εἴτε eite

Greek word for “whether” · Strong’s G1535 · used 65 times in 29 verses

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Meaning

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

How it is translated

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

• or 32
• whether 21
• if 11
• the 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Romans 12 (3), 2 Corinthians 5 (3), Philippians 1 (3), 1 Corinthians 12 (2), 1 Corinthians 14 (2), 2 Corinthians 12 (2), Colossians 1 (2), 1 Peter 2 (2), 1 Corinthians 3 (1), 1 Corinthians 8 (1)

Forms

• εἴτε 64
• Εἴτε 1

Words used with it

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

• σῶμα sōma “body” 5
• οὐρανός ouranos “heaven” 4
• στήκω stēkō “to stand” 2
• κομίζω komizō “to bring/be repaid” 2
• εἷς ehis “one” 4
• ὑπέρ huper “above/for” 3
• προφητεία prophēteia “prophecy” 2
• ἐλεύθερος eleutheros “free/freedom” 2
• παράκλησις paraklēsis “encouragement” 2
• γῆ gē “earth” 3
• πάσχω paschō “to suffer” 2
• γλῶσσα glōssa “tongue” 2

Key verses

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

• Romans 12:6 — Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;
• Romans 12:7 — Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching;
• Romans 12:8 — Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.
• 1 Corinthians 10:31 — Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
• 1 Corinthians 12:13 — For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one…
• 2 Corinthians 5:10 — For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it…
• 2 Corinthians 12:2 — I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one…
• Philippians 1:20 — According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be…
• Philippians 1:27 — Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye…
• Colossians 1:16 — For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities,…
• Colossians 1:20 — And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things…
• 1 Peter 2:13 — Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;

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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.