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ἤ

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greekNew TestamentConjunction346 occurrences24 books276 verses

Definition

ἤ,

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

1. disjunctive, or;

(a) between single words: Matthew 5:17, Mark 6:56, Luke 2:24, John 6:19, Romans 1:21, al.;

(b) before a sentence expressing a variation, denial or refutation of a previous statement, frequently in interrog. form: Matthew 7:4, 9 Mark 12:14, Luke 13:4, Romans 3:29; 6:3; 9:21, 1 Corinthians 6:9, 16 9:6, 2 Corinthians 11:7; ἤ . . . ἤ, either . . . or, Matthew 6:24, Luke 16:13, 1 Corinthians 14:6;

(with) in a disjunctive question (as Lat. an after utrum): Matthew 9:5, Mark 2:9, Luke 7:19, al.; after πότερον, John 7:17; μή, 1 Corinthians 9:8; μήτι, 2 Corinthians 1:17; ἤ . . . ἤ . . . ἤ, Mark 13:35.

2. Comparative, than: after comparatives, Matthew 10:15, Luke 9:13, John 3:19, Romans 13:11, al.; after ἕτερον, Acts 17:21; θέλω (Khüner 3, iv, 303), 1 Corinthians 14:19; πρὶν ἤ, before, before accusative and inf., Matthew 1:18, Mark 14:30; after a positive adj. (Genesis 49:12; cf. Robertson, Gr., 661), Matthew 18:8, 9 Mark 9:43, 45 47.

3. with other particles: ἀλλ᾽ ἤ, see: ἀλλά; ἤ γάρ, see: γάρ; ἢ καί, or even, or also, Matthew 7:10, Luke 11:11, 12, Romans 2:15; 4:9, al; ἤτοι . . . ἤ, Romans 6:16 (cf. Wis.11.19).

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as ἤ:

Usage patterns

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

346 total
  1. Matthew 1:18ἢ · but
    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. Matthew 5:17ἢ · or
    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. Matthew 5:18ἢ · not
    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. Matthew 5:36ἢ · or
    Nor should you swear by your head, for you cannot make a single hair white or black.
  5. Matthew 6:24ἢ · Either; ἢ · or
    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. Matthew 6:25ἢ · or
    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. Matthew 6:31ἤ · or; ἤ · or
    Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’
  8. Matthew 7:4ἢ
    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. Matthew 7:9Ἢ
    Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?
  10. Matthew 7:10ἢ · Or
    Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?
  11. Matthew 7:16ἢ · or
    By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
  12. Matthew 9:5ἢ · or
    Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’?
  13. Matthew 10:11ἢ · or
    Whatever town or village you enter, find out who is worthy there and stay at his house until you move on.
  14. Matthew 10:14ἢ · or
    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. Matthew 10:15ἢ · than
    Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.
  16. Matthew 10:19ἢ · or
    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. Matthew 10:37ἢ · or; ἢ · or
    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. Matthew 11:3ἢ · or
    …to ask Him, “Are You the One who was to come, or should we look for someone else?”
  19. Matthew 11:22ἢ · than
    But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.
  20. Matthew 11:24ἢ · than
    But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.”
  21. Matthew 12:5Ἢ · Or
    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. Matthew 12:25ἢ · or
    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. Matthew 12:29Ἢ · Or [again]
    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. Matthew 12:33Ἢ; ἢ · or
    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. Matthew 13:21ἢ · or
    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. Matthew 15:4ἢ · or
    For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’
  27. Matthew 15:5ἢ · or
    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. Matthew 15:6ἢ · or
    …he need not honor his father or mother with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
  29. Matthew 16:14ἢ · or
    They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”
  30. Matthew 16:26ἢ · Or
    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. Matthew 17:25ἢ · [and]; ἢ · or
    “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 18:8ἢ · or; ἢ · or; ἢ · than; ἢ · [and]
    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. Matthew 18:9ἢ · than
    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. Matthew 18:13ἢ · than
    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. Matthew 18:16ἢ · or; ἢ · or
    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. Matthew 18:20ἢ · or
    For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.”
  37. Matthew 19:24ἢ · than for
    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 19:29ἢ · or; ἢ · or; ἢ · or; ἢ · or
    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.