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G2228 — ἤ

ē · or · Greek

ἤ, disjunctive and comparative particle (Bl., §36, 12; 77, 11); 1. disjunctive, or; (a) between single words: Mat.5:17 Mrk.6:56, Luk.2:24, Jhn.6:19, Rom.1:21, al.; (b) before a sentence expressing a variation, denial or refutation of a previous statement, frequently in interrog. form: Mat.7:4, 9 Mrk.12:14, Luk.13:4, Rom.3:29 6:3 9:21, 1Co.6:9, 16 9:6, 2Co.11:7; ἤ . . . ἤ, either . . . or, Mat.6:24, Luk.16:13, 1Co.14:6; (with) in a disjunctive question (as Lat. an after utrum): Mat.9:5, Mrk.2:9, Luk.7:19, al.; after πότερον, Jhn.7:17; μή, 1Co.9:8; μήτι, 2Co.1:17; ἤ . . . ἤ . . . ἤ, Mrk.13:35. 2. Comparative, than: after comparatives, Mat.10:15, Luk.9:13, Jhn.3:19, Rom.13:11, al.; after ἕτερον, Act.17:21; θέλω (Khüner 3, iv, 303), 1Co.14:19; πρὶν ἤ, before, before accusative and inf., Mat.1:18 Mrk.14:30; after a positive adj. (Gen.49:12; cf. Robertson, Gr., 661), Mat.18:8, 9 Mrk.9:43, 45 47. 3. with other particles: ἀλλ᾽ ἤ, see: ἀλλά; ἤ γάρ, see: γάρ; ἢ καί, or even, or also, Mat.7:10, Luk.11:11, 12 Rom.2:15 4:9, al; ἤτοι . . . ἤ, Rom.6:16 (cf. Wis.11:19). (AS)

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Matthew 1:18 · ἢThis is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged in marriage to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.Matthew 5:17 · ἢDo not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them.Matthew 5:18 · ἢFor I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.Matthew 5:36 · ἢNor should you swear by your head, for you cannot make a single hair white or black.Matthew 6:24 · ἢ · ἢNo one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.Matthew 6:31 · ἢ · ἢTherefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’Matthew 7:4 · ἢHow can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while there is still a beam in your own eye?Matthew 7:9 · ἪWhich of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?Matthew 7:10 · ἢOr if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?Matthew 7:16 · ἢBy their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?Matthew 9:5 · ἢWhich is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’?Matthew 10:11 · ἢWhatever town or village you enter, find out who is worthy there and stay at his house until you move on.Matthew 10:14 · ἢAnd if anyone will not welcome you or heed your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town.Matthew 10:15 · ἢTruly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.Matthew 10:19 · ἢBut when they hand you over, do not worry about how to respond or what to say. In that hour you will be given what to say.Matthew 10:37 · ἢ · ἢAnyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me;Matthew 11:3 · ἢto ask Him, “Are You the One who was to come, or should we look for someone else?”Matthew 11:22 · ἢBut I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.Matthew 11:24 · ἢBut I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.”Matthew 12:5 · ἪOr haven’t you read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and yet are innocent?Matthew 12:25 · ἢKnowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand.Matthew 12:29 · ἢOr again, how can anyone enter a strong man’s house and steal his possessions, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house.Matthew 12:33 · Ἢ · ἢMake a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is known by its fruit.Matthew 13:21 · ἢBut since he has no root, he remains for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away.Matthew 15:4 · ἢFor God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’Matthew 15:5 · ἢBut you say that if anyone says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is a gift devoted to God,’Matthew 16:14 · ἢThey replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”Matthew 16:26 · ἢWhat will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?Matthew 17:25 · ἢ · ἢ“Yes,” he answered. When Peter entered the house, Jesus preempted him. “What do you think, Simon?” He asked. “From whom do the kings of the earth collect customs and taxes: from their own sons, or from others?”Matthew 18:8 · ἢ · ἢ · ἢ · ἢIf your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands and two feet and be thrown into the eternal fire.Matthew 18:9 · ἢAnd if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.Matthew 18:13 · ἢAnd if he finds it, truly I tell you, he rejoices more over that one sheep than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.Matthew 18:16 · ἢ · ἢBut if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’Matthew 18:20 · ἢFor where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.”Matthew 19:24 · ἢAgain I tell you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”Matthew 19:29 · ἢ · ἢ · ἢ · ἢ · ἢ · ἢ · ἢAnd everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for the sake of My name will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.Matthew 20:15 · ἢDo I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’Matthew 21:25 · ἢWhat was the source of John’s baptism? Was it from heaven or from men?” They deliberated among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will ask, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’Matthew 22:17 · ἢSo tell us what You think: Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”Matthew 23:17 · ἢYou blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes it sacred?Matthew 23:19 · ἢYou blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes it sacred?Matthew 24:23 · ἢAt that time, if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There He is!’ do not believe it.Matthew 25:37 · ἢThen the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You something to drink?Matthew 25:38 · ἢWhen did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You?Matthew 25:39 · ἢWhen did we see You sick or in prison and visit You?’Matthew 25:44 · ἢ · ἢ · ἢ · ἢ · ἢAnd they too will reply, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’Matthew 26:53 · ἢAre you not aware that I can call on My Father, and He will at once put at My disposal more than twelve legions of angels?Matthew 27:17 · ἢSo when the crowd had assembled, Pilate asked them, “Which one do you want me to release to you: Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?”Mark 2:9 · ἢ“Which is