εἰ

ei

Greek G1487 Conditional 502 occurrences in 460 verses
εἰ if

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;

(c) 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.

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Concordance 460 verses

  1. 1 Corinthians 14:37 Εἴ

    If anyone considers himself a prophet or spiritual person, let him acknowledge that what I am writing you is the Lord’s command.

  2. 1 Corinthians 14:38 εἰ

    But if anyone ignores this, he himself will be ignored.

  3. 1 Corinthians 15:2 εἰεἰ

    By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.

  4. 1 Corinthians 15:12 Εἰ

    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?

  5. 1 Corinthians 15:13 εἰ

    If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.

  6. 1 Corinthians 15:14 εἰ

    And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is worthless, and so is your faith.

  7. 1 Corinthians 15:16 Εἰ

    For if the dead are not raised, then not even Christ has been raised.

  8. 1 Corinthians 15:17 εἰ

    And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.

  9. 1 Corinthians 15:19 εἰ

    If our hope in Christ is for this life alone, we are to be pitied more than all men.

  10. 1 Corinthians 15:29 εἰ

    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?

  11. 1 Corinthians 15:32 εἰεἰ

    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.”

  12. 1 Corinthians 15:37 εἰ

    And what you sow is not the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or something else.

  13. 1 Corinthians 15:44 Εἰ

    It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.

  14. 1 Corinthians 16:22 Εἴ

    If anyone does not love the Lord, let him be under a curse. Come, O Lord!

  15. 2 Corinthians 2:2 εἰεἰ

    For if I grieve you, who is left to cheer me but those whom I have grieved?

  16. 2 Corinthians 2:5 Εἰ

    Now if anyone has caused grief, he has not grieved me but all of you—to some degree, not to overstate it.

  17. 2 Corinthians 2:9 εἰ

    My purpose in writing you was to see if you would stand the test and be obedient in everything.

  18. 2 Corinthians 2:10 εἴ

    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,

  19. 2 Corinthians 3:7 Εἰ

    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,

  20. 2 Corinthians 3:9 εἰ

    For if the ministry of condemnation was glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry of righteousness!

  21. 2 Corinthians 3:11 εἰ

    For if what was fading away came with glory, how much greater is the glory of that which endures!

  22. 2 Corinthians 4:3 Εἰ

    And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.

  23. 2 Corinthians 4:16 εἰ

    Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.

  24. 2 Corinthians 5:3 εἴ

    because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked.

  25. 2 Corinthians 5:16 εἰ

    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.

  26. 2 Corinthians 5:17 εἴ

    Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!

  27. 2 Corinthians 7:8 εἰεἰεἰ

    Even if I caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it. Although I did regret it, I now see that my letter caused you sorrow, but only for a short time.

  28. 2 Corinthians 7:12 εἰ

    So even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did wrong or the one who was harmed, but rather that your earnestness on our behalf would be made clear to you in the sight of God.

  29. 2 Corinthians 7:14 εἴ

    Indeed, I was not embarrassed by anything I had boasted to him about you. But just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting to Titus has proved to be true as well.

  30. 2 Corinthians 8:12 εἰ

    For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.

  31. 2 Corinthians 10:7 εἴ

    You are looking at outward appearances. If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ, he should remind himself that we belong to Christ just as much as he does.

  32. 2 Corinthians 11:4 εἰ

    For if someone comes and proclaims a Jesus other than the One we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the One you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you put up with it way too easily.

  33. 2 Corinthians 11:6 εἰ

    Although I am not a polished speaker, I am certainly not lacking in knowledge. We have made this clear to you in every way possible.

  34. 2 Corinthians 11:15 εἰ

    It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their actions.

  35. 2 Corinthians 11:16 εἰ

    I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then receive me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.

  36. 2 Corinthians 11:20 εἴεἴεἴεἴεἴ

    In fact, you even put up with anyone who enslaves you or exploits you or takes advantage of you or exalts himself or strikes you in the face.

  37. 2 Corinthians 11:30 Εἰ

    If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.

  38. 2 Corinthians 12:5 εἰ

    I will boast about such a man, but I will not boast about myself, except in my weaknesses.

  39. 2 Corinthians 12:11 εἰ

    I have become a fool, but you drove me to it. In fact, you should have commended me, since I am in no way inferior to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.

  40. 2 Corinthians 12:13 εἰ

    In what way were you inferior to the other churches, except that I was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!

  41. 2 Corinthians 12:15 εἰ

    And for the sake of your souls, I will most gladly spend my money and myself. If I love you more, will you love me less?

  42. 2 Corinthians 13:5 εἰεἰ

    Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Can’t you see for yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you—unless you actually fail the test?

  43. Galatians 1:7 εἰ

    which is not even a gospel. Evidently some people are troubling you and trying to distort the gospel of Christ.

  44. Galatians 1:9 εἴ

    As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be under a curse!

  45. Galatians 1:10 εἰ

    Am I now seeking the approval of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.

  46. Galatians 1:19 εἰ

    But I saw none of the other apostles except James, the Lord’s brother.

  47. Galatians 2:14 Εἰ

    When I saw that they were not walking in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?”

  48. Galatians 2:17 Εἰ

    But if, while we seek to be justified in Christ, we ourselves are found to be sinners, does that make Christ a minister of sin? Certainly not!

  49. Galatians 2:18 εἰ

    If I rebuild what I have already torn down, I prove myself to be a lawbreaker.

  50. Galatians 2:21 εἰ

    I do not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness comes through the law, Christ died for nothing.

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