εἰ ei

Greek word for “if” · Strong’s G1487 · used 508 times in 464 verses

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Meaning

εἰ; conjunctive particle, used in conditions and in indirect questions.;

Senses in the lexicon

• if (376)
• if: not (86)
• if: even though (17)
• if: is(QUESTION) (12)
• if: else (9)
• if: if only (4)
• if: surely (4)

How it is translated

Glosses given for ei in context, with how often each is used:

• if 373
• only 85
• whether 14
• lest 14
• if indeed 6
• except 3
• not 3
• what if 2
• if would 1
• if it is 1
• if i am 1
• if there is 1

Where it is used

Also in 13 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

1 Corinthians 15 (12), Romans 11 (9), 1 Corinthians 7 (9), Matthew 12 (8), Luke 11 (7), Romans 8 (7), Mark 9 (6), 2 Corinthians 11 (6), Matthew 26 (5), John 10 (5)

Forms

• εἰ 406
• εἴ 70
• Εἰ 20
• εἴπερ 6
• Εἴ 6

Words used with it

Words that share verses with ei more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• οὐδείς oudeis “none” 41
• ἄν an “if” 37
• ἤ ē “or” 30
• θέλω thelō “to will/desire” 25
• γέ ge “indeed” 16
• δύναμαι dunamai “be able” 25
• ὡς hōs “as/when” 31
• μᾶλλον mallon “more” 19
• κατά kata “according to” 30
• πατήρ patēr “father” 28
• υἱός uhios “son” 27
• δίδωμι didōmi “to give” 27

Key verses

The verses using ei that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 24:24 — For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the…
• John 4:10 — Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he…
• John 14:6 — Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
• Romans 8:31 — What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
• 2 Corinthians 5:17 — Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
• Philippians 4:8 — Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are…
• Colossians 1:23 — If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every…
• Hebrews 12:25 — See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him…
• James 1:5 — If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
• James 3:14 — But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
• 1 Peter 4:11 — If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be…
• 1 John 2:19 — They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.