εἰ ei · G1487H
if: not
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 …
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
εἰ, ; Attic dialect-Ionic dialect and [] ἤ [] in Epic dialect:— Particle used interjectionally with imperative and to express a wish, but usually either in conditions, if, or in indirect questions, whether. In the former use its regular negative is μ; in the latter, οὐ. ; A INTERJECTIONALLY, in [], come now! with imperative, εἰ δὲ.. ἄκουσον []; A.2 in wishes, with optative, ἀλλ᾽ εἴ τις.. καλέσειεν []; so later, εἴ μοι ξυνείη μοῖρα []; of unattained wishes, in []; later with past tenses of …
Where it's used 87 times
Matthew 5:13 · Matthew 11:27 · Matthew 12:4 · Matthew 12:24 · Matthew 12:39 · Matthew 13:57 · Matthew 14:17 · Matthew 15:24 · Matthew 16:4 · Matthew 17:8 · Matthew 19:9 · Matthew 21:19 · Matthew 24:36 · Mark 2:7 · Mark 2:26 · Mark 5:37 · Mark 6:4 · Mark 6:5 · Mark 6:8 · Mark 8:12 · Mark 8:14 · Mark 9:9 · Mark 9:29 · Mark 10:18 · Mark 13:20 · Mark 13:32 · Luke 4:26 · Luke 4:27 · Luke 5:21 · Luke 6:4 · Luke 8:51 · Luke 9:13 · Luke 10:22 · Luke 11:29 · Luke 13:9 · Luke 17:18 · Luke 18:19 · John 3:13 · John 6:22 · John 6:46 · John 10:10 · John 13:10 · John 14:6 · John 15:22 · John 15:24 · John 17:12 · John 18:30 · John 19:11 · John 19:15 · Acts 11:19 · Acts 26:32 · Romans 9:29 · Romans 13:1 · Romans 13:8 · Romans 14:14 · 1 Corinthians 1:14 · 1 Corinthians 2:2 · 1 Corinthians 2:11 · 1 Corinthians 7:5 · 1 Corinthians 7:17 … and 27 more
Source: TBESG G1487H; TFLSJ G1487H
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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