ἤ
ē
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
- Mark 2:9 ἢ
“Which is easier: to say to a paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, pick up your mat, and walk’?
- Mark 3:4 ἢἢ
And He asked them, “Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?” But they were silent.
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But they themselves have no root, and they remain for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.
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Jesus also said to them, “Does anyone bring in a lamp to put it under a basket or under a bed? Doesn’t he set it on a stand?
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Then He asked, “To what can we compare the kingdom of God? With what parable shall we present it?
- Mark 6:56 ἢἢ
And wherever He went—villages and towns and countrysides—they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged Him just to let them touch the fringe of His cloak. And all who touched Him were healed.
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For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’
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But you say that if a man says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is Corban’ (that is, a gift devoted to God),
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he is no longer permitted to do anything for his father or mother.
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If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two hands and go into hell, into the unquenchable fire.
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If your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than to have two feet and be thrown into hell.
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And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,
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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.”
- Mark 10:29 ἢἢἢἢἢἢ
“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for My sake and for the gospel
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“You do not know what you are asking,” Jesus replied. “Can you drink the cup I will drink, or be baptized with the baptism I will undergo?”
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But to sit at My right or left is not Mine to grant. These seats belong to those for whom they have been prepared.”
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“By what authority are You doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave You the authority to do them?”
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John’s baptism—was it from heaven or from men? Answer Me!”
- Mark 12:14 ἢἢ
“Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are honest and seek favor from no one. Indeed, You are impartial and teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay them or not?”
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No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
- Mark 13:35 ἢἢἢἢ
Therefore keep watch, because you do not know when the master of the house will return—whether in the evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or in the morning.
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“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “this very night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.”
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and to offer the sacrifice specified in the Law of the Lord: “A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”
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The Holy Spirit had revealed to him that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.
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Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk?’
- Luke 6:9 ἢἢ
Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you, which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?”
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So John called two of his disciples and sent them to ask the Lord, “Are You the One who was to come, or should we look for someone else?”
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When the men came to Jesus, they said, “John the Baptist sent us to ask, ‘Are You the One who was to come, or should we look for someone else?’”
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No one lights a lamp and covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed. Instead, he sets it on a stand, so those who enter can see the light.
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But Jesus told them, “You give them something to eat.” “We have only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered, “unless we go and buy food for all these people.”
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What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet lose or forfeit his very self?
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I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town.
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But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you.
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But only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, and it will not be taken away from her.”
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Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?
- Luke 12:11 ἢἢ
When you are brought before synagogues, rulers, and authorities, do not worry about how to defend yourselves or what to say.
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But Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed Me judge or executor between you?”
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“Lord,” said Peter, “are You addressing this parable to us, or to everyone else as well?”
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That servant who knows his master’s will but does not get ready or follow his instructions will be beaten with many blows.
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Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but division.
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Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower of Siloam collapsed on them: Do you think that they were more sinful than all the others living in Jerusalem?
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“You hypocrites!” the Lord replied. “Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or donkey from the stall and lead it to water?
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So Jesus asked the experts in the law and the Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?”
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And He asked them, “Which of you whose son or ox falls into a pit on the Sabbath day will not immediately pull him out?”
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Then Jesus said to the man who had invited Him, “When you host a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or brothers or relatives or rich neighbors. Otherwise, they may invite you in return, and you will be repaid.
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Or what king on his way to war with another king will not first sit down and consider whether he can engage with ten thousand men the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
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In the same way, I tell you that there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous ones who do not need to repent.
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Or what woman who has ten silver coins and loses one of them does not light a lamp, sweep her house, and search carefully until she finds it?
- Luke 16:13 ἢἢ
No servant 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.”
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But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for a single stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.
