 23:37 · εἰand saying, “If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!”John 1:25 · εἰThey asked him, “Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?”John 3:12 · εἰIf I told you earthly things and you don’t believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?John 3:13 · εἰNo one has ascended into heaven, but he who descended out of heaven, the Son of Man, who is in heaven.John 4:10 · εἰJesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”John 5:46 · εἰFor if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote about me.John 5:47 · εἰBut if you don’t believe his writings, how will you believe my words?”John 6:22 · εἰOn the next day, the multitude that stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other boat there, except the one in which his disciples had embarked, and that Jesus hadn’t entered with his disciples into the boat, but his disciples had gone away alone.John 6:46 · εἰNot that anyone has seen the Father, except he who is from God. He has seen the Father.John 7:4 · εἰFor no one does anything in secret, and himself seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, reveal yourself to the world.”John 7:23 · εἰIf a boy receives circumcision on the Sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me, because I made a man completely healthy on the Sabbath?John 8:19 · εἰThey said therefore to him, “Where is your Father?” Jesus answered, “You know neither me, nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also.”
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