G1487: εἰ
ei · “if”
Definition
if, whether, that, etc.
KJV translates it as: forasmuch as, if, that, (al-)though, whether
Word origin: a primary particle of conditionality;
Extended definition
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)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G1487 is translated
- if ×379
- only ×87
- lest ×14
- whether ×14
- if indeed ×6
- except ×3
- not ×3
- what if ×2
- is ×1
- if would ×1
- that a ×1
- that ×1
Bible verses with G1487 (ei)
Ei appears in 470 verses; the first 25 are shown below.
- Matthew 4:3
And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
- Matthew 4:6
And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
- Matthew 5:13
Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
- Matthew 5:29
And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
- Matthew 5:30
And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
- Matthew 6:1
Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
- Matthew 6:23
But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
- Matthew 6:30
Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
- Matthew 7:11
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
- Matthew 8:31
So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
- Matthew 9:17
Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.
- Matthew 10:25
It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?
- Matthew 11:14
And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.
- Matthew 11:21
Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
- Matthew 11:23
And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
- Matthew 11:27
All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
- Matthew 12:4
How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?
- Matthew 12:7
But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
- Matthew 12:10
And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.
- Matthew 12:24
But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.
- Matthew 12:26
And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?
- Matthew 12:27
And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges.
- Matthew 12:28
But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.
- Matthew 12:39
But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:
- Matthew 13:57
And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.
All 470 references (first 400)
- Matthew 14:17
- Matthew 14:28
- Matthew 15:24
- Matthew 16:4
- Matthew 16:24
- Matthew 17:4
- Matthew 17:8
- Matthew 17:21
- Matthew 18:8
- Matthew 18:9
- Matthew 18:28
- Matthew 19:3
- Matthew 19:10
- Matthew 19:17
- Matthew 19:21
- Matthew 21:19
- Matthew 22:45
- Matthew 23:30
- Matthew 24:22
- Matthew 24:24
- Matthew 24:36
- Matthew 24:43
- Matthew 26:24
- Matthew 26:33
- Matthew 26:39
- Matthew 26:42
- Matthew 26:63
- Matthew 27:40
- Matthew 27:43
- Matthew 27:49
- Mark 2:7
- Mark 2:21
