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εἰ

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Definition

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., Matthew 11:14, Romans 8:25, al.; before imperat., Mark 4:23; 9:22, John 15:18, 1 Corinthians 7:9, al.; before fut. indic., Luke 16:31, Romans 8:11, al.; before pf. or aor., with negation in apodosis, Matthew 12:26, Romans 4:14, al.; similarly, before impf., Luke 17:6, John 8:39; before quæst., Matthew 6:23, John 5:47; 7:23; 8:46, 1 Peter 2:20;

(b) fut.: Matthew 26:33, 1 Peter 2:20;

(with) pf.: John 11:12, Romans 6:5, al.;

(d) aor.: Luke 16:11; 19:8, John 13:32; 18:23, Revelation 20:15, al.

2. Where the assumption is certain = ἐπεί: Matthew 12:28, John 7:4, Romans 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: Mark 15:44, 1 John 3:13, al.

5. C. indic., as in LXX (Numbers 14:3o, 1 Samuel 14:45, al. = Heb. אִם), in oaths, with the formula of imprecation understood in a suppressed apodosis (WM, 627; Burton, §272): Mark 8:12, Hebrews 3:11" (LXX) 4:3 (LXX).

6. Rarely (cl.) with optative, to express a merely possible condition: Acts 24:19; 27:39, 1 Corinthians 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., Matthew 26:63, Mark 15:36, Acts 19:2, 2 Corinthians 13:5, al.; fut., Mark 3:2, Acts 8:22, al.; aor., Mark 15:44, 1 Corinthians 1:16, al.; with subjc. aor. (M, Pr., 194), Philippians 3:12.

2. As in LXX (= Heb. אִם and interrog. הֲ, Genesis 17:17, al.; see WM, 639f.; Viteau, i, 22), in direct questions: Mark 8:23 (Tr., WH, txt.), Luke 13:23; 22:49, Acts 19:2, al.

III. With other particles.

1. εἰ ἄρα, εἴγε, εἰ δὲ μήγε, see: ἄρα, γε.

2. εἰ δὲ καί, but if also: Luke 11:18; but even if, 1 Corinthians 4:7, 2 Corinthians 4:3; 11:16.

3. εἰ δὲ μή, but if not, but if otherwise: Mark 2:21, 22, John 14:2, Revelation 2:5, al.

4. εἰ καί, if even, if also, although: Mark 14:29, Luke 11:8, 1 Corinthians 7:21, 2 Corinthians 4:16, Philippians 2:17, al.

5. καὶ εἰ, even if, see: καί

6. εἰ μή, if not, unless, except, but only: Matthew 24:22, Mark 2:26; 6:5, John 9:33, 1 Corinthians 7:17 (only), Galatians 1:19 (cf. ἐὰν μή, 2:16; see Hort., Ja., xvi); ἐκτὸς εἰ μή, pleonastic (Bl., §65, 6), 1 Corinthians 14:5; 15:2, 1 Timothy 5:19.

7. εἰ μήν = cl. ἦ μήν (M, Pr., 46), in oaths, surely (Ezekiel 33:27, al.): Hebrews 6:14.

8. εἴ πως, if haply: Acts 27:12, Romans 1:10.

9. εἴτε . . . εἴτε, whether . . . or; Romans 12:6-8, 1 Corinthians 3:22; 13:8, al.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as εἰ:

Usage patterns

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

502 total
  1. 1 Corinthians 9:11εἰ
    If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much for us to reap a material harvest from you?
  2. 1 Corinthians 9:12εἰ · If
    If others have this right to your support, shouldn’t we have it all the more? But we did not exercise this right. Instead, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ.
  3. 1 Corinthians 9:17εἰ · If; εἰ · if
    If my preaching is voluntary, I have a reward. But if it is not voluntary, I am still entrusted with a responsibility.
  4. 1 Corinthians 10:13εἰ · except
    No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.
  5. 1 Corinthians 10:27Εἴ · If
    If an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat anything set before you without raising questions of conscience.
  6. 1 Corinthians 10:30εἰ · If
    If I partake in the meal with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of that for which I give thanks?
  7. 1 Corinthians 11:6εἰ · If; εἰ · if [it is]
    If a woman does not cover her head, she should have her hair cut off. And if it is shameful for a woman to have her hair cut or shaved off, she should cover her head.
  8. 1 Corinthians 11:16Εἰ · If
    If anyone is inclined to dispute this, we have no other practice, nor do the churches of God.
  9. 1 Corinthians 11:31Εἰ · if
    Now if we judged ourselves properly, we would not come under judgment.
  10. 1 Corinthians 11:34εἴ · If
    If anyone is hungry, he should eat at home, so that when you come together it will not result in judgment. And when I come, I will give instructions about the remaining matters.
  11. 1 Corinthians 12:3εἰ · except
    Therefore I inform you that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.
  12. 1 Corinthians 12:17εἰ · If; εἰ · If
    If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be?
  13. 1 Corinthians 12:19εἰ · If
    If they were all one part, where would the body be?
  14. 1 Corinthians 14:5εἰ
    I wish that all of you could speak in tongues, but I would rather have you prophesy. He who prophesies is greater than one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets so that the church may be edified.
  15. 1 Corinthians 14:10εἰ
    Assuredly, there are many different languages in the world, yet none of them is without meaning.
  16. 1 Corinthians 14:35εἰ · If
    If they wish to inquire about something, they are to ask their own husbands at home; for it is dishonorable for a woman to speak in the church.
  17. 1 Corinthians 14:37Εἴ · If
    If anyone considers himself a prophet or spiritual person, let him acknowledge that what I am writing you is the Lord’s command.
  18. 1 Corinthians 14:38εἰ · if
    But if anyone ignores this, he himself will be ignored.
  19. 1 Corinthians 15:2εἰ · if; εἰ
    By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.
  20. 1 Corinthians 15:12Εἰ · if
    But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
  21. 1 Corinthians 15:13εἰ · If
    If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.
  22. 1 Corinthians 15:14εἰ · if
    And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is worthless, and so is your faith.
  23. 1 Corinthians 15:16Εἰ · if
    For if the dead are not raised, then not even Christ has been raised.
  24. 1 Corinthians 15:17εἰ · if
    And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.
  25. 1 Corinthians 15:19εἰ · If
    If our hope in Christ is for this life alone, we are to be pitied more than all men.
  26. 1 Corinthians 15:29εἰ · If
    If these things are not so, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them?
  27. 1 Corinthians 15:32εἰ · If; εἰ · If
    If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for human motives, what did I gain? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”
  28. 1 Corinthians 15:37εἰ · perhaps
    And what you sow is not the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or something else.
  29. 1 Corinthians 15:44Εἰ · If
    It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.
  30. 1 Corinthians 16:22Εἴ · If
    If anyone does not love the Lord, let him be under a curse. Come, O Lord!
  31. 2 Corinthians 2:2εἰ · if; εἰ · but
    For if I grieve you, who is left to cheer me but those whom I have grieved?
  32. 2 Corinthians 2:5Εἰ · if
    Now if anyone has caused grief, he has not grieved me but all of you—to some degree, not to overstate it.
  33. 2 Corinthians 2:9εἰ · if
    My purpose in writing you was to see if you would stand the test and be obedient in everything.
  34. 2 Corinthians 2:10εἴ · if
    If you forgive anyone, I also forgive him. And if I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven it in the presence of Christ for your sake,
  35. 2 Corinthians 3:7Εἰ · if
    Now if the ministry of death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at the face of Moses because of its fleeting glory,
  36. 2 Corinthians 3:9εἰ · if
    For if the ministry of condemnation was glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry of righteousness!
  37. 2 Corinthians 3:11εἰ · if
    For if what was fading away came with glory, how much greater is the glory of that which endures!
  38. 2 Corinthians 4:3Εἰ · if
    And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.
  39. 2 Corinthians 4:16εἰ
    Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.
  40. 2 Corinthians 5:3εἴ · because
    …because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked.
  41. 2 Corinthians 5:16εἰ · Although
    So from now on we regard no one according to the flesh. Although we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.
  42. 2 Corinthians 5:17εἴ · if
    Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
  43. 2 Corinthians 7:8εἰ · if; εἰ
    Even if I caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it. Although I did regret it—for I see that my letter caused you sorrow, but only for a short time—