εἰei

if, whether, that, etc.

Greek (New Testament) · G1487

Meanings

I. Conditional, if

1. with indicative, expressing a general assumption

(a) present: followed by indic, present, Matthew 11:14, Romans 8:25, and elsewhere; followed by imperat., Mark 4:23, Mark 9:22, John 15:18, 1 Corinthians 7:9, and elsewhere; followed by future indic., Luke 16:31, Romans 8:11, and elsewhere; followed by perfect or aorist, with negation in apodosis, Matthew 12:26, Romans 4:14, and elsewhere; similarly, followed by imperfect, Luke 17:6, John 8:39; followed by quæst., Matthew 6:23, John 5:47, John 7:23, John 8:46, 1 Peter 2:20

2. Where the assumption is certain = ἐπεί: Matthew 12:28, John 7:4, Romans 5:17, and elsewhere

3. Of an unfulfilled condition, with indic, imperfect, aorist or plpf., followed by ἄν, with imp. or aorist (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, and elsewhere

5. C. indic., as in LXX (Numbers 14:30, 1 Samuel 14:45, and elsewhere = Heb. אִם), in oaths, with the formula of imprecation understood in a suppressed apodosis: Mark 8:12, Hebrews 3:11 (LXX) Hebrews 4:3 (LXX).

6. Rarely (classical Greek) with optat., to express a merely possible condition: Acts 24:19, Acts 27:39, 1 Corinthians 14:10, 1 Corinthians 15:37, I Pe3:14, 17.

II. Interrogative, if, whether.

1. As in classical Greek, in indir. questions after verbs of seeing, asking, knowing, saying, etc.: with indicative present, Matthew 26:63, Mark 15:36, Acts 19:2, 2 Corinthians 13:5, and elsewhere; future, Mark 3:2, Acts 8:22, and elsewhere; aorist, Mark 15:44, 1 Corinthians 1:16, and elsewhere; with subjunctive aorist, Philippians 3:12.

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

III. With other particles.

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

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

5. καὶ εἰ, even if, see καί

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

7. εἰ μήν = classical Greek ἦ μήν, in oaths, surely (Ezekiel 33:27, and elsewhere): 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, 1 Corinthians 13:8, and elsewhere

Appears 507 times in the Bible.

Matthew 4:3 During that time the devil came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become loaves of bread.”
Matthew 4:6 and said, “If you are the Son of God, jump off! For the Scriptures say, ‘He will order his angels to protect you. And they will hold you up with their hands so you won’t even hurt your foot on a stone.’”
Matthew 5:13 “You are the salt of the earth. But what good is salt if it has lost its flavor? Can you make it salty again? It will be thrown out and trampled underfoot as worthless.
Matthew 5:29 So if your eye—even your good eye—causes you to lust, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.
Matthew 5:30 And if your hand—even your stronger hand—causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.
Matthew 6:1 “Watch out! Don’t do your good deeds publicly, to be admired by others, for you will lose the reward from your Father in heaven.

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Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.