- Mark 2:22
- Mark 2:26
- Mark 3:2
- Mark 3:26
- Mark 4:23
- Mark 5:37
- Mark 6:4
- Mark 6:5
- Mark 6:8
- Mark 7:16
- Mark 8:12
- Mark 8:14
- Mark 8:23
- Mark 8:34
- Mark 9:9
- Mark 9:22
- Mark 9:23
- Mark 9:29
- Mark 9:35
- Mark 9:42
- Mark 10:2
- Mark 10:18
- Mark 11:13
- Mark 11:25
- Mark 11:26
- Mark 13:20
- Mark 13:22
- Mark 13:32
- Mark 14:21
- Mark 14:29
- Mark 14:35
- Mark 15:36
- Mark 15:44
- Luke 4:3
- Luke 4:9
- Luke 4:26
- Luke 4:27
- Luke 5:21
- Luke 5:36
- Luke 5:37
- Luke 6:4
- Luke 6:7
- Luke 6:9
- Luke 6:32
- Luke 7:39
- Luke 8:51
- Luke 9:13
- Luke 9:23
- Luke 10:6
- Luke 10:13
- Luke 10:22
- Luke 11:8
- Luke 11:11
- Luke 11:13
- Luke 11:18
- Luke 11:19
- Luke 11:20
- Luke 11:29
- Luke 11:36
- Luke 12:26
- Luke 12:28
- Luke 12:39
- Luke 12:49
- Luke 13:9
- Luke 13:23
- Luke 14:26
- Luke 14:28
- Luke 14:31
- Luke 14:32
- Luke 16:11
- Luke 16:12
- Luke 16:31
- Luke 17:2
- Luke 17:6
- Luke 17:18
- Luke 18:4
- Luke 18:19
- Luke 19:8
- Luke 19:42
- Luke 22:42
- Luke 22:49
- Luke 22:67
- Luke 23:6
- Luke 23:31
- Luke 23:35
- Luke 23:37
- John 1:25
- John 3:12
- John 3:13
- John 4:10
- John 5:46
- John 5:47
- John 6:22
- John 6:46
- John 7:4
- John 7:23
- John 8:19
- John 8:39
- John 8:42
- John 8:46
- John 9:25
- John 9:33
- John 9:41
- John 10:10
- John 10:24
- John 10:35
- John 10:37
- John 10:38
- John 11:12
- John 11:21
- John 11:32
- John 13:14
- John 13:17
- John 13:32
- John 14:2
- John 14:6
- John 14:7
- John 14:11
- John 14:28
- John 15:18
- John 15:19
- John 15:20
- John 15:22
- John 15:24
- John 17:12
- John 18:8
- John 18:23
- John 18:30
- John 18:36
- John 19:11
- John 19:15
- John 20:15
- Acts 1:6
- Acts 4:9
- Acts 4:19
- Acts 5:8
- Acts 5:39
- Acts 7:1
- Acts 8:22
- Acts 8:37
- Acts 10:18
- Acts 11:17
- Acts 11:19
- Acts 13:15
- Acts 16:15
- Acts 17:11
- Acts 17:27
- Acts 18:14
- Acts 18:15
- Acts 19:2
- Acts 19:38
- Acts 19:39
- Acts 20:16
- Acts 21:25
- Acts 21:37
- Acts 22:25
- Acts 23:9
- Acts 24:19
- Acts 25:5
- Acts 25:11
- Acts 25:20
- Acts 26:8
- Acts 26:23
- Acts 26:32
- Acts 27:12
- Acts 27:39
- Romans 1:10
- Romans 2:17
- Romans 3:3
- Romans 3:5
- Romans 3:7
- Romans 3:30
- Romans 4:2
- Romans 4:14
- Romans 5:10
- Romans 5:15
- Romans 5:17
- Romans 6:5
- Romans 6:8
- Romans 7:7
- Romans 7:16
- Romans 7:20
- Romans 8:9
- Romans 8:10
- Romans 8:11
- Romans 8:13
- Romans 8:17
- Romans 8:25
- Romans 8:31
- Romans 9:22
- Romans 9:29
- Romans 11:6
- Romans 11:12
- Romans 11:14
- Romans 11:15
- Romans 11:16
- Romans 11:17
- Romans 11:18
- Romans 11:21
- Romans 11:24
- Romans 12:18
- Romans 13:1
- Romans 13:8
- Romans 13:9
- Romans 14:14
- Romans 14:15
- Romans 15:27
- 1 Corinthians 1:14
- 1 Corinthians 1:16
- 1 Corinthians 2:2
- 1 Corinthians 2:8
- 1 Corinthians 2:11
- 1 Corinthians 3:12
- 1 Corinthians 3:14
- 1 Corinthians 3:15
- 1 Corinthians 3:17
- 1 Corinthians 3:18
- 1 Corinthians 4:7
