ἤ

ē

Greek G2228 Conjunction 346 occurrences in 276 verses
ἤ or

ἤ,

disjunctive and comparative particle (Bl., §36, 12; 77, 11);

1. disjunctive, or;

(a) between single words: Mat.5:17 Mrk.6:56, Luk.2:24, Jhn.6:19, Rom.1:21, al.;

(b) before a sentence expressing a variation, denial or refutation of a previous statement, frequently in interrog. form: Mat.7:4, 9 Mrk.12:14, Luk.13:4, Rom.3:29 6:3 9:21, 1Co.6:9, 16 9:6, 2Co.11:7; ἤ . . . ἤ, either . . . or, Mat.6:24, Luk.16:13, 1Co.14:6;

(c) in a disjunctive question (as Lat. an after utrum): Mat.9:5, Mrk.2:9, Luk.7:19, al.; after πότερον, Jhn.7:17; μή, 1Co.9:8; μήτι, 2Co.1:17; ἤ . . . ἤ . . . ἤ, Mrk.13:35.

2. Comparative, than: after comparatives, Mat.10:15, Luk.9:13, Jhn.3:19, Rom.13:11, al.; after ἕτερον, Act.17:21; θέλω (Khüner 3, iv, 303), 1Co.14:19; πρὶν ἤ, before, before accusative and inf., Mat.1:18 Mrk.14:30; after a positive adj. (Gen.49:12; cf. Robertson, Gr., 661), Mat.18:8, 9 Mrk.9:43, 45 47.

3. with other particles: ἀλλ᾽ ἤ, see: ἀλλά; ἤ γάρ, see: γάρ; ἢ καί, or even, or also, Mat.7:10, Luk.11:11, 12 Rom.2:15 4:9, al; ἤτοι . . . ἤ, Rom.6:16 (cf. Wis.11:19).

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Concordance 276 verses

  1. This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged in marriage to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.

  2. Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them.

  3. For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.

  4. Nor should you swear by your head, for you cannot make a single hair white or black.

  5. No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

  6. Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?

  7. Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’

  8. How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while there is still a beam in your own eye?

  9. Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?

  10. Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?

  11. By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?

  12. Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk?’

  13. Whatever town or village you enter, find out who is worthy there and stay at his house until you move on.

  14. And if anyone will not welcome you or heed your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town.

  15. Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.

  16. But when they hand you over, do not worry about how to respond or what to say. In that hour you will be given what to say.

  17. Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me;

  18. to ask Him, “Are You the One who was to come, or should we look for someone else?”

  19. But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.

  20. But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.”

  21. Or haven’t you read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and yet are innocent?

  22. Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand.

  23. Or again, how can anyone enter a strong man’s house and steal his possessions, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house.

  24. Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad; for a tree is known by its fruit.

  25. But since he has no root, he remains for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away.

  26. For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’

  27. But you say that if anyone says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is a gift devoted to God,’

  28. he need not honor his father or mother with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

  29. They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”

  30. What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?

  31. “Yes,” he answered. When Peter entered the house, Jesus preempted him. “What do you think, Simon?” He asked. “From whom do the kings of the earth collect customs and taxes: from their own sons, or from others?”

  32. Matthew 18:8 ἢἢἢἢ

    If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands and two feet and be thrown into the eternal fire.

  33. And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.

  34. And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he rejoices more over that one sheep than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.

  35. But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’

  36. For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.”

  37. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”

  38. Matthew 19:29 ἢἢἢἢἢἢἢ

    And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for the sake of My name will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.

  39. Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’

  40. What was the source of John’s baptism? Was it from heaven or from men?” They deliberated among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will ask, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’

  41. So tell us what You think: Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”

  42. You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes it sacred?

  43. You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes it sacred?

  44. At that time, if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There He is!’ do not believe it.

  45. Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You something to drink?

  46. When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You?

  47. When did we see You sick or in prison and visit You?’

  48. Matthew 25:44 ἢἢἢἢἢ

    And they too will reply, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’

  49. Are you not aware that I can call on My Father, and He will at once put at My disposal more than twelve legions of angels?

  50. So when the crowd had assembled, Pilate asked them, “Which one do you want me to release to you: Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?”

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