easier: to say to a paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, pick up your mat, and walk’?Mark 3:4 · ἢ · ἢAnd He asked them, “Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?” But they were silent.Mark 4:17 · ἢBut they themselves have no root, and they remain for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.Mark 4:21 · ἢJesus also said to them, “Does anyone bring in a lamp to put it under a basket or under a bed? Doesn’t he set it on a stand?Mark 4:30 · ἢThen He asked, “To what can we compare the kingdom of God? With what parable shall we present it?Mark 6:56 · ἢ · ἢAnd wherever He went—villages and towns and countrysides—they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged Him just to let them touch the fringe of His cloak. And all who touched Him were healed.Mark 7:10 · ἢFor Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’Mark 7:11 · ἢBut you say that if a man says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is Corban’ (that is, a gift devoted to God),Mark 7:12 · ἢhe is no longer permitted to do anything for his father or mother.Mark 9:43 · ἢIf your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two hands and go into hell, into the unquenchable fire.Mark 9:45 · ἢIf your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than to have two feet and be thrown into hell.Mark 9:47 · ἢAnd if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,Mark 10:25 · ἢIt is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”Mark 10:29 · ἢ · ἢ · ἢ · ἢ · ἢ · ἢ“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for My sake and for the gospel Mark 10:38 · ἢ“You do not know what you are asking,” Jesus replied. “Can you drink the cup I will drink, or be baptized with the baptism I will undergo?”Mark 10:40 · ἢBut to sit at My right or left is not Mine to grant. These seats belong to those for whom they have been prepared.”Mark 11:28 · ἢ“By what authority are You doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave You the authority to do them?”Mark 11:30 · ἢJohn’s baptism—was it from heaven or from men? Answer Me!”Mark 12:14 · ἢ“Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are honest and seek favor from no one. Indeed, You are impartial and teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay them or not?”Mark 12:15 · ἢBut Jesus saw through their hypocrisy and said, “Why are you testing Me? Bring Me a denarius to inspect.”Mark 13:32 · ἢNo one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.Mark 13:35 · ἢ · ἢ · ἢ · ἢTherefore keep watch, because you do not know when the master of the house will return—whether in the evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or in the morning.Mark 14:30 · ἢ“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “this very night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.”Luke 2:24 · ἢand to offer the sacrifice specified in the Law of the Lord: “A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”Luke 2:26 · ἢThe Holy Spirit had revealed to him that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.Luke 5:23 · ἢWhich is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’?Luke 6:9 · ἢ · ἢThen Jesus said to them, “I ask you, which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?”Luke 7:19 · ἢSo John called two of his disciples and sent them to ask the Lord, “Are You the One who was to come, or should we look for someone else?”Luke 7:20 · ἢWhen the men came to Jesus, they said, “John the Baptist sent us to ask, ‘Are You the One who was to come, or should we look for someone else?’”Luke 8:16 · ἢNo one lights a lamp and covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed. Instead, he sets it on a stand, so those who enter can see the light.Luke 9:13 · ἢBut Jesus told them, “You give them something to eat.” “We have only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered, “unless we go and buy food for all these people.”Luke 9:25 · ἢWhat does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet lose or forfeit his very self?Luke 10:12 · ἢI tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town.Luke 10:14 · ἢBut it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you.Luke 11:12 · ἢOr if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?Luke 12:11 · ἢ · ἢWhen you are brought before synagogues, rulers, and authorities, do not worry about how to defend yourselves or what to say.Luke 12:14 · ἢBut Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed Me judge or executor between you?”Luke 12:41 · ἢ“Lord,” said Peter, “are You addressing this parable to us, or to everyone else as well?”Luke 12:47 · ἢThat servant who knows his master’s will but does not get ready or follow his instructions will be beaten with many blows.Luke 12:51 · ἢDo you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but division.Luke 13:4 · ἪOr those eighteen who were killed when the tower of Siloam collapsed on them: Do you think that they were more sinful than all the others living in Jerusalem?Luke 13:15 · ἢ“You hypocrites!” the Lord replied. “Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or donkey from the stall and lead it to water?Luke 14:3 · ἢSo Jesus asked the experts in the law and the Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?”Luke 14:5 · ἢAnd He asked them, “Which of you whose son or ox falls into a pit on the Sabbath day will not immediately pull him out?”Luke 14:12 · ἢThen Jesus said to the man who had invited Him, “When you host a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or brothers or relatives or rich neighbors. Otherwise, they may invite you in return, and you will be repaid.Luke 14:31 · ἢOr what king on his way to war with another king will not first sit down and consider whether he can engage with ten thousand men the one coming against him with twenty thousand?Luke 15:7 · ἢI tell you that in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous ones who do not need to repent.Luke 15:8 · ἪOr what woman who has ten silver coins and loses one of them does not light a lamp, sweep her house, and search carefully until she finds it?Luke 16:13 · ἢ · ἢNo servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”Luke 16:17 · ἢBut it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for a single stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.Luke 17:2 · ἢIt would be better for him to have a millstone hung around his neck and to be thrown into the sea than to cause one of these little ones to stumble.Luke 17:7 · ἢWhich of you whose servant comes in from plowing or shepherding in the field will say to him, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’?Luke 17:21 · ἢNor will people say, ‘Look, here it is,’ or ‘There it is.’ For you see, the kingdom of God is in your midst.”Luke 18:11 · ἢThe Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.Luke 18:25 · ἢIndeed, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”Luke 18:29 · ἢ · ἢ · ἢ · ἢ“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God Luke 20:2 · ἢ“Tell us,” they said, “by what authority are You doing these things, and who gave You this authority?”Luke 20:4 · ἢJohn’s baptism—was it from heaven, or from men?”Luke 20:22 · ἢIs it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”Luke 21:15 · ἢFor I will give you speech and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.Luke 22:27 · ἢFor who is greater, the one who reclines at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines? But I am among you as one who serves.John 2:6 · ἢNow six stone water jars had been set there for the Jewish rites of purification. Each could hold from twenty to thirty gallons.John 3:19 · ἢAnd this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.John 4:1 · ἢWhen Jesus realized that the Pharisees were aware He was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John John 4:27 · ἢJust then His disciples returned and were surprised that He was speaking with a woman. But no one asked Him, “What do You want from her?” or “Why are You talking with her?”John 6:19 · ἢWhen they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the sea—and they were terrified.John 7:17 · ἢIf anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.John 7:48 · ἢ“Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him?John 8:14 · ἢJesus replied, “Even if I testify about Myself, My testimony is valid, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you do not know where I came from or where I am going.John 9:2 · ἢand His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”John 9:21 · ἢBut how he can now see or who opened his eyes, we do not know. Ask him. He is old enough to speak for himself.”John 13:29 · ἢSince Judas kept the money bag, some thought that Jesus was telling him to buy what was needed for the feast, or to give something to the poor.John 18:34 · ἢ“Are you saying this on your own,” Jesus asked, “or did others tell you about Me?”Acts 1:7 · ἢJesus replied, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by His own authority.Acts 2:20 · ἢThe sun will be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and glorious Day of the Lord.Acts 3:12 · ἢ · ἢAnd when Peter saw this, he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why are you surprised by this? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk?Acts 4:7 · ἢThey had Peter and John brought in and began to question them: “By what power or what name did you do this?”Acts 4:19 · ἢBut Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God.Acts 4:34 · ἢThere were no needy ones among them, because those who owned lands or houses would sell their property, bring the proceeds from the sales,Acts 5:29 · ἢBut Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.Acts 5:38 · ἢSo in the present case I advise you: Leave these men alone. Let them go! For if their purpose or endeavor is of human origin, it will fail.Acts 7:2 · ἢAnd Stephen declared: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,Acts 7:49 · ἢ‘Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me, says the Lord, or where will My place of repose be?Acts 8:34 · ἢ“Tell me,” said the eunuch, “who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?”Acts 10:28 · ἢ · ἢHe said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call any man impure or unclean.Acts 11:8 · ἢ‘No, Lord,’ I said, ‘for nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’Acts 17:21 · ἢ · ἢNow all the Athenians and foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing more than hearing and articulating new ideas.Acts 17:29 · ἢ · ἢTherefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man’s skill and imagination.Acts 18:14 · ἢBut just as Paul was about to speak, Gallio told the Jews, “If this matter involved a wrongdoing or vicious crime, O Jews, it would be reasonable for me to hear your complaint.Acts 19:12 · ἢso that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and the diseases and evil spirits left them.Acts 20:33 · ἢ · ἢI have not coveted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing.Acts 20:35 · ἢIn everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”Acts 23:9 · ἢA great clamor arose, and some scribes from the party of the Pharisees got up and contended sharply, “We find nothing wrong with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”Acts 23:29 · ἢI found that the accusation involved questions about their own law, but there was no charge worthy of death or imprisonment.Acts 24:12 · ἢYet my accusers did not find me debating with anyone in the temple or riling up a crowd in the synagogues or in the city.Acts 24:20 · ἢOtherwise, let these men state for themselves any crime they found in me when I stood before the Sanhedrin,Acts 24:21 · ἢunless it was this one thing I called out as I stood in their presence: ‘It is concerning the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial before you today.’”Acts 25:6 · ἢAfter spending no more than eight or ten days with them, Festus went down to Caesarea. The next day he sat on the judgment seat and ordered that Paul be brought in.Acts 25:16 · ἢI told them that it is not the Roman custom to hand a man over before he has had an opportunity to face his accusers and defend himself against their charges.Acts 26:31 · ἢOn their way out, they said to one another, “This man has done nothing worthy of death or imprisonment.”Acts 27:11 · ἢBut contrary to Paul’s advice, the centurion was persuaded by the pilot and by the owner of the ship.Acts 28:6 · ἢThe islanders were expecting him to swell up or suddenly drop dead. But after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.

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