- 1 Corinthians 6:2
- 1 Corinthians 7:5
- 1 Corinthians 7:9
- 1 Corinthians 7:12
- 1 Corinthians 7:13
- 1 Corinthians 7:15
- 1 Corinthians 7:16
- 1 Corinthians 7:17
- 1 Corinthians 7:21
- 1 Corinthians 7:36
- 1 Corinthians 8:2
- 1 Corinthians 8:3
- 1 Corinthians 8:4
- 1 Corinthians 8:5
- 1 Corinthians 8:13
- 1 Corinthians 9:2
- 1 Corinthians 9:11
- 1 Corinthians 9:12
- 1 Corinthians 9:17
- 1 Corinthians 10:13
- 1 Corinthians 10:27
- 1 Corinthians 10:30
- 1 Corinthians 11:6
- 1 Corinthians 11:16
- 1 Corinthians 11:31
- 1 Corinthians 11:34
- 1 Corinthians 12:3
- 1 Corinthians 12:17
- 1 Corinthians 12:19
- 1 Corinthians 14:5
- 1 Corinthians 14:10
- 1 Corinthians 14:35
- 1 Corinthians 14:37
- 1 Corinthians 14:38
- 1 Corinthians 15:2
- 1 Corinthians 15:12
- 1 Corinthians 15:13
- 1 Corinthians 15:14
- 1 Corinthians 15:15
- 1 Corinthians 15:16
- 1 Corinthians 15:17
- 1 Corinthians 15:19
- 1 Corinthians 15:29
- 1 Corinthians 15:32
- 1 Corinthians 15:37
- 1 Corinthians 15:44
- 1 Corinthians 16:22
- 2 Corinthians 2:2
- 2 Corinthians 2:5
- 2 Corinthians 2:9
- 2 Corinthians 2:10
- 2 Corinthians 3:7
- 2 Corinthians 3:9
- 2 Corinthians 3:11
- 2 Corinthians 4:3
- 2 Corinthians 4:16
- 2 Corinthians 5:3
- 2 Corinthians 5:16
- 2 Corinthians 5:17
- 2 Corinthians 7:8
- 2 Corinthians 7:12
- 2 Corinthians 7:14
- 2 Corinthians 8:12
- 2 Corinthians 10:7
- 2 Corinthians 11:4
- 2 Corinthians 11:6
- 2 Corinthians 11:15
- 2 Corinthians 11:16
- 2 Corinthians 11:20
- 2 Corinthians 11:30
- 2 Corinthians 12:5
- 2 Corinthians 12:11
- 2 Corinthians 12:13
- 2 Corinthians 12:15
- 2 Corinthians 13:4
- 2 Corinthians 13:5
- Galatians 1:7
- Galatians 1:9
- Galatians 1:10
- Galatians 1:19
- Galatians 2:14
- Galatians 2:17
- Galatians 2:18
- Galatians 2:21
- Galatians 3:4
- Galatians 3:18
- Galatians 3:21
- Galatians 3:29
- Galatians 4:7
- Galatians 4:15
- Galatians 5:11
- Galatians 5:15
- Galatians 5:18
- Galatians 5:25
- Galatians 6:3
- Galatians 6:14
- Ephesians 3:2
- Ephesians 4:9
- Ephesians 4:21
- Ephesians 4:29
- Philippians 1:22
- Philippians 2:1
- Philippians 2:17
- Philippians 3:4
- Philippians 3:11
- Philippians 3:12
- Philippians 3:15
- Philippians 4:8
- Philippians 4:15
- Colossians 1:23
- Colossians 2:5
- Colossians 2:20
- Colossians 3:1
- 1 Thessalonians 4:14
- 2 Thessalonians 1:6
- 2 Thessalonians 3:10
- 2 Thessalonians 3:14
- 1 Timothy 1:10
- 1 Timothy 3:1
- 1 Timothy 3:5
- 1 Timothy 5:4
- 1 Timothy 5:8
- 1 Timothy 5:10
- 1 Timothy 5:16
- 1 Timothy 5:19
Words derived from G1487
ἐάν G1437
eán — if
εἴγε G1489
eíge — if indeed/otherwise
εἰ δὲ μή(γε) G1490
ei dè mḗ(ge) — but if not
εἰ καί G1499
ei kaí — if also
εἰ μή G1508
ei mḗ — except
εἴ περ G1512
eí per — if so/since
εἴ πως G1513
eí pōs — if somehow
εἴτε G1535
eíte — whether
εἴ τις G1536
eí tis — if any
ἐπεί G1893
epeí — since
ὡσεί G5616
hōseí — like/as/about
ὡσπερεί G5619
hōspereí — just as if