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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G2228 — ἤ
ē · or · Greek
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Matthew 1:18 · ἢNow the birth of Jesus Christ was like this; for after his mother, Mary, was engaged to Joseph, before they came together, she was found pregnant by the Holy Spirit.Matthew 5:17 · ἢ“Don’t think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I didn’t come to destroy, but to fulfill.Matthew 5:18 · ἢFor most certainly, I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not even one smallest letter or one tiny pen stroke shall in any way pass away from the law, until all things are accomplished.Matthew 5:36 · ἢNeither shall you swear by your head, for you can’t make one hair white or black.Matthew 6:24 · ἢ · ἢ“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.Matthew 6:31 · ἢ · ἢ“Therefore don’t be anxious, saying, ‘What will we eat?’, ‘What will we drink?’ or, ‘With what will we be clothed?’Matthew 7:4 · ἢOr how will you tell your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye;’ and behold, the beam is in your own eye?Matthew 7:9 · ἪOr who is there among you, who, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?Matthew 7:10 · ἢOr if he asks for a fish, who will give him a serpent?Matthew 7:16 · ἢBy their fruits you will know them. Do you gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?Matthew 9:5 · ἢFor which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven;’ or to say, ‘Get up, and walk?’Matthew 10:11 · ἢInto whatever city or village you enter, find out who in it is worthy; and stay there until you go on.Matthew 10:14 · ἢWhoever doesn’t receive you, nor hear your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake off the dust from your feet.Matthew 10:15 · ἢMost certainly I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.Matthew 10:19 · ἢBut when they deliver you up, don’t be anxious how or what you will say, for it will be given you in that hour what you will say.Matthew 10:37 · ἢ · ἢHe who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me isn’t worthy of me.Matthew 11:3 · ἢand said to him, “Are you he who comes, or should we look for another?”Matthew 11:22 · ἢBut I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.Matthew 11:24 · ἢBut I tell you that it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom, on the day of judgment, than for you.”Matthew 12:5 · ἪOr have you not read in the law, that on the Sabbath day, the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are guiltless?Matthew 12:25 · ἢKnowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand.Matthew 12:29 · ἢOr how can one enter into the house of the strong man, and plunder his goods, unless he first bind the strong man? Then he will plunder his house.Matthew 12:33 · Ἢ · ἢ“Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt; for the tree is known by its fruit.Matthew 13:21 · ἢyet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.Matthew 15:4 · ἢFor God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’Matthew 15:5 · ἢBut you say, ‘Whoever may tell his father or his mother, “Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God,”Matthew 16:14 · ἢThey said, “Some say John the Baptizer, some, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.”Matthew 16:26 · ἢFor what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?Matthew 17:25 · ἢ · ἢHe said, “Yes.” When he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth receive toll or tribute? From their children, or from strangers?”Matthew 18:8 · ἢ · ἢ · ἢ · ἢIf 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 · ἢIf 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 18:13 · ἢIf he finds it, most certainly I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which have not gone astray.Matthew 18:16 · ἢ · ἢBut if he doesn’t listen, take one or two more with you, that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.Matthew 18:20 · ἢFor where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in their midst.”Matthew 19:24 · ἢAgain I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye, than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God.”Matthew 19:29 · ἢ · ἢ · ἢ · ἢ · ἢ · ἢ · ἢEveryone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life.Matthew 20:15 · ἢIsn’t it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?’Matthew 21:25 · ἢThe baptism of John, where was it from? From heaven or from men?” They reasoned with themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will ask us, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’Matthew 22:17 · ἢTell us therefore, what do you think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”Matthew 23:17 · ἢYou blind fools! For which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold?Matthew 23:19 · ἢYou blind fools! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?Matthew 24:23 · ἢ“Then if any man tells you, ‘Behold, here is the Christ,’ or, ‘There,’ don’t believe it.Matthew 25:37 · ἢ“Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry, and feed you; or thirsty, and give you a drink?Matthew 25:38 · ἢWhen did we see you as a stranger, and take you in; or naked, and clothe you?Matthew 25:39 · ἢWhen did we see you sick, or in prison, and come to you?’Matthew 25:44 · ἢ · ἢ · ἢ · ἢ · ἢ“Then they will also answer, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and didn’t help you?’Matthew 26:53 · ἢOr do you think that I couldn’t ask my Father, and he would even now send me more than twelve legions of angels?Matthew 27:17 · ἢWhen therefore they were gathered together, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus, who is called Christ?”Mark 2:9 · ἢWhich is easier, to tell the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven;’ or to say, ‘Arise, and take up your bed, and walk?’Mark 3:4 · ἢ · ἢHe said to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath day to do good, or to do harm? To save a life, or to kill?” But they were silent.Mark 4:17 · ἢThey have no root in themselves, but are short-lived. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they stumble.Mark 4:21 · ἢHe said to them, “Is the lamp brought to be put under a basket or under a bed? Isn’t it put on a stand?Mark 4:30 · ἢHe said, “How will we liken the Kingdom of God? Or with what parable will we illustrate it?Mark 6:56 · ἢ · ἢWherever he entered, into villages, or into cities, or into the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and begged him that they might touch just the fringe of his garment; and as many as touched him were made well.Mark 7:10 · ἢFor Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother;’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’Mark 7:11 · ἢBut you say, ‘If a man tells his father or his mother, “Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban, that is to say, given to God;”’Mark 7:12 · ἢthen you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother,Mark 9:43 · ἢIf your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having your two hands to go into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire,Mark 9:45 · ἢIf your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life lame, rather than having your two feet to be cast into Gehenna, into the fire that will never be quenched—Mark 9:47 · ἢIf your eye causes you to stumble, cast it out. It is better for you to enter into the Kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna of fire,Mark 10:25 · ἢIt is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God.”Mark 10:29 · ἢ · ἢ · ἢ · ἢ · ἢ · ἢJesus said, “Most certainly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or land, for my sake, and for the sake of the Good News,Mark 10:38 · ἢBut Jesus said to them, “You don’t know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?”Mark 10:40 · ἢbut to sit at my right hand and at my left hand is not mine to give, but for whom it has been prepared.”Mark 11:28 · ἢand they began saying to him, “By what authority do you do these things? Or who gave you this authority to do these things?”Mark 11:30 · ἢThe baptism of John—was it from heaven, or from men? Answer me.”Mark 12:14 · ἢWhen they had come, they asked him, “Teacher, we know that you are honest, and don’t defer to anyone; for you aren’t partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?Mark 12:15 · ἢShall we give, or shall we not give?” But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, “Why do you test me? Bring me a denarius, that I may see it.”Mark 13:32 · ἢBut of that day or that hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.Mark 13:35 · ἢ · ἢ · ἢ · ἢWatch therefore, for you don’t know when the lord of the house is coming, whether at evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning;Mark 14:30 · ἢJesus said to him, “Most certainly I tell you, that you today, even this night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.”Luke 2:24 · ἢand to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, “A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.”Luke 2:26 · ἢIt had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.Luke 5:23 · ἢWhich is easier to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you;’ or to say, ‘Arise and walk?’Luke 6:9 · ἢ · ἢThen 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 7:19 · ἢJohn, calling to himself two of his disciples, sent them to Jesus, saying, “Are you the one who is coming, or should we look for another?”Luke 7:20 · ἢWhen the men had come to him, they said, “John the Baptizer has sent us to you, saying, ‘Are you he who comes, or should we look for another?’”Luke 8:16 · ἢ“No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a container, or puts it under a bed; but puts it on a stand, that those who enter in may see the light.Luke 9:13 · ἢBut 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 9:25 · ἢFor what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits his own self?Luke 10:12 · ἢI tell you, it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom than for that city.Luke 10:14 · ἢBut it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you.Luke 11:12 · ἢOr if he asks for an egg, he won’t give him a scorpion, will he?Luke 12:11 · ἢ · ἢWhen they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, don’t be anxious how or what you will answer, or what you will say;Luke 12:14 · ἢBut he said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or an arbitrator over you?”Luke 12:41 · ἢPeter said to him, “Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or to everybody?”Luke 12:47 · ἢThat servant, who knew his lord’s will, and didn’t prepare, nor do what he wanted, will be beaten with many stripes,Luke 12:51 · ἢDo you think that I have come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, no, but rather division.Luke 13:4 · ἪOr those eighteen, on whom the tower in Siloam fell, and killed them; do you think that they were worse offenders than all the men who dwell in Jerusalem?Luke 13:15 · ἢTherefore the Lord answered him, “You hypocrites! Doesn’t each one of you free his ox or his donkey from the stall on the Sabbath, and lead him away to water?Luke 14:3 · ἢJesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”Luke 14:5 · ἢHe answered them, “Which of you, if your son or an ox fell into a well, wouldn’t immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day?”Luke 14:12 · ἢHe also said to the one who had invited him, “When you make a dinner or a supper, don’t call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back.Luke 14:31 · ἢOr 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 15:7 · ἢI tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.Luke 15:8 · ἪOr what woman, if she had ten drachma coins, if she lost one drachma coin, wouldn’t light a lamp, sweep the house, and seek diligently until she found it?Luke 16:13 · ἢ · ἢNo servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. You aren’t able to serve God and mammon.”Luke 16:17 · ἢBut it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tiny stroke of a pen in the law to fall.Luke 17:2 · ἢIt 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 17:7 · ἢBut who is there among you, having a servant plowing or keeping sheep, that will say, when he comes in from the field, ‘Come immediately and sit down at the table,’Luke 17:21 · ἢneither will they say, ‘Look, here!’ or, ‘Look, there!’ for behold, the Kingdom of God is within you.”Luke 18:11 · ἢThe Pharisee stood and prayed to himself like this: ‘God, I thank you, that I am not like the rest of men, extortioners, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.Luke 18:25 · ἢFor it is easier for a camel to enter in through a needle’s eye, than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God.”Luke 18:29 · ἢ · ἢ · ἢ · ἢHe said to them, “Most certainly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or wife, or brothers, or parents, or children, for the Kingdom of God’s sake,Luke 20:2 · ἢThey asked him, “Tell us: by what authority do you do these things? Or who is giving you this authority?”Luke 20:4 · ἢthe baptism of John, 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 a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to withstand or to contradict.Luke 22:27 · ἢFor who is greater, one who sits at the table, or one who serves? Isn’t it he who sits at the table? But I am in the midst of you as one who serves.John 2:6 · ἢNow there were six water pots of stone set there after the Jews’ way of purifying, containing two or three metretes apiece.John 3:19 · ἢThis is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.John 4:1 · ἢTherefore when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than JohnJohn 4:27 · ἢAt this, his disciples came. They marveled that he was speaking with a woman; yet no one said, “What are you looking for?” or, “Why do you speak with her?”John 6:19 · ἢWhen therefore they had rowed about twenty-five or thirty stadia, they saw Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing near to the boat; and they were afraid.John 7:17 · ἢIf anyone desires to do his will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is from God, or if I am speaking from myself.John 7:48 · ἢHave any of the rulers believed in him, or of the Pharisees?John 8:14 · ἢJesus answered them, “Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I came from, and where I am going; but you don’t know where I came from, or where I am going.John 9:2 · ἢHis disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”John 9:21 · ἢbut how he now sees, we don’t know; or who opened his eyes, we don’t know. He is of age. Ask him. He will speak for himself.”John 13:29 · ἢFor some thought, because Judas had the money box, that Jesus said to him, “Buy what things we need for the feast,” or that he should give something to the poor.John 18:34 · ἢJesus answered him, “Do you say this by yourself, or did others tell you about me?”Acts 1:7 · ἢHe said to them, “It isn’t for you to know times or seasons which the Father has set within his own authority.Acts 2:20 · ἢThe sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.Acts 3:12 · ἢ · ἢWhen Peter saw it, he responded to the people, “You men of Israel, why do you marvel at this man? Why do you fasten your eyes on us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made him walk?Acts 4:7 · ἢWhen they had stood them in the middle of them, they inquired, “By what power, or in what name, have you done this?”Acts 4:19 · ἢBut Peter and John answered them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, judge for yourselves,Acts 4:34 · ἢFor neither was there among them any who lacked, for as many as were owners of lands or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of the things that were sold,Acts 5:29 · ἢBut Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.Acts 5:38 · ἢNow I tell you, withdraw from these men, and leave them alone. For if this counsel or this work is of men, it will be overthrown.Acts 7:2 · ἢHe said, “Brothers and fathers, listen. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,Acts 7:49 · ἢ‘heaven is my throne, and the earth a footstool for my feet. What kind of house will you build me?’ says the Lord; ‘or what is the place of my rest?Acts 8:34 · ἢThe eunuch answered Philip, “Who is the prophet talking about? About himself, or about someone else?”Acts 10:28 · ἢ · ἢHe said to them, “You yourselves know how it is an unlawful thing for a man who is a Jew to join himself or come to one of another nation, but God has shown me that I shouldn’t call any man unholy or unclean.Acts 11:8 · ἢBut I said, ‘Not so, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.’Acts 17:21 · ἢ · ἢNow all the Athenians and the strangers living there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.Acts 17:29 · ἢ · ἢBeing then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold, or silver, or stone, engraved by art and design of man.Acts 18:14 · ἢBut when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If indeed it were a matter of wrong or of wicked crime, you Jews, it would be reasonable that I should bear with you;Acts 19:12 · ἢso that even handkerchiefs or aprons were carried away from his body to the sick, and the evil spirits went out.Acts 20:33 · ἢ · ἢI coveted no one’s silver, or gold, or clothing.Acts 20:35 · ἢIn all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”Acts 23:9 · ἢA great clamor arose, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees part stood up, and contended, saying, “We find no evil in this man. But if a spirit or angel has spoken to him, let’s not fight against God!”Acts 23:29 · ἢI found him to be accused about questions of their law, but not to be charged with anything worthy of death or of imprisonment.Acts 24:12 · ἢIn the temple they didn’t find me disputing with anyone or stirring up a crowd, either in the synagogues, or in the city.Acts 24:20 · ἢOr else let these men themselves say what injustice they found in me when I stood before the council,Acts 24:21 · ἢunless it is for this one thing that I cried standing among them, ‘Concerning the resurrection of the dead I am being judged before you today!’”Acts 25:6 · ἢWhen he had stayed among them more than ten days, he went down to Caesarea, and on the next day he sat on the judgment seat, and commanded Paul to be brought.Acts 25:16 · ἢTo whom I answered that it is not the custom of the Romans to give up any man to destruction, before the accused has met the accusers face to face, and has had opportunity to make his defense concerning the matter laid against him.Acts 26:31 · ἢWhen they had withdrawn, they spoke one to another, saying, “This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds.”Acts 27:11 · ἢBut the centurion gave more heed to the master and to the owner of the ship than to those things which were spoken by Paul.Acts 28:6 · ἢBut they expected that he would have swollen or fallen down dead suddenly, but when they watched for a long time and saw nothing bad happen to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